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今天我们要学的词是petition. Petition 有请愿的意思。The U.S. Highway Traffic Safety Administration rejected a petition by Ford¹ Motor Co. to delay recalling about 3 million vehicles. 美国高速公路交通安全管理局拒绝了福特汽车公司要求暂缓召回约300万辆福特汽车的请求。More than 80,000 people have signed a petition, asking New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to reverse an order that renamed a bridge after his father. 8万多人签署请愿书，要求纽约州州长科莫废除用他父亲的名字将一座桥梁重新命名的指令。好的，我们今天学习的词是petition, petition, petition ...

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n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。