wide和broad是同义词，在表示街道、河流多宽时，两个单词都可用。

如:Canal Street is very wide.(运河街很宽) The main street of the village was broad.(村子里的大街很宽) They came to a wide river.(他们来到一条大河边) The river is 30 feet broad.(那条河有三十英尺宽)当谈到某样东西有多宽时要用wide。

如:The door is three feet wide.(门有三英尺宽) The material is 2 meters wide.(这种衣料有2米宽)指胸部肩部宽时多用broad表示。

如:He was tall, broad-shouldered, very handsome.(他高个子，肩很宽，很英俊)此外，二者都可以用于引申意义，wide表示“广泛的、渊博的、丰富的”等等。

如:He has wide interest.(他有广泛的兴趣) He has a wide knowledge of French history.(他对法国历史有渊博的知识) An executive should have wide business experience.(一个主管人员应该有丰富的商业经验)broad表示“宽阔的，广大的”等等。

如:He has a broad mind.(他有广阔的胸怀) The broad masses of the people of the world ant to be friends with us.(世界上的广大群众愿和我们友好)1. 它们均可以表“宽”和“广阔的”.   wide侧重于一边到另一边的距离，broad侧重于幅面的宽广.   a river 50 feet wide/ broad2. 指身体部位“宽肩、宽背”一般用broad, 表示“睁大眼睛、张大嘴巴”一般用wide。

  broad shoulders/ back   with wide eyes   open one’s mouth wide3. wide 还可以作副词，表示“完全、大大地”   be wide awake   be wide open4. 记忆方法同根词：broadness宽度，幅度；                 broaden扩宽              broadcast1 n.广播，播音vt.广播，传播经典例句Mexico’s most popular nightly news broadcast showed the video on the night of May 10.5月10日晚，墨西哥最受欢迎的晚间新闻节目中播出了拍摄到的录像。

记忆方法broadcasting station 广播电台broaden v. 放宽，变阔abroad adv.①在国外，在海外②到处，广泛，在四下流传经典例句A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家凶如狮，在外怯如鼠。

考点提要go abroad出国；get abroad(新闻、消息等)四下流传。