13. reason 理由　　 the reason why/for　　 the reason for his being late　　 the cause of the fire

12. reality现实　 make sth a reality实现 bring sb back to reality使…面对现实in reality = in fact

11. ready 准备好　 Your dinner is ready .　 get ready for 为…做准备　 be ready to do 乐意干…　 readily　 乐意的,欣然的

10. read traffic signs 读懂交通标志　 read one's hand 看手相

　I can't read your heart. 我不知道你在想什么？　 The full text reads as follows. 全文如下。

　read about/of 读到…

9. react　 起反应　　　 The eye reacts to light.眼对光线做出反应。

reaction　 反应　　 What was his reaction to our suggestion ?他对我们建议的反应是什么？

8. rather　 相当　 It's rather cold today.　　 rather too + adj. 太…　　 rather than 而不是

　　　　 would rather do A than do B　　 prefer to do A rather than do B

7. rare　 稀有的　 rare = uncommon, unusual　　　 It's rare for me to be late.　　 rare books

rarely　 罕有地　　 She is a rarely beautiful girl.

6. range　 在一定范围内)变动　 a wide range of …很广的范围　　 out of range　 在范围外　

range from ... to ... 从…到…　 Their age ranged from 9 to 15.

　 annual range of temperature in Shanghai is 5 to 30.上海温度范围是5℃到30℃。

5. raise 　raise one's head　 举起　 raise sb 养育…　　 raise pigs 养猪　 raise money 募集钱　　　　 raise a question 提出问题　　 raise one's voice 提高声音　　 raise price 抬价

4. quote 引用　　 quote... from　　 We quoted a few lines from Chairman Mao.