帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:25:55

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The boys <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">deride</B>d him for his fear of the darkness.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She always evaluates people by their clothes.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Swept along by the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">swift</B> current, he was in <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">imminent</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>danger of going over the waterfall.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">judicious</B> historian selects and weighs facts carefully and critically.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">preponderance</B> of hot days in July and August.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">sage</B> staffs around the commander helped him win the battle.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">sagacious</B> businessman <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">seldom</B> fails in his business</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The specter of the murdered man <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">haunt</B>ed the house.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The shout of “Fire” caused a great <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">tumult </B>in the theater.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Her <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">apathy</B> since her husband’s death worries her children.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">aim</B>s of two countries <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">collide</B>, there may be a war.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The buildings were <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">drape</B>d with red, white and blue <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">bunting</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>After his boring speech for over an hour, the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">fatuous</B> speaker waited for applause from the audience.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The impudent boy made faces at the teacher.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>I could have given a much better answer if I had had enough time to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">meditate</B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>This music seems to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">purify</B> one’s spirit of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">evil thoughts</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The secretary’s beautiful figure and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">suave</B> manners made the office bright.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The watchman who caught the thief was praised for his <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">vigilance</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:26:11

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 12</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The engineer accelerates a train by turning on more power.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will keep it secret, I feel <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">averse</B> to telling it to someone.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>Two persons who saw the road accident </FONT></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">corroborate</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">d</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial> the driver’s statatement.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It took the soldiers only half an hour to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">encamp</B> in the heavy rain.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The air is very <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">humid</B> near the sea or large lake.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is impossible to make plants grow in a desert without <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">irrigation</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-US style="BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: gray-15 auto">Absurd ! Are you really think have a wee bit liquid ? You should see mental doctor</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US> for whim.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Every baseball player envies him; he is <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">preeminent</B> above all his <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">rival</B>s for pitching.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Everyone learns the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">rudiment</B>s of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">arithmetic</B> in <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">elementary school</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When they got in the boiler room they were almost <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">stifle</B>d by the heat.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He is a very <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">versatile</B> performer, he can act, sing, dance, and play the piano.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">anatomy</B> of an <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">earthworm</B> is much simpler than that of a man.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Football requires <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">brain</B> as well as <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">brawn</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: gray-15 auto">Dexterity</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: gray-15 auto"> in questioning the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">witness</B>es helped the lawyer win many cases.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Mount Vesuvius</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-US> hasn’t <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">erupte</B>d for a good many years.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let’s discuss this topic on the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">hypothesis</B> that it is true.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>To drive an automobile, you must learn how to </FONT></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">manipulate</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>d the steering wheel and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">pedal</B>s.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">tribesmen </B>sang a song of victory, describing their <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">prowess</B> in battle.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>A less <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">scrupulous</B> /</FONT></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">conscientious</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial> man wouldn’t give the money back to its owner.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The nurse treated the wounded soldiers with the most <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">scrupulous</B> care.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>One hundred dollars a month will <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">suffice</B> for the old lady’s need.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He really likes <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">antique</B> art much more than modern art.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:26:23

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">coherent</B> /consistent writing, every sentences connected in thought to the previous sentence.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>After dinner my father often <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">doze</B>s in his chair for a while.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The actress’s beauty and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">fascinate</B>d everyone in the room</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some people like to innovate the old systems and traditions, others like to preserve them.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The magician’s tricks mystified the audience in the theater.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: gray-15 auto">Leap year</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: gray-15 auto"> recurs every four years, and in that year February have 29 days. But according Chinese Traditional Calendar, Every 19-years have seven-leap month. Unfortunately, Mr.Baker has born in February 30. When he twenty-third, just celebrate ninety my day.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The sky was clear, and moonlight was <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">shimmering</B> on the lake.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The general explained the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">military</B> technicalities of the matter to the newspaper reporters.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A baby cries and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">gurgle</B>s but does not use articulate speech (or speak distinctly).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The speaker was careful to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">articulate</B> his words so that everyone in the hall could understand him.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The soldiers were confronted by two <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">terrorist</B>s as they left their camp.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>While she was waiting for her boy friend in the tearoom, a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">sweet melody</B> filled her with <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ecstasy</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The mother tried to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">foster</B> her son’s interest in music by taking him to concerts frequently.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The hall is not <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">dim</B>; the four large lamps <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">irradiate</B> it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">obstinate</B> man would go his own way, in spite of all warning.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some people eat foods that are repugnant to theirs</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>After his <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">soporific</B> speech for an hour, the speaker received no applause from the audience.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The conquest of outer space is one of the greatest <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">triumph</B>s of modern science.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:26:34

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 5</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">admonish</B>ed his friend not to be late for his work.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He seems to be doing nothing, but really he’s just <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">biding</B> his time.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A man who cheats on his income tax and on his <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">expense account</B> tends to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">condone</B> these <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">practice</B>s in his friends.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">designate</B> you to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">act for</B> me while I am away.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most animals let their young <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">fend for</B> themselves at an early age.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Only hardy plants will survive the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">severe cold</B> in the Arctic area.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Baseball players do exercises at the beginning of the season in order to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">limber</B> themselves up.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>You must pay in <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">humility / condescension / modesty</B> of spirit for every benefit received at the hands of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">philanthropy /charity</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>Can you recollect the name of the author of [</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ivanhoe</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>]?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He was <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">smitten</B>/affected with the view that he stopped and took out his camera.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>According to the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">testimony</B> of the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">medical profession</B>, the health of the nation is improving.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He liked the bitter taste of the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ale</B>; beer is his favorite drink.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Blend</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US> the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">butter</B> and the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">sugar</B> before adding other <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ingredient / factor / element</B>s of the cake.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Especially large, sharp canine characterizes the carnivorous animals<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">.</B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The common English sparrow is a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">denizen</B> of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>; it was first brought from Europe to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> about 1850.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She was in a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">frenzy</B> of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">grief</B> when she heard that her child was missing.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The player’s <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">injury</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">incapacitate</B>d him for <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">participating</B> in the football match.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The hunters came from the East to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">massacre</B> the buffaloes of the plains, killing several million in a short time.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>When I asked his advice he </FONT></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">ponder / meditated</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial> the matter and then told me not to go.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>To the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">riddle</B> “What walks on four legs in the mooring, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?” the answer is ”man.”</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:26:47

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The father spanked the naughty child for his bad manners.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The war was a terrible <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">catastrophe</B> in which many people died and many buildings were <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">destroy</B>ed.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He felt completely <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">daunt</B>ed by the difficulties that faced him.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>The crowd </FONT></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">gaped/ stared/ gawked</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial> at the daring tricks performed by the tightrope walker.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He will be in the hospital for the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">duration</B> of the school year.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">implore</B>d him to act before it was too late.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She muffled her <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">throat</B> in a warm <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">scarf</B> not to catch a cold.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>On April <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Fool’s day</B> people often play <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">prank</B>s on each other.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Soapy took the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">umbrella</B> and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">saunter</B>ed off with it slowly.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">trickle</B> of blood from the wound on his face.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She was <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">astounded / amazed</B> by the news that she had won the speech contest.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The people living in that valley are all members of one <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">clan</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Newspaper accounts of political and international affairs are often <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">distort</B>ed.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>While travelling, they <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">entrust</B>ed their children to the care of a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">baby sitter</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sometimes the gets hungry and eats like a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">glutton</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unless a check is signed it is invalid.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He became <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">invalid</B> as the result of ill health and lack of exercise.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>His words were <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">polite</B> but there was an </FONT></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">overtone / implication</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial> of anger in his voice.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They probed his past career to judge his qualifications.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are many <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">sacred</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">/ holy</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">shrine</B>s in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Near East</st1:place>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">statute</B> increased the taxes we must pay.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The wounded soldier <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">writhe</B>d uncomfortably in <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">pain</B>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Watching the first man land on the moon, we beheld a sight never seen before by man.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They should change this bad habit and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">condescend/deign</B> to be pleased what is pleasing.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>More than 5,000 years ago the Chinese were controlling the <st1:place w:st="on">Yellow River</st1:place> floods with <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">dike</B>s.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The farmers <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">dug</B> a deep <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">dike</B> to carry water to the rice field.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">flip</B>ped a coin on the counter to decide whether to go to the theater or not.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>My uncle who had traveled to many countries in the world told a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">grisly</B> story about people who ate human flesh.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">knave/ rogue</B>s who set fire to the barn have been caught and sent to prison.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The general held a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">parley</B> with the enemy’s leader about exchanging prisoners.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is not a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">shred/fragment</B> of evidence that missing money was stolen.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The judge <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">surmised/guessed</B> his <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">guilt</B>; there was no proof that he killed the man.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The future is so <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">uncertain</B> that we cannot know all the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">vicissitudes/varieties</B> of our fortunes.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The fire <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">warden</B> told us not to light matches near the gas station.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:26:59

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 6</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most people abhor the criminal of kidnapping the children.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you boost me up, I can reach the window easily.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His friend’s willingness to help him was a big boost to the morale.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The jail is used for detention of persons who have been arrested.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He gave such explicit directions that everyone understood them.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wise teachers avoid invidious rules against the students.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>You malign a generous person when you call him a stingy person.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In places where the water is not potable, they set up purifying systems.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I never went to school, and I’ve rued it bitterly all my life.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>People in the far north subsist chiefly on fish and meat.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She was such an unruly child that nobody could get along with her.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The boy had an agile mind, and could come up with excuses as quickly as his mother asked for them.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His lack of money was the result of caprice in spending on unnecessary things.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She is disconsolate about the death of her father.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is a popular fallacy to suppose that riches always bring happiness.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She gave ingenuous answers to the strangers’ entire question.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I saw a mirage that made highway ahead seem tube flooded with water.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The heavy thunderstorm precluded our going to the beach.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sheer white curtains hung at the little window to let in as much light as possible.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the top of the wall there was a sheer drop of 100 feet to the water below.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His letter was succinct, with all the major points on one page.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is not much arable land on the side of a rocky mountain.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The winner’s complacent smile annoyed the loser in the football game.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The wolves dismembered the deer’s dead body with their sharp teeth.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>After the war, the defeated country was dismembered and could no longer be called a nation.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She danced with glee when she saw the new toys, which her father bought for her birthday present.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He gave us implicit consent to take the apples, for he smiled when he saw us do it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Someone is spreading mischievous stories about minister’s private life.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the sentence “She lives alone by herself” the word “alone” is redundant.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The solicitude shown to him by his neighbors after the robbery impressed him very deeply.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The bank keeps a large surplus of money in reserve.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the pain.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His ambition was consummated when he won the prize.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our savings have dwindled since my wife was sent to hospital.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is haphazard timetable, sometimes lessons are held and sometimes they aren’t.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is obvious that a blind man ought not to drive an automobile.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know only his overt reasons for refusing; he may have others.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:27:09

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We tried to be friendly, but his rebuff made us think the wanted to be left alone.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He was sad, and his thought about future was very somber.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The boy’s lack of money thwarted his plans for college.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a vehement hatred of people who are cruel to animals</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The benign old lady sent us a kind and warm smile.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The sergeant was degraded to private for the reason of disobeying order.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>My other writings are very ephemeral, but this book will be remembered forever.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>People who have never gone to school are usually illiterate.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The old man tottered across the room and sat down on the sofa.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not every rich man is lavish in spending money.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is a mistake to lavish kindness ungrateful people.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He is the one who is peddling the drugs unlawfully.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She reproved the maid in an angry voice for breaking the dish.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many kinds of fabrics, furs and drugs are synthetic products.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His unbounded courage and compassion made him an excellent leader of the nation.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He was wretched when he failed the entrance examination again.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:27:21

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 7</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She continued to work in a blithe spirit in spite of all difficulties.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She was feeling dejected and unhappy until the good news cheered her up.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He is an erratic fellow whose actions are usually completely unpredictable.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When he was a child, his life contained noble ambitions and immaculate thought.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The little girl loathed leaving her mother for studying abroad.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The woman in this painting has a pensive smile.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was restarted from keeping an appointment by a business conference that lasted most of the day.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She was proud of her stalwart good-looking grandson.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>During his illness he shunned all society, and in particular those who had been his dearest.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They quarreled with such a loud noise that their voices were audible to the neighbor.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The new boy had an auspicious first day in the elementary school.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She was filled with elation at the new that she won the first prize in her class.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The haughty man thinks highly of himself while holding others in contempt.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The officer’s violation of a regulation is more of jeopardy than the enlisted man’s offense.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is mandatory to pay a debt within a certain period of time.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The teacher rebuked the student for throwing the examination paper on the floor.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not many people came to see the game; the sparse crowd was scattered thinly through the stadium</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A miser gives undue importance to making and saving money.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The doctor’s friendly manner helped the patient allay his fear.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gluttony and drunkenness have been called carnal vices.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A family name becomes defunct when the only heir dies without any son.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of the many plans submitted the committee selected the plan that seemed most feasible.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The boy showed ingenuity in making toys out of scraps of discarded wood.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>My joke caused a great deal of mirth among the little children.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Soldiers on the battlefield lead a precarious life.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some people believe that fate has preordained whether they will be happy or unhappy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>At the council broad he was taciturn and never opened his lips.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His eldest brother died after the venomous bite from the rattlesnake.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The doctor said there was nothing amiss with her.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>This anthology comprises samples from the work of ten authors.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Families that quarrel in the privacy of the home do well do dissemble when they to out to dinner.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A glib door to door salesman sold her a set of books that she did not want.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Before World War II, the French thought their Magnet Line as an invincible bulwark against German invasion.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:27:31

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The lazy little boy gave his face perfunctory washing.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Disneyland</st1:place> tour was replete with unexpected thrills and suspense.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We respectfully solicit your continuous friendship and patronage.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The nation will soon be liberated from the foulest thralldom.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Give the flowers some water regularly, or they will wilt.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>That abominable place was so dirty and evil smelling that he turned away in disgust.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brainy students could understand easily what the teacher explained to them.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>As the mooring progressed, the weather deteriorated more and more.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In German he was an exquisite stylist, and he brought to that language a new sensitivity in the art of story telling.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cancer is no longer an incurable disease nowadays, it can be remedied by using radioactivity.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Manual workers often earn more than office workers do.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>This workbook has a teacher’s manual in which examination problems and their answers are included.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He is a potential leader to control this large state.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They are such ruthless parents that they never give presents to the children on Christmas Day.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Her explanations for failure to do the work were voluble but not easily believed.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Theatre lobbies were filled with a vociferous crowd during the intermission.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:27:43

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 8</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The weather in early December was bleak and unpleasant.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The electric inspector was castigated for having failed to check the wire as he was supposed to.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We should overcome the worst that the tyrant’s enmity can do.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In any case, parents should be impartial to their every child.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The teacher asked me to give a lucid explanation of my being late for class.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The old man is confused most of the time but he does have lucid moments.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A square has four 90-degree angles made by its four perpendicular.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In retrospect, many good opportunities were neglected in my lire.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The politician showed a good sagacity avoiding the mistakes he’d made in the previous campaign.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Urbane speech is educated speech, as distinguished from the speech of the ignorant.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>After <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Redding</st1:place></st1:City> about the lives of several great Americans, John became an ardent student of American history.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can’t bear his derogatory remarks about my brother’s character.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I won’t tell you what time to leave; you’re old enough to use your own discretion.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The house of the meetings will be fixed at the chairman’s discretion.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is a paramount responsibility of every officer to take care of his men before caring for himself.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Houses and trees seem to recede as we ride past in a train.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The whole city was rife with rumors of political corruption and bribery.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Both sides burst into spontaneous cheers at the magician’s skillful tricks.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A baseball player usually reaches the acme of his skill before he is thirty.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He spared no one’s feelings and expressed his views with great candor.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The father finally dissuaded his son from leaving school.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Her advice was quite gratuitous, I can think for myself.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The house of representatives has the sole power to impeach an officer of the United States Government.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Her ostensible purpose was to borrow some sugar, but she really wanted to see her neighbor’s new furniture.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry sum of money.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The poor family lived in a sordid log cabin in the valley.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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