關鍵字彙：
access/ conduit/ duct/ outlet/ tidings/ vehicle/ vent
1. 進入、接近或使用的「方法、管道或權力等」，用access：
•Students need easy access to books.
•Only a few people have access to the full facts of the case.
•The only access to the island is by boat.
•The main access to the building is the side.
•The children's father was refused access to them at any time.
2. 「媒介」、「傳播管道」叫vehicle。舊式用法中，「消息」、「情報」可用tidings：
•Language is the vehicle of thought.
•Social media have become an important vehicle for spreading political ideas.
•Those soldiers were overjoyed when good tidings arrived from the battle front.
3. 感情、情緒、精力、才華等的「發洩管道」可用outlet或vent：
•His work provided no outlet for his energies and talents.
•Singing was her only form of emotional outlet.
•He gave vent to his wrath in a furious tirade.
4. 水管、氣管、電線管、油管等一類的「導管」或「管線」可用conduit或duct：
•The conduit/ duct got clogged.
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