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Lesson Nine
Pre-class Work
Read the text a third time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below.
Glossary
advocate
v. to support an idea or a plan
amusement
n. enjoyment
antique
adj. being old and therefore valuable
bicentennial
n. the day or year exactly 200 years after a particular event
briefing
n. information or instructions you get before you have to do sth.; here: news in brief (without details)
cabinet
n. a piece of furniture with doors, shelves or drawers for storing things
carriage
n. a wheeled vehicle, especially a private horse-drawn vehicle
checkerboard
n. 棋盘，方格图案
civil
adj. of human society; a ～ war: a war between two parties of the same country
compress
v. to force into less space
condense
v. to put into a smaller or shortened form
confederate
adj. belonging to a political union of states; the C ～ army: the Southern army in the American Civil War
convenience
n. the condition of being suitable to one's needs and easy to reach
defer
v. to delay until a later date
diet
n. a limited range and amount of food you eat when you want to get thinner
digest
n. a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report, etc. 文摘
Dutch
adj. 荷兰的
eagle
n. a very large strong meat-eating bird with a hooked beak and very good eyesight
fax
v. 发传真
featureless
adj. uninteresting, without noticeable features
gorgeous
adj. (infml) very beautiful
gratification
n. satisfaction
herd
n. a group of animals of one kind which lives and feeds together
iceberg
n. a large piece of ice floating in the sea, most of which is below the surface
ignore
v. not to take notice of
infect
v. to pass on a disease to sb.; to corrupt
interstate
n. (AmE) a very wide road for long distance travel
lane
n. the two or three parallel areas on a main road which are divided by painted lines to keep fast and slow traffic apart 车道；the fast ～: the lane for going past other vehicles 快车道
linger
v. to stay a little longer because you do not want to leave
liposuction
n. the removal of fat from sb's body by means of suction
microwave
n. 微波（炉）
mph
n. abbr. for miles per hour
outlet
n. a shop through which products are sold; here: （工厂附设的）门市部
