1.mint/mɪnt/CET6 TEM4 (minting,minted,mints)V-TTomintcoins or medals means to make them in a mint. 铸造———文中指文字的创造，我会想到create，但没有mint地道
2.freak/friːk/TEM8N-COUNTIf you describe someone as a particular kind offreak, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about a thing or activity, and often seem to think about nothing else. 狂热爱好者——只记得怪胎，但是文中讲到work freak应该是指工作狂
3.fabric/ˈfæbrɪk/CET4 TEM4N-SING The fabric of a society or system is its basic structure, with all the customs and beliefs that make it work successfully. (社会或系统的) 结构——文中讲语言是一种结构
4.confront/kənˈfrʌnt/CET4 TEM4 (confronting,confronted,confronts)V-TIf youconfronta difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it. 正视 (困难局面或问题)——当我们想表达正视的时候，会容易用face来含糊替代
5.appraise/əˈpreɪz/CET6 TEM8 (appraising,appraised,appraises)
V-TIf youappraisesomething or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them. 评价——assess是deals with issue of measurement, 这里的评价更多是价值
1.Which ones should be ushered in, which thrown out on their ear?——表达了作者他们严谨地对待这些用法，被认可的用法会像宾客一样领进门，反之则在门口就被扔掉
2.But guardians of usage are doing only half their job if they merely
keep the language from becoming sloppy.——阻止语言变得随意还不够
3.The other half of the job is to help the language grow by welcoming any immigrant that will bring strength or color.——两方面的考虑，除了防止语言变得随意，还要让语言发展地更加丰富多彩
感悟：很多时候，我们是为了记单词而去做背诵这样的机械工作，我们的态度是懒散的，没有认真去理解单词在某个语境或多个语境中的意思与区别，没有多去找找其他例子，这是我们不能准确表达自己的原因之一；对一些流行的词语，我们如果要使用，就要仔细去查查词语背后的来源，原本的意思等等，
