| 第 1 页：听力练习 |
| 第 2 页：词汇学习 |
| 第 3 页：短语学习 |
| 第 4 页：部分段落翻译 |
| 第 5 页：背景知识 |
1.electvt.(进行)选举, 推举
例句：Then the congress elected its presidium.
然后代表大会选出主席团。
关于这个词，在年前美国大选中奥巴马胜利但是还没有上任的时候，不知大家有没有注意是怎么表达的？是elected president barack obama当选总统奥巴马。
2.compromise
n.妥协, 折中方法
例句：The spokesman made it clear that no compromise was yet in sight.
发言人表明, 目前还不会妥协。
vi.折中解决
例句：They compromised by going to the cinema.
他们采取折中的办法去看电影。
3.disputed adj.有争议的
例句：Moreover, no fighting ever occurs except in the disputed areas round the equator and the Pole: no invasion of enemy territory is ever undertaken
此外，除了在赤道一带和北极局围的争夺地区之外，并没有发生过战事;对敌国领土也从来没有进犯过。
4.property n.财产, 所有权, 性质, 属性
例句：During that term he was to be the property of his master, and as much a commodity of bargain and sale as an ox, or a joint-stool.
这期间,他只是主人的财产,无非是和一头公牛或一把折椅一样可以交易和出售的一件商品。
5.settle vt.决定, 整理, 安放, 使定居, 使平静, 支付, 安排, 解决, 结算
vi.停留, 下陷, 沉淀, 澄清, 安下心来, 结清, 定居, 安家
例句：I AM just leaving school, and twenty-three years of age. I AM anxious to settle down to office work.
本人23岁不久即可毕业，希望能尽快安定下来进入某公司做文职工作。
The government may step in to settle the disagreement between the union AND the employers.
政府可能会出面干预,解决工会和雇主之间的纠纷。
6.capitol building 国会大厦
7.emigrant n.移民国外者 和它相对的是immigrant，是指由国外移民到本国者。
例句：The emigrant found his livelihood almost immediately on arrival.
这些移民一到就能找到生计。
8.restrict vt.限制, 限定, 约束
例句：To restrict the import of certain goods by charge High duty.
用征高关税方法限制某些商品的进口。
