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Unit 2 Mistake to Success?　　A Famous Quote　　Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　——Winston Churchill　　成功就是经历一次一次失败后，热情依旧。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　——温斯顿·丘吉尔TEXT A Spilt Milk　　cry over spilt milk?express regret for sth. that has happened and cannot be remedied 为已经发生而无法补救的事懊悔　　New Words?　　spill?v.?（especially of liquid） to flow over the edge of the container by accident （使）洒出，泼出，溢出　　respond?v.?to do something as a reaction to something that somebody has said or done 作出反应，响应　　interview?v.?to ask somebody questions about their life, opinions, etc., especially on the radio or television for a newspaper or magazine （媒体）采访；访问　　creative?adj.?involving the use of skill and the imagination to produce something new or a work of art创造（性）的；创作的　　occur?v. to happen?发生；出现　　remove?v.?to take something or somebody away from a place 移开；拿开；去掉　　refrigerator?n.?a piece of electrical equipment in which food is kept cold so that it stays fresh 冰箱　　grip?n.?an act, of holding somebody/something tightly 紧握；紧抓　　slippery?adj.?difficult to hold or to stand or move on, because it is smooth, wet or polished 滑的；滑的抓不住（或站不稳，难以行走）的　　content?n.?the things that are contained in something 所容纳之物；所含之物　　veritable?adj.?a word used to emphasize that somebody/something can be compared to somebody/ something else that is more exciting, more impressive, etc. 十足的；名副其实的；不折不扣的　　yell?v.?to shout loudly, for example, because you are angry, excited, frightened or in pain 喊；大喊；吼叫　　lecture?n.?a long angry talk that somebody gives to one person or a group of people because they have done something wrong（冗长的）教训，训斥，谴责　　mess?n.?a dirty or untidy state 肮脏；杂乱；不整洁　　rarely?adv.?not very often 罕有；很少；不常　　puddle?n.?a small amount of water or other liquid, especially rain, that has collected in one place on the ground 水洼；小水坑　　eventually?adv.?at the end of a period of time or a series of events 最后；终于　　restore?v.?to bring somebody/something back to a former condition, pla