1. 这是个什么词？
词：concern
英英释义：if a story, book, report etc concerns someone or something, it is about them
例句: The study concerns what people want at the end of life.
2. 为什么选这个词？
“concern”可以作名词也可以作动词。它作动词时有一个常见的意思是“关于”，做这个意思时后面一般不需接介词，而是直接接宾语。当我们想表达某一篇文章、某一本书、某一部电影、某一个展览是关于某个主题或人物的时候，除了用 about/on，还可以想到用它。我们来通过几个例句掌握这个用法。
比如某一项研究是关于人们临终前最遗憾的事情，就可以说：
The study concerns what people want at the end of life.
Justin 在写关于《经济学人》Letters 版块的英文随笔中有这么一句话：
The most rigorously contended almost always concerns politics.
意思就是，Letters 版块争论最激烈的往往是有关政治的话题。
他在另一篇随笔中写道：
Poker playing concerns decision making.
意思是，在玩扑克时需要做许多决策，这句话就相当于 Poker playing is all about decision making.
最近《经济学人》Letters 版块中有一封来信是芝加哥大学荣誉法律教授 John Minan 写的，他的信中有一句话就用到了 concern：
The significant legal question concerning any charges that may be brought against Donald Trump is whether he will brazenly act on the claim that he has the absolute right to pardon himself from criminal jeopardy.
3. 怎样学会使用这个词？
1）翻译下面的句子：
这项最新报告研究的是英语流利度和收入的相关性。
The newest report concerns the correlation between English proficiency and income.
The most recent report concerns the relationship between language skills and earnings.
（参考翻译：The newest report concerns the correlation between English proficiency and income. 或 The most recent report concerns the relationship between language skills and earnings.）
2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。
例子： 英国鸟类
场景 ： When people talk about a north-south divide in Britain they are usually referring to house prices, employment and the ratio of private-sector to public-sector jobs. The south scores higher on all such measure. But new data from the British Trust for Ornithology(BTO), research charity, hints at the growth of another north-south divide---this time to the north’s benefit. Every 20 years the BTO produces a superbly detailed atlas concerns bird life in Britain and Ireland. The 2007 to 2011 edition is cheery: more species are tallied than in previous atlases, and many birds are increasing in number.