重点词汇词组：

1. He¹ had been² scattershot friendly³ to me⁴ over the years⁵, with occasional bursts of intensity, especially when he was launching a new product that he wanted on the cover of Time or featured on CNN, places where I'd worked.

长难句分析

解：1主语+2系动词+3表语+4补语+5状语

析：“with occasional bursts of intensity”和“especially when … where I'd worked.”为插入语。在“especially when … where I'd worked.”中，有两个定语从句，一个是that引导的定语从句，先行词为product，that在从句中作宾语，可省略。另一个是where引导的定语从句，先行词是places，where不可省略。

intensity 强烈

He was watching her with an intensity that was unnerving.

他用一种令她心慌的专注神情看着她。

【同根词】

intense 强烈的

intensive 加强的

intensify 增强

【相关短语】

labor intensity 劳动强度

high intensity 高强度的

launch

①这里是“推出(新产品)”的意思

The new model will be launched in July.

新型号产品将在七月推出。

②发起，发动(尤指有组织的活动)

We launch a big advertising campaign to promote our new toothpaste.

我们发动了一场声势浩大的广告宣传攻势来推销我们的新型牙膏。

【相关短语】

launch into (热情地)开始做，投入

launch out 开始从事，投身于(新的、尤指更令人兴奋的事业)

cover 这里是名词“封面”的意思

Her face was on the cover of every magazine.

各种杂志的封面都有她的头像。

feature 这里指“做(广播、电视的)特别节目;做(报纸、杂志的)特写”

She has been featured on ABC News, Discovery Health Channel and AOL Online.

她曾接受ABC新闻频道、探索频道健康版和AOL在线频道专访。

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