英語單詞裡面，尤其是前綴部分如果出現bene的時候，一般表示「好，善」，例如：benefit利益，benevolence善行，benefactor捐助者，beneficiary受益人，benediction祈福。
我們再來看韋小綠《Vocabulary Builder》在Unit 1對這個詞根的解讀：
BENE is Latin for "well". A benefit is a good result or effect. Something beneficial produces good results or effects. The Latin root can be heard in other languages as well: "Good!" or "Fine!" in Spanish is "Bueno!"; in French, it's "Bon!"; and in Italian, just say "Bene!"
下面我們再來看看韋小綠對於benediction、benefactor、beneficiary、benevolence這四個典型詞的解讀：
①benediction
A prayer that asks for God's blessing, especially a prayer that concludes a worship service.
• The moment the bishop had finished his benediction, she squeezed quickly out of her row and darted out the cathedral's side entrance.
In benediction, the bene root is joined by another Latin root, dictio, "speaking", so the word's meaning becomes something like "well-wishing." Perhaps the best-known benediction is the so-called Aaronic Benediction from the Bible, which begins, "May the Lord bless you and keep you." An important section of the Catholic Mass was traditionally known as the Benedictus, after its first word (meaning "blessed"). It was St. Benedict who organized the first Christian monasteries; many Christians have been baptized Benedict in his honor, and 16 popes have taken it as their papal name.
和詞根bene搭配的詞根dict表示「說」，例如dictate命令，dictator獨裁者，predict預言，dictionary詞典，contradict矛盾。bene+dict+ion=把「好」說出來=祈福。
另外，卷福的名字是Benedict Cumberbatch，大家現在應該可以看出來Benedict這個詞的含義了吧，就像中文裡的「福貴」差不多
②benefactor
Someone who helps another person or group, especially by giving money.
• An anonymous benefactor had given $15 million to establish an ecological institute at the university.
A benefactor may be involved in almost any field. One may endow a scholarship fund; another may give money to expand a library; still another may leave a generous sum to a hospital in her will. The famous benefactions of John D. Rockefeller included the gifts that established the University of Chicago, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Rockefeller University. Many benefactors have reported that giving away their money turned out to be the most rewarding thing they ever did.
benefactor捐助者，施主，可以是捐錢成立助學基金的人，也可以是出錢建圖書館、建教堂的人， 1890年由石油大王約翰•洛克菲勒投資/捐款創辦的芝加哥大學（The University of Chicago），簡稱芝大，是一所位於美國伊利諾州芝加哥的私立、男女同校、無宗教派別的研究型大學，在1892年10月1日正式開課。芝加哥大學是美國最富盛名的大學之一，共有89位獲得諾貝爾獎得主在此工作或學習，為世界之最。
③beneficiary
A person or organization that benefits or is expected to benefit from something, especially one that receives money or property when someone dies.
• Living in a trailer in near-poverty, she received word in the mail that her father had died, naming her as the sole beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
Beneficiary is often used in connection with life insurance, but it shows up in many other contexts as well. A college may be the beneficiary of a private donation. Your uncle's will may make a church his sole beneficiary, in which case all his money and property will go to it when he dies. A "third-party beneficiary" of a contract is a person (often a child) who the people signing the contract (which is usually an insurance policy or an employee-benefit plan) want to benefit from it. In a more general way, a small business may be a beneficiary of changes to the tax code, or a restaurant may be the beneficiary when the one across the street closes down and its whole lunch crowd starts coming in.
我們可以看出，beneficiary和benefactor是相對應的，也就是benefactor捐錢最終是給到beneficiary手裡的。
④benevolence
Kindness, generosity.
• In those financially desperate years, the young couple was saved only by the benevolence of her elderly great-uncle.
Part of benevolence comes from the Latin root meaning "wish." The novels of Charles Dickens often include a benevolent figure who rescues the main characters at some point—Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist, Abel Magwitch in David Copperfield, Mr. Jarndyce in Bleak House, Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. To be benevolent, it helps to have money, but it's not necessary; kind assistance of a nonfinancial sort may turn out to be lifesaving benevolence as well.
下圖是我簡單製作的一個思維導圖框架，可以幫大家梳理一下本節課的內容：
看完這個詞根的知識，大家應該對韋小綠這本書有個大概的了解了吧，本書一共有240個詞根，裡面的重點詞彙有一半左右是六級、考研、雅思託福難度的，另一半是專八、GRE難度的，推薦具有六級水平的同學閱讀。
另外，這本書是純英文的，只要認真去讀，即使有的典型詞沒記住，在讀正文的過程中，自己的詞彙量和語感也會得到極大提升噠~
我拍了幾張照片，大家可以看一下難度是不是適合自己，之前有同學私信我說想看這本書，於是我把電子書也上傳到百度網盤了：
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電子書是mobi格式的，Kindle設備可以直接打開，手機可以下載kindle或者靜讀天下等閱讀APP打開，希望大家看了之後有所收穫。
如果你想買紙質書的話，京東、噹噹、亞馬遜都能買到，但是一定要買新版哦，也就是封面上端寫著New Edition-Completely Revised的那個版本。