构词capt拿，抓，握住+ure→抓住毛病→挑剔的

vt.1.to gain possession or control of 赢得;夺取

2.to attract and hold引起(注意)并吸引住

真题连线1998 Passage 1

Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. 在重大技术所创造的东西中很少能像大型水坝这样让人痴迷的。

casualty★

构词cas落下，降临+ual形容词后缀+ty名词后缀→突然落下的事→事故

n.1.person who is killed or injured in war伤亡者

2.thing that is lost, damaged or destroyed in an accident 事故

真题连线2000 Passage 1

For a while it looked as though the making of semiconductors, which America had invented and which sat at the heart of the new computer age, was going to be the next casualty. 人们曾一度感觉下一个在海外品牌面前全军覆没的似乎该轮到美国的半导体制造业了，而在新计算机时代有着核心作用的半导体正是美国人发明的。

centralization▲

构词central中心的+ization…化或发展过程(表名词)→集中化

真题连线2000 Passage 4

With economic growth has come centralization; fully 76 percent of Japan’s 119 million citizens live in cities where community and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated, two-generation households. 随着经济的发展，居住集中化也跟着来了，在日本1亿1900万人当中，足有76%住在城市，在那里社区和几世同堂的大家庭已经成为过去，而取而代之的是单门独户的两代之家。

certificate★

构词certify搞清，区别+icate名词或动词后缀→证明的东西

n.1.证(明)书

2.执照

3.凭证

vt.to furnish with, testify to, or authorize by a certificate用证明书证明　真题连线2007 Text 1

If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006’s World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the late months. 如果你打算检查2006年世界杯锦标赛上所有足球运动员的出生证明，那么你最可能发现一种引人注意的巧合：优秀足球运动员更可能出生于每年的前几个月而不是后几个月。

charitable★

构词charity可爱的+able能…的→慈善的

a.1.generous in giving money or other help to the needy.施舍慷慨的，慈善的

2.mild or tolerant in judging others; lenient.宽容的，仁爱的

链接charity n.施舍物，救济金; 慈善、博爱

真题连线1997 Passage 2

It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. 对旅行者来说，这不是一个选择的问题;而对当地居民来说，这也并非是行善的一时冲动。

charter★

构词chart纸片+er名词后缀→纸上的东西→契约等

n.1.营业执照;

2.特许状

真题连线1996 Passage 2

The reason for its inquiry is that the BBC’s royal charter runs out in 1996 and it must decide whether to keep the organisation as it is, or to make changes. 这样做的原因是BBC所持的皇家特许证于1996年到期，政府必须决定让公司维持原状还是进行变革。

circuit★

构词circu圆，环+it走→环行

n.1.line, route or journey round a place 周线; 圈

2.an electric current flows 电路

真题连线2002 Text 2

Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries. 虽然一开始在20世纪60年代和70年代有过一段乐观的时期——那时候仿佛晶体管电路和微处理器的发展将使他们在2010年能够模仿人类大脑的活动——但是最近研究人员已经开始将这个预测延后数十年，甚至数百年。