Junction
n.连接，接合；会合点，接合点；（公路或铁路的）交叉路口；（电缆等的）主结点

There's a good British Rail link at Clapham Junction.
在克拉珀姆枢纽站有条很不错的英国铁路线。
Follow the road to a junction and turn left...
沿着这条路到交叉路口，然后左转。

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Decline (pp. & pt. declined)
n.下降；（力量、健康、品格、权力、价值等的）衰退；下倾；（人、生命等的）衰退期
vt.& vi.辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）
vi.（道路、物体等）下倾；（太阳）落下；（在品格、价值上）降低；衰落，谢绝
vt.谢绝，婉拒

Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter...
第一季度工人每小时的产量下降了 1。3%。
He offered the boys some coffee. They declined politely.
他问那些小伙子要不要来点咖啡，他们婉辞了。
There wasn't such a big decline in enrollments after all...
注册人数终究还是没有出现如此大幅度的下降。
He is still one of the world's most popular golfers, but his game is in decline.
他仍是世界上最受欢迎的高尔夫球选手之一，但他的球技日不如前。
Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline.
图书馆是对未来的一项投资，不应任其日趋萎缩。

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Plausible
adj.貌似真实的；貌似有理的；花言巧语的；有眉有眼

A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government...
貌似更加合理的解释似乎是，人们已经厌倦了保守党政府。
Having bluffed his way in without paying, he could not plausibly demand his money back.
他没花钱就蒙混了进来，没道理再要求退钱。
He was so plausible that he conned everybody.
他那么会花言巧语，以至于骗过了所有的人。

剧情百科

世界所有敏感或具有威胁的信息都聚集在一栋无懈可击的建筑。这就是Magnussen让许多人包括Mycroft惧畏的筹码吗？Magnussen凭借自己手中的“筹码”可以获得更多的“筹码”，日益累积。到后面，他所有的信息足以撼动整个世界！面对如此可怕的敌人，Sherlock是否依旧能轻松解决呢？

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.Wear rubber gloves while chopping chillies as they can _____ the skin.
切辣椒时要戴橡胶手套，因为辣椒会刺激皮肤。
2.Insert the key-card _____ _____ _____ _____ the auxiliary headlamp.
将钥匙卡插入前照灯的侧面。

A:本期答案见下期
上期答案：

1.Forster established the essentiality of minerals as accessory food factors required for maintaining life.
福斯特证实了矿物质作为辅助食物因子在维持生命方面的重要性。
2.Good traders seem to produce a lot of hormones, but only for short periods of time.
好的交易员体内似乎是会分泌较多的激素，但情况只限于在短时间内。