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今天是我们每日一词的第230个单词！

Slow down to go fast!

今天的核心词汇是place [pleɪs]

cn. 地方，处所

vt. 放置；安排

搭配：

take the place of 代替

take one‘s place 代替

take place 发生；举行

first place 第一名

in place 在适当的地方

out of place 不在适当的地方

经典例句：

1. I can’t be in two places at once.

我不可能同时在两个地方。

2. He placed his hand on his friend’sshoulder.

他把他的手放在他朋友的肩膀上。

3. They placed an ad in the local paper for a secretary.

他们在当地报纸上登了一则招聘秘书的广告。

遇见真题：

The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers. It went from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

(2017年武汉中考真题阅读理解C篇）

Originally（最初），soap was not mainly used for c______. Instead, it was used as gel（凝胶）for making hair stay in place or smell good. The Arabs first made the soap that we know today. They created colored, liquid, and hard soaps. They even had soaps which were used for shaving（刮胡子）.

(2017武汉市中考真题阅读理解填词）

It made the perfect place for him to study and get to know the nature. He had seen some red-tail hawks, red foxes, wood turtles and other animals. He also found special native flowers.

(2016武汉市中考真题阅读理解B篇）

Get busy living or get busy dying!!!