n. 提供, 奉献物, 牲礼, 上市的股票(或证券等)【经】 出售物

◆记忆方法一：
词根词缀记忆法：offering n 提供物，祭品（offer+ing）,fer=bring,carry,表示“带来，拿来”

prefer/preference/differ/difference/confer/conference/suffer/ferry/offer/offering/transfer/refer/reference/referee
记忆：
1. 词根fer的含义是“搬运，移转”prefer [ pri5fE:] 事先搬运，优先，vt. 更喜欢, 宁愿 Rather than see such a dull film, I prefer to watch TV at home. 与其看这样枯燥的电影，我宁可呆在家里看电视。 prefer A to B prefer doing A to doing B prefer to do sth rather than do sth prefer sb to do sth
2. preference [ 5prefErEns ] n. 偏爱, 优先选择 Teachers shouldn’t have any preference about the students. 老师对学生不应该有任何偏爱。
3. differ [ 5difE] 前缀di-表示相反；vi. 不一致, 不同 The two novels differ a lot in style.这两部小说风格上大不相同。
4. difference [ 5difErEns] n. 差异, 差别 The difference is not so obvious. You must be careful enough to see it.差异并不明显。你要足够仔细才看得出来。
5. different [ 5difrEnt ] adj. 不同的 Different situation, different appearance.场所不同，衣着各异。
6. confer [ kEn5fE: ] 前缀con-表示“一起”，移到一起来，协商；v. 协商, 交换意见vt.授予(称号、学位等), 赠与, 协议 The delegates confer every month about the problems they learn of.代表们每个月开会协商他们了解到的问题。
7. conference [ 5kCnfErEns] n. 会议, 讨论会, 协商会 The conference has been put off till June 17th. 会计已被推迟到了六月十七号。
8. suffer [ 5sQfE ] 前缀suf, sub 的变体，下，到下面，受苦，vi. 受痛苦, 受损害 Not every loser suffers.不是每个失利者都感到痛苦。
9. suffering [ 5sQfEriN] n. 苦楚, 受难 adj. 受苦的, 患病的 Scarlet found the sufferings hard to bear.斯佳丽发觉很难承受那些苦难。
10. ferry [ 5feri ] 搬运的地方、工具等；n. 摆渡, 渡船, 渡口 We can cross the river by ferry.我们可以乘渡船过河。
11. offer [ 5CfE] of为ob- 的变体，表示“外”，（把心中的价格、想法等）移到外面，n.出价, 提议, 意图 vt. 提供, 出价 The girl refused his offer of help.女孩拒绝了他提供的帮助。
12. offering [ 5CfEriN] n. 提供, 奉献物 The boys ate up all the offerings for the god.男孩吃完了所有的给上帝的供品。
13. transfer [ trAns5fE:] trans-, 跨越，transfer, 移转到另一个地方，vt. 转移, 调转, 调任 The mayor has been transferred to a city in Guang Dong. 市长被调到了广东的一个城市去了。
14. refer [ ri5fE: ] vt. 提交, 谈及, 归诸于 Who did he refer to?他指的是谁？
15. reference [ 5refrEns ] n. 提及, 涉及, 参考 Here is some advice for your reference.这儿有些建议供你参考。
16. referee [ 7refE5ri: ] n. 仲裁人, 调解人, 裁判员 The referee is the king in the sports field.在运动场上裁判就是国王。
另类阅读：
We prefer to have a conference to discuss the differences between the ferries and ships. The result may differ a lot from our original plan.

轻松一刻
One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. "It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."
The boss eyed him suspiciously. "Oh, yeah? Then how did you ever get here?"
"I finally gave up," he said, "and started for home."