| 第 1 页：听力练习 |
| 第 2 页：参考翻译 |
| 第 3 页：词汇学习 |
| 第 4 页：短语学习 |
1.vacuum n.真空,空间
例句：His resignation has left a power vacuum at the head of the party.
他的辞职使得该党的领导位置出现了权力真空。
His wife's death left a vacuum in his life.
他妻子的去世使他的生活变得空虚。
2.subsequent adj.随后的, 继…之后的
例句：The story will be continued in subsequent issues of the magazine.
小说将继续在以后几期杂志上连载。
The day subsequent to your visit he died.
你探望后的第二天, 他便去世了。
3.dismiss v.轻视，忽略,驳回
例句：He dismissed the story as a rumour.
他把这个消息当做谣言而不予考虑。
4.absurd adj.荒谬的, 荒唐的,愚蠢的
例句：What an absurd suggestion!
多么荒唐的建议！
It was absurd of you to do such a thing.
你做那样的事是愚蠢的。
5.derail vt.使（火车）出轨；使脱轨
例句：The train derailed after it hit a tree.
火车撞树后出轨。
6.breach v.破坏, 违反，违背
例句：These commitments have already been breached.
这些承诺已遭背弃。
7.enable v.使能够; 提供做…的权利[措施]; 使有机会
例句：A majority vote enabled the passage of the resolution.
多数人投赞成票使议案得以通过。
8.escalate vt.vi.(使)逐步升级; (使)逐步扩大
例句：The government escalated the war by starting to bomb enemy cities.
政府开始轰炸敌方的城市, 使战争进一步扩大。
9.unprecedented adj.前所未有的；空前的；没有先例的
例句：The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.
这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
