各位同学，大家好！
今天是我们每日一词的第174个单词！
Slow down to go fast!
今天的核心词汇是spend [spend]
v. 度过；花费（钱，时间等）
用法：
sb. spend ... on sth./ (in) doing sth. 花费...做...
经典例句：
1. 我们在巴黎过得周末。
We spent the weekend in Paris.
2. 每周你在食品方面的消费是多少？
How much do you spend on food each week?
3. 我每周花了太多时间看电视了。
I spent too much time wathing television.
4. 他也许不得不花超过一年的时间写他的书。
He may have to spend more than a year on his book.
熟词生义：
1. 耗尽；用尽
e.g. He spent all his energy climbing up the hill.
遇见真题：
“I don’t like leaving you here alone,” Pete Demas said. “I’ll be __42__ ,” Byrd replied. He was looking forward to the challenge of spending the winter at the base camp. He would be recording the weather. There was plenty of food and fuel（燃料）in the tiny house. He felt sure __43__ would go wrong.
42.A free B fine
C lonely D nervous
43.A something B everything
C anything D nothing
（2017年武汉市中考真题完形填空）
Mollyemploys (雇佣) around eighty people in herfactory and warehouse, and ten others in her two new fashion stores, but hernewest employee is the most important one for her. After years of worryingabout her business more than her family, she has decided to make Sally Pamontenew general manager in her company. Molly will still be involved in decision- making, and she’s going to stay in touch with the people who work forher, but Sally is going to look after day-to-day running of the business so that Molly can spend more time with the kids.
（2015年武汉市中考真题阅读理解C篇）
Get busy living or get busy dying!!!