agent/agency/agenda/schedule
记忆：词根agen表示“做”
1. agent [ 5eidVEnt ] n. 代理(商) My agent has power to sign my name. 我的代理有权签我的名字。
2. agency [ 5eidVEnsi ] n. 代理处, 行销处, 代理, 中介 What a pity that he went to an illegal employment agency!他去找了一家非法职介所，真遗憾！
3. agenda [ E5dVendE ] agen-da da, date,日期；agenda, 做事的日期，日程，议程A list or program of things to be done or considered n. 议程 The building of a modern university in the city has been put on the agenda. 修建一所现代化的大学一事已被提上了议程。
4. schedule [ 5Fedju:l; 5skedVjul ] a timetable n. 时间表, 进度表 He always has a full schedule. 他的时间表总是满满的。
另类阅读：
When I was at your age, I acted as an agent in the agency of our company in Wuhan. I had a full schedule and the development of our agency was often on the agenda of the managing board.
轻松一刻：
Guest: My boy, do you go to school?
Kid: What for? I can neither read nor write.