帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:30:16

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sulfur is found abundantly in volcanic regions.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>This year’s upsurge in rice production is due to the new method of cultivation.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grandfather was an austere man; he used to be silent and very strict to us/</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I was in hospital, she called on me with a bouquet of roses in her hand.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Ocean</st1:place> there are many coral atolls that are ring like islands.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A group of schoolmasters are holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>On rainy days the students play games in the gym.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>“Not like that” he interjected while explaining how to take the machine into pieces.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some mushrooms are good to eat, some, such as toadstools, are poisonous.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They escaped from the wrecked ship on a raft.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The children looked like Negroes, their faces were smeared with soot.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>One end of a pencil is tapered off to a point.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have read this French play via English translation.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Newspapers are often called barometers of public opinion.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He complied with the doctor’s order that should take a rest at home.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A coxcomb spends too much money and time on his clothes and appearance.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In summer the house next door is hidden luxuriant foliage.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She made her plan for her annual summer hegira to the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Miami Beach</st1:place></st1:City>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The hunters traced the footmarks of a tiger and at last they found him in his lair.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:30:31

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The child had a terrible nightmare and awoke crying.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>This reservoir is large enough to supply water to the entire city.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He bought some sod to put in the bare spots of his lawn yard.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rake up the trashes in the yard and burn it. We will have some guests tonight.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The furniture will stay in the warehouse until they pay the storage cost.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She volcano belched a staggering mount of fire, smoke, and ashes.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It’s such a chore to do the shopping every day.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When she was asked a sudden question, her face turned crimson in embarrassment.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The fugitive had already packed and bought his ticket.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two women were quarrelling on the street, surrounded by a horde of people.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Usually a linguist is skilled in a number of languages besides his won.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The price of the petroleum has been raised too high during the last few years.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mary rumpled her dress by sitting on the floor.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A person sneezes when he has a cold.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She twined her arms around his neck and kissed him.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When we got inside the factory, we couldn’t hear the guide explain because of the whirring of the motors.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:30:43

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 17</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>An alloy is often harder, lighter, and stronger than the pure metals of which it is composed.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The streets were not lighted at night during the blackout.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who is supposed to cater for your daughter’s wedding next week?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He is cramming facts and dates for his history examination tomorrow.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He crammed as many candy bars into his pockets as they would hold.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you paid $200 for the watch, you were fleeced. I saw it in a department store for $70/</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The jungle is the natural habitat of wild animals and plants.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I lost my key to the door, and I went to the locksmith to get a new one.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He panted excitedly giving us the news as he had just heard it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don’t use that old cart, it’s rickety.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He has been stigmatized as a coward and liar.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Having been in the desert without water for two days, his thirst was unquenchable.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The astronauts of the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> are returning to the earth from the moon.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>One age bequeaths its knowledge to the next.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> there is a census every ten years.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Everyone of the city was asked to join the crusade for better housing.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The stream was so deep that we could not ford it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The dog hovers around the kitchen door every mealtime.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They were all dressed up to attend the masquerade.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He got a free ticket to the play by masquerading as a friend of the actors.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The phoenix is believed to live for 500 years and then burn itself and be born again from the ashes.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some people prefer the dark bread made from rye to the white bread made from wheat.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the film he jumps off a running car and performs other dangerous stunts.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The most exciting game in hockey, was Harvard versus Yale.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Above all the artillery was the deciding factor in the battle.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the early days of the West many states paid a bounty for captured criminals.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When he got a shot against typhus, the child clenched his teeth in pain.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I saw a burglar, with a dirk in his hand, getting into the room where she was sleeping.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The murderer entreated the judge for mercy, but was sentenced to the gallows.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>My steak, though delicious, was mostly fat and bones. Most of it was inedible.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The morale of the football team was very low after its defeat.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:30:54

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are more prone to make mistakes when we are tired.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We fell prone on the ground and drank water from the spring.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The robbers grasped the peril of their position and scuttled away.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The carpet was fastened to the floor with tacks.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>After his parents’ death, the court made him a ward of his aunt.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The terrible avalanche buried the whole village, and very Jew people survived it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was so in a hurry that I left my briefcase at home.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The apartment is not commodious enough for his family to live in.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The bourbon dynasty ruled <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region> for more than two hundred years.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>After he got out of the bar, he suddenly began to yell drunken gibberish on the sidewalk.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I invoked his forgiveness many times, but failed to move him.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are myriad of stars in the sky at night, we cannot count them.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thousands of men and women are working in the quarry to get stones for use in building the castle.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Poverty and disease are common in the slums.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He tinkled his coins together in his pocket.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The swimmer caught in the whirlpool struggled to keep from drowning.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We ended our blockade of the enemy’s port when peace was established.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The fox likes to live in a burrow; it’s warm in winter and cool in summer.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Destruction and suffering are corollaries of war.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many flattering relatives fawned on the rich old man.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He groped for the light switch in the dark basement.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He turned the latch of the door and opened it so gently.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The soldiers were filled with nostalgia by hearing my old favorite song.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The notes of the hunting horn resounded through the forest.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The fireman splintered the locked door with an ax to save the boy in the room.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>No one in the place survived the crash; it crashed down into splinters.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A truce was declared at Christmas between the two armies.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is not a single grammar book on the vernacular of this African tribe.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:31:06

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 18</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The use of anesthetics is less than a hundred years old.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The fire on the hill was a beacon to the villagers that the enemy was coming.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The coroner concluded that the death of the old woman was accidental.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They decided to settle their quarrel by a duel.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peach trees can be grafted on plum trees.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>“First come, first served” is an impersonal remark.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A large iceberg loomed through the thick, gray fog.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>As the speaker made a funny joke, peals of laughter rang through the auditorium. The missing cattle are discovered in the annual roundup.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The cowboy worked all night to gather the cattle that had straggled behind the rest of the herd.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He was suspected of having ulterior motives for making his generous offer, but in fact his offer was from the bottom of his heart.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The old Chippendale chair was sold at a good price at the auction.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The old man is famous for super calligraphy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jean felt unable to cope with driving in heavy traffic after her accident.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please get some cucumbers in the vegetable section; I’ll make pickles.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Her grandfather is 90 years old, and every mealtime she has to prepare gruel for him by boiling oatmeal in water.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She hustled off her children to school and started working.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Every year the army and the navy hold maneuvers for practice.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She maneuvered her car into a narrow parking space with ease.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He was in a terrible plight, trapped at the back of the cave.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I came to the meeting to scoff, but the speaker persuaded me.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She was stunned by the news of her mother’s death.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A vulture usually lives on the flesh of dead animals.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>After his store burned, the storekeeper became a bankrupt.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It suddenly began to shower, and we took refuge in the cavern.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chrysanthemum usually blooms in fall and shows great varieties in the size and color of its flower.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The inhabitants of the port are occupied mainly with fishery.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a gust of uncontrollable anger he broke the picture in pieces.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She tried to ingratiate herself with the teacher by offering some precious gifts.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The reason why we lost the war was not just because of a shortage of munitions.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The wretched slaves prostrated themselves before their master.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The campfire smoldered for several hours after the blaze died down.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:31:18

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The hail beat a loud tatoo on the windowpane.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a democratic system it is the people that wield the power.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In his letter he alluded me to a matter which I had completely forgotten.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A chisel and a hammer are indispensable tools for a sculptor.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mal crickets make a chirping noise by rubbing their front wings together.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>As we stepped into the bush, birds flitted from tree to tree.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was rather high-handed to punish the child for the accident.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The child lagged behind others because he was very tired.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>You naughty boy! I told you not to play on the road.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We used to hear the rattle of the milk bottles in the early morning.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Soot is caused by incomplete burning and makes smoke dark.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Ohio River is one of the tributaries of the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Mississippi River</st1:place>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The workmen mended the road, but a heavy storm undid their work.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The children began to undo the string round the parcel to see what was in it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The rider belabored his tired horse with a stick.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>After dinner they walked around the circumference of the lake.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In case of failure of direct descendants, the throne devolves upon the nearest prince.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don’t fret too much, everything will be all right.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The wild geese honked high in the autumn sky.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The government decided to levy a tax on tobacco, it had been free from tax.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The new rule overrides all the previous ones.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The scattered soldiers were rallied in the vale for the next attack.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many people sprawled on the beach in their bathing suits.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The old man trudged through the deep snow back towards home.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:31:30

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 19</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The soldiers lay in ambush, waiting for the signal to open fire.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The major ambushed his troops in the woods on both sides of the road.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He is always bragging about what he can do with a car.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Be sure that you cleanse the wound before bandaging it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The professor will deliver a discourse on the poetic style of John Keats.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In World War II the general made it a point of pride to dig his own foxhole.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The inflammation of his knee made it difficult for him to walk.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The huge stone is so heavy that we cannot move it without a lever.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In arithmetic we use the Arabic notation (1,2,3, and so on) or sometimes the Roman notation (I, II, III, and so on)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A large ransom was asked for the safe return of the child.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He sopped a piece of bread in milk; it was too crisp to eat.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His cheek tingled from the slap she had given him.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A large percentage of the budget is for armaments.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>On Sunday she gets up late in the morning and has a brunch around 10:30.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His coffin was laid to rest in a deep grave.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The mother envisioned her little girl as a prima ballerina.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The gangster who had taken part in the robbery was arrested by the police.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The ink had faded so that many words were illegible.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The rebellion was started by some malcontents who had been dissatisfied with the policy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We will take a rest in the pavilion until the game starts.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The prisoners escaped out of the jail under the shroud of night.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The room soon filled with the water spurting from the broken pipe.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He put varnish on the tabletop to protect it, but somebody has scratched it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many old ballads are sung to new words.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The butt of pipe stuck out from the wall where the sink had been removed.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The goat butted the boy and knocked him down.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>You will have to call the consul before your passport is expired.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Memories of happier days were enshrined in the old man’s heart.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He gobbled the ice cream so fast that he got a headache.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:31:42

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We had to listen to a long harangue about our own shortcomings.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He spent the whole afternoon mowing the grass in the back yard.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the Middle Ages, many people used to go as pilgrims to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:City> and to other holy places in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The formers sheared the wool from the sheep.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He strangled her to death by a cord put around her neck.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The kernel of the walnut is eaten by itself or used in cakes or cookies.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Beavers are noted for their sill in building dams across streams.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The cavalry is many superiors in mobility to the infantry.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The floor creaked as he stepped on a loose board.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The fir remains green all year and its needles are distributed evenly around the branch.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>During the heavy storm, airplanes should be kept in the hangar.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The kernel of the argument is who discovered the islands first.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>What seems to be a cold often turns out to be the beginning of measles.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>With a huge puff the balloon was blown up and then suddenly burst.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sleet forms when rain falls through a layer of cold air.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A woman, after marriage, usually drops her surname and takes that of her husband.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Woman often wears wigs over their real hair for beauty of fashion.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bleached bones lay on the hot sands of the desert.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chariots were used in ancient times for fighting, racing, and in processions.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He has been crippled since he broke his leg. Now he can’t walk without a pair of crutches.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She flirted with many men but loved only one.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They were very pleased to see some gulls flying in the sky, full of hope that they would soon get ashore.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I bought a new car, a kit of tools came with it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The hungry children did not leave a morsel of food on their plates.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The strange mechanical device is the prototype of modern cars.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They set a snare for rabbits on the hill, but unfortunately a wild cat was caught by it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When you squeeze the trigger, a round or rounds of ammunition are fired.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When the burglar tripped the wire it triggered an alarm.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The weir across the river stops or controls the flow of the river above it.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:31:54

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 20</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The students have access to the library only in the afternoon.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last year we had several floods, we had an excess of rain.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Long age Eskimos learned how to adapt to the cold to live in the Arctic Region.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The club adopted a new set of rules concerning its membership.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His adverse criticism didn’t upset me, but encouraged me.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>My parents are averse to our picnic plan; they don’t approve of it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The government decisions whether to continue the project will affect the future of our national economy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have warned him to drive slowly several times, but it doesn’t have any effect at all.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The new secretary is sincere and quite without affectation.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His gentleness and kind ways increased his colleagues’ affection for him.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The preacher likes to make an allusion to Homer while preaching.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The white walls create the illusion that the room is very large.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>My birthday party is the biggest annual event of my family.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The judge annulled the contract because one of the signers was too young.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The couple appraised the house carefully before offering to buy it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The club members were immediately apprised of his change of plans.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>We should try to settle the matter by argument, not by fighting.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The king augmented his pore by taking over rights that had belonged to the nobles.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The man assured himself that the bridge was safe before crossing it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He insured his car against accident, theft, and fire.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don’t forget to check your work to insure its accuracy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The doctor tied up the patient’s broken ankle with a bandage.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They seem to love bondage more than liberty.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pack the books in a small carton to carry it easily.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Political cartoons often represent the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> as a tall man with chin whiskers, called Uncle Sam.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The novel was banned by the censor as likely to stir up suspicion of the government among the readers.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Every dictator censors the newspapers in his country.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The principal of the school censured the students for their rude behavior.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many people were killed in the collision between the bus and the car.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The leaders of the collusion against the government were caught and punished.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have only one confidant to whom I can tell my secrets.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The doctor felt confident that his patient would recover from pneumonia.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am Swedish. Is there a Swedish consul in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Omaha</st1:place></st1:City>?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The council of ministers advised the king to dismiss the general.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The young man refused to listen to the old man’s counsel.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The murder suspect refused to answer the questions on the advice of his counsel.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The <st1:City w:st="on">Hopkinses</st1:City> run the biggest dairy farm in the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is very rewarding to keep a diary of daily happenings.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Upon his decease all his properties passed to his wife.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Measles and chicken pox are two diseases of childhood.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is not decent to laugh at a crippled person.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The road makes a sharp descent just around the corner.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The three justices dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dissent among the senior members was the main cause of the disintegration of the club.</FONT></SPAN></P>

帅哥 发表于 2009-1-1 22:32:08

<H2 style="MARGIN: 13pt 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesson 21</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<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:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Lawrence</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN lang=EN-US> rode a camel across the desert on an exploring expedition.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He had intended to desert his wife and children, but changed his mind.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Strawberry pie is one of my most favorite desserts.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many students know how to disassemble the radio, but few know how to put it together.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She tried to dissemble her anger with a smile on her face.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I’ve made a first draught of my speech for Friday, but it still needs a lot of work.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The long drought has killed most of the crops in the fields.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>She knows a lot of eligible young men who are all rich and attractive.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The ink had faded so that many words were illegible.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Washington</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN lang=EN-US> was eminent both as general and as president.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The scientist predicted that an earthquake was imminent in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tokyo</st1:place></st1:City> area.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The members exalted Mr.Smith when they elected him president of the association.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>All the people exulted to find that our national team won the gold medal in the International Basketball Tournament.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The trap made of an old tin can and some wire is an ingenious device.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The ingenuous person had never thought of being suspicious of what others told him.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>When my little brother sees mother holding the new baby, he becomes jealous.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The clerk in the toy section of the department seems very zealous in pleasing the customers.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The dress that Miss Lee was wearing at the party was made of synthetic material.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The statesman said the Iron Curtain countries had vast resources in manpower and materiel.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>George Washington is known to be a moral and just man.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am sure that we will win the battle, the morale of our troops is very high.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Freedom of religious worship was guaranteed to all settlers in the <st1:place w:st="on">Northwest Territory</st1:place> by the ordinance of 1787.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The pirate ships in the <st1:place w:st="on">West Indies</st1:place> were armed with heavy ordnance.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The minister worked very hard to make the rounds of his parish and visit the homes of the sick.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They said that this flower would not perish even when frost comes.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The police still don’t know who perpetrated the murder of the housewife.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>This monument was built to perpetuate the memory of the national hero.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many psychologists are inclined to attribute the formation of personality entirely to the operation of the cultural and physical environment.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>That car is his personaly using it without his permission is illegal.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The engineer of the wrecked train was prosecuted for criminal negligence.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>He prosecuted an inquiry into reasons for the company’s failure.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The author takes his portable typewriter wherever he goes.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>They set up purifying systems in dozens of places where the water was not potable.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good citizens always do what the laws prescribe.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>The doctor prescribed a new medicine for the pain in my joints.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>In earlier days, the church proscribed dancing and card playing.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Slaughter and destruction are terrible realities of war.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>His realty includes a big mansion and several buildings in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taipei</st1:place></st1:City>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nearly every city in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> has a statue of some famous man.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>A man six feet tallis above average stature in this part of the world.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>My family is going to have a short vacation on the east coast .</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial size=2>You will not make a good teacher,unless you feel teching is your vocation.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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