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staff: collective n. usu. followed by single action verb
全体工作人员，做主语常跟单数谓语动词
eg. The staff is working efficiently. (stress the collectivity)
I have a staff of 10.
The staff are working efficiently. (stress the individuality)
The staff in this shop are very helpful.
crew: staff on a ship or a plane (全体)船员; (全体)乘务员
faculty: the teaching staff in a university 全体教员
fantastic: adj.
(1) very big, very large, enormous 大得惊人的
eg. a fantastic house, an enormous house
a fantastic amount of money, an enormous amount of money
(2) very good, marvelous 极好的，极妙的
eg. a fantastic view of the city from the mountain top,
a marvelous view of the city from the mountain top
a fantastic book, a marvelous book
(3) very strange, hard to believe 奇异的；古怪的；怪诞的
eg. My dreams are fantastic.
She had some fantastic idea that he was going to kill her.
Please close your text books. Listen to the tape of the text carefully and try to answer the following question: How did Mr. Taylor try to stop the thieves? (He threw things at them.)
