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is building its own hotel there, which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquet Banqueting Room, and so forth, and will be very expensive.copyright [n] 版權 2008 年閱讀 Text 2Copyright rested with the journal publisher, and researchers seeking knowledge of the results would have to subscribe to the journal.damn [adj] 該死的;可惡的 2006 年閱讀 Text 4The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today.deputy [n] 副職;副手 2011 年閱讀 Text 2As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold, deputy chiefs may be more willing to make the jump without a net. Unit 23A. 單詞識記幻燈片2bin 【n.】 垃圾桶;垃圾箱;箱子;儲物箱;儲藏箱形近詞bind v. 使緊密聯(lián)系;使關系密切;約束;限制;使負有義務 ( 或責任 )l bruise 【n.】淤傷;青腫l 【v.】 碰傷;擦傷l census : 【n.】人口普查charter 【 n.】 章程;憲章 【adj.】 ( 飛機或船只 ) 包租的;包用的;根據(jù)特許狀辦理 ( 或設立 ) 的 【v.】 (個人、 團體)包租;租用(飛機、船只等 )l clarity 【n.】 ( 書、論點等的 ) 清楚;清晰易懂;明晰;思路清晰;有條理l moan 【v.】呻吟;嗚咽;抱怨l 【n.】抱怨;低沉的聲音mock 【v.】 嘲笑;嘲弄;( 模仿 ) 取笑 【adj.】假的;仿制的;假裝的l obsession 【n.】著迷;困擾l passion 【n.】激情;熱情;熱戀;強烈愛好;強烈的感情l 【v.】[ 詩歌用語 ] 表露強烈感情;顯示巨大熱情 l prevalent【adj.】流行的;盛行的;普遍的l hedge 【n.】 樹籬l 【v.】 用樹籬圍起;回避;躲閃;防備,防范 ( 尤指金錢損失 )l 【adj.】樹籬下的;樹籬旁的l hypothesis 【n.】假設;假說infant 【n.】嬰兒;(5~7 歲的 ) 幼兒 【adj.】供嬰兒用的intrude 【v.】侵入;侵擾;打擾;闖入;干擾knit 【v.】編織;針織【n.】編織物;編織法形近詞kit n. 衣物和裝備;成套用品;配套元件 v. ( 為特定活動而 ) 使某人裝備起來repertoire 【n.】全部節(jié)目;全部本領;( 計算機的 ) 指令表senate 【n.】參議院;上院;大學理事會;大學評議會 handle 【v.】處理;對待;操縱;觸摸;撫養(yǎng) 【n.】柄,把手詞組 get rid of: 除掉;去掉;擺脫dispose of: 解決;將 ( 某物 ) 處理掉cope with: 對付;支應 同義詞manage v. 處理;設法對付address v. 對付;處理;設法了解并解決;向……作正式講話;向……說話monopoly 【n.】壟斷;專賣;壟斷企業(yè)形近詞possession n. 占有;所有;擁有control n. 控制 ( 能力 );支配 ( 能力 ) v. 控制;掌管;管理 strive 【v.】奮斗;努力;力爭;力求形近詞stripe n. 條紋;線條;臂章;種類詞組 strive for: 奮斗;爭取 Unit 23C. 單詞應用bin [n] 箱子;儲物箱2013 年閱讀 Text 1In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her. Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in which he poor girl doubtless found her garment.bind [v]約束;限制 2012 年完型Part of the problem is that the justices are not bound by an ethics code.bruise [adj]頭破血流的;激烈的 2010 年閱讀 Text 4After a bruising encounter with Congress,America’s Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) rushed through rule changes.census [n] 人口普查2006 年閱讀 Text 1The 1990 Census revealed that a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most mon countries of origin spoke English ‘well’ or ‘very well’ after ten years of residence.charter [adj]根據(jù)特許狀辦理 ( 或設立 ) 的2012 年閱讀 Text 4Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawnout battles.clarity [n] 思路清晰 2014 年完型As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be.l moan [v] 抱怨 l 2010 年閱讀 Text 4l Their rules, moan the banks, have forced them to report enormous losses, and it’s just not fair. mock [v] 嘲笑;嘲弄2009 年閱讀 Text 4Meanwhile, many settlers had slighter religious mitments than Dane’s, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not e to the New world for religion. “Our main end was to catch fish.”hedge [v]防備,防范 ( 尤指金錢損失 )2010 年閱讀 Text 2The Bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market.hypothesis [n] 假設2008 年完型The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name.infant [n] 嬰兒2010 年完型Many of the ships were lost in storms, many passengers died of disease, and infants rarely survived the journey.intrude [v] 侵擾 2013 年閱讀 Text 4On the overturned provisions the majority held the congress had deliberately “occupied the field” and Arizona had thus intruded on the federal’s privileged powers.knit [n] 編織物 2013 年閱讀 Text 1For Hamp。M to offer a $ knit miniskirt in all its 2,300plus stores around the world, it must rely on lowwage, overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.senate [n] 參議院 2012 年閱讀 Text 2Enraged by Entergy’s behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.address [v] 設法了解并解決 2014 年閱讀 Text 4Regrettably, however, the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.address [v] 處理 2012 年完型The justices must address doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves accountable to the code of conduct.control [v] 控制 2014 年閱讀 Text 1What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”—protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.stripe [n] 種類 2007 年閱讀 Text 3Scholars, policymakers, and critics of all stripes have debated the social implications of these changes, but few have looked at the side effect: family risk has risen as well. Unit 24A. 單詞識記adapt 【v.】( 使 ) 適應;改編;改寫形近詞adaptiveness n. 適應性;適應能力readmit v. 重新接納contempt 【n.】輕視;蔑視;鄙視形近詞 contemptible adj. 可鄙的 dense 【adj.】稠密的;濃密的;密集的;( 物質(zhì) ) 密度大的形近詞densely adj. 稠密的;濃密的;密集的;( 物質(zhì) ) 密度大的exhaust 【v.】使筋疲力盡;耗盡;抽完 【n.】排氣裝置;廢棄forecast 【n.】 預測;預報 l mutual 【adj.】相互的;彼此的;共有的l 形近詞l mutually adv. 互相地l 詞組l mutual benefit: 共同的利益 nowhere 【