n. 年, 年度, 年龄【经】 年度相关词组: year in year out all the year round from year to year last year next year the next year the year after next the year before last this day year this year year after year

◆记忆方法一：
联想方式：ye 爷 ；a 一棵；r 树
每年爷爷都会种一颗树
◆记忆方法二：
联想方式：ye 爷 ；a 一棵；r 树
记忆方法：每年爷爷都会种一颗树

• five-year-old这类词可用作名词吗
  
  five-year-old这类词可用作名词吗
  
  大家知道，five-year-old, five-month-old 这类复合词可以用作形容词，并且其中表示计量的名词（如year, month等）总是用单数形式（尽管其前有表示复数意义的数词）。这类结构通常用作前置定语，不用作表语（作表语时可改用seven years old这样的形式）。如：
  She has a ten-year-old son. 她有个10岁的儿子。
  Her son is ten years old. 她儿子10岁。
  但是，许多同学们可能忽略了它的一个重要用法——这类词还可直接用作名词，并且是可数的，可以连用不定冠词，而且还可以有复数形式。如：
  She’s quite clever for a ten-year-old. 对一个10岁的孩子来说，她算相当聪明了。
  Eighteen-year-olds qualify to vote. 年满十八岁者有选举权。

ear/earring/earn/hear/bear/near/dear/wear/fear/year/tear
记忆：
1. ear [ iE] n. 耳朵, 听力, 穗 vi. 抽穗 The horse is deaf in the right ear. 那匹马右耳是聋的。
2. earring [5IEnIN] n. 耳环, 耳饰 I find it terrible for her to wear the big earrings.我觉得她戴上那付大耳环后非常糟糕。
3. earn [ E:n ] n. 赚得, 获得 The writer earns his bread by writing.作家以写作谋生。
4. earning [5E:nIN] n. 所赚的钱, 收入 He has a large monthly earning.他月收入可观。
5. hear [ hiE ] vt. 听到, 听说, 听取 I’ve never heard of such a thing.我从未听说过这样的事。
6. bear [ bZE ] n. 熊 v. 负担, 忍受 The ice can’t bear the bear so the bear fell into the water.冰承受不了熊的重量，熊掉进了水中。
7. near [ niE ] adj. 亲近的, 亲密的, 近 adv. 近, 不远 prep. 在...近旁, 近... There is a soft deer near the fierce bear.在凶猛的熊附近有一只温顺的鹿子。
8. dear [ diE ] adj. 昂贵的, 亲爱的 Oh dear! Her dear deer is really dear!噢，天！她心爱的鹿子真的很昂贵的。
9. wear [ wZE ] vt. 穿, 戴 wear out 磨损, 用旧 The shoes have been worn out. I will buy another pair.鞋子已穿破了。我要重新买一双。
10. fear [ fiE ] n. 恐怖, 害怕 He said he feared nothing in his life.他说在他的一生中没怕过什么。
11. year [ jE:, jiE ] n. 年, 年龄 Pines are green all the year round.松树一年四季都是绿的。
12. tear [ tiE ] n. 眼泪, 扯 [ tZE ] vi. 撕破 vt. 扯, 撕, 撕破 With tears down the face, she torn the letter into pieces.她流着泪把那封信撕成了碎片。
另类阅读：
Mary wears dear earrings she bought with her own earnings. Hearing the story, her mother can’t bear it and tries to tear them off her ears. Mary is filled with fear and burst into tears.

轻松一刻
HAROLD: Teacher, would you punish me for something I didn't do?
TEACHER: Of course not.
HAROLD: Good, because I didn't do my homework.