重点单词：
1、incapacitated
v. 丧失能力，欠缺行为能力（incapacitate的过去分词）
adj. 不能行动的
A serious fall incapacitated the 68-year-old congressman.
一次严重跌伤使这位68岁的国会议员丧失了行动能力。
2、removal
n. 免职；移动；排除；搬迁
What they expected to be the removal of a small lump turned out to be major surgery.
他们本以为只是切除一个小肿块，结果却成了个大手术。
3、competitive
adj. 竞争的；比赛的；求胜心切的
Only by keeping down costs will America maintain its competitive advantage over other countries.
只有通过保持低成本美国才能保持对其他国家的竞争优势。
4、fantastic
adj. 奇异的；空想的；异想天开的；古怪的；极好的，极出色的；不可思议的；不切实际的
n. 古怪的人
I have a fantastic social life.
我有着极好的社交生活。
重点短语：
1、as soon as
一…就…
We chose the house for our home as soon as we saw it.
我们一看见这所房子，就把它选作我们的家了。
考考你（翻译）：
1、他受伤致残，无法工作了。
2、那些狗被切除了声带。
3、日本实行的是一个高度竞争的市场体制。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、He'll finish up his year of command in about a week and return to London.
2、I was worried I wouldn't be able to hang my laundry out.
3、The city's film industry is in difficulty.