【正文】 d grief are emotions.His speech has an effect on our emotions rather than our reason.47. bombardment: attack, onslaughtbombard: to attack with artillery / shells, or bombers48. slay (slew, slain): (lit.) kill or murder, to kill, esp. violently, put to death49. linger on: to live on the point of death for some time, esp. when suffering from a disease, be slow in dyingThe pain lingered on for weeks (was slow to disappear). The dying man lingered on.He39。s no better, but he39。s lingering on by sheer will power.linger: to wait for a time which is considered too long instead of going, stay, delay goingThe newly acquainted young couple lingered around the hall long after the concert had ended.She shouldn39。t have lingered after the others had leftthat was fatal.50. agony: very great pain or suffering of mind or body, suggesting suffering so intense that both body and mind are involved in a struggle to endure the unbearable, intolerableHe suffered agonies from his broken arm.The country must not again go through the agony of war.The refugees are experiencing the agony of... the agony of defeat and the thrill of victory Thousands upon thousands of others were on the brink of death, suffering the intense, unbearable pain both physically and spiritually, and dying slowly.51. inhibit: cause one to suppress certain thoughts or desires because of the environmental conditionHis way of teaching is dull, and inhibits imagination.This medicine will inhibit the spread of the disease.inhibited: (of people39。s character) unable to express what one really feels or do what one really wants, feeling restrained, having to suppress one39。s emotionThey were too inhibited to laugh freely.52. agitate: to stir, upset, disturbThe speech agitated the crowd.agitated: emotionally disturbed and excited.The audience was agitated.agitator: person who stirs up public opinion, esp on a political matter agitation: painful excitement of the mind or feelings, anxiety, a public argument, unrestNone of them noticed her agitation.be in agitation53. assent: (fml) agreement, an acceptance (of a statement) as trueIt basically apply to opinion or proposal, suggesting understandingThe mittee assented to our proposals.The teacher answered with a brief nod of assent.agree: It can imply previous disagreement, discussion and attempts of persuadingI don39。t agree with him on many things.I think it impossible to agree to your proposals.54. sink in: penetrate, esp. gradually, to enter a solid through the surface, be fully absorbed or understood,If the ink sinks in, it39。ll be hard to remove the spot from the cloth.When Frank heard that war had started, it didn39。t sink in for a long time until his father was drafted into the army.I think the lesson has sunk in, he won39。t make the same mistake again. The beam sinks earthwards.55. jolt: to shake or be shockedThe cart jolted along over the rough road, jolting every bone in his body.With a tremendous jolt the car started.to run over a hole and receive a joltThe news was a jolt to me.56. reverie: dreamy thinking, esp. of agreeable things, that state of being absorbed in dreamlike contemplation, daydreamingHe loved to indulge in reveries about his future.He was awakened from his reverie by the teacher39。s question.She sat at the window, deep in reverie.He was sunk in reverie and did not hear me.When one is preoccupied with sth., he has preoccupations. And he is always oblivious of the things around. He is in deep reverie.57. heinous: (lit) (of wicked people or acts) very shameful, very bad, hatefully and shockingly evil, abominable, outrageous, so openly and shamelessly bad or so conspicuous that it excited hatred or horrorTreason has always been regarded as a heinous crime.58. confess: admitConfession: a religious service at which a person tells his faults to a priestConfess usu. applies to what one feels to be wrong. If you confess sth. or confess to sth., You admit that you have done sth. that you feel ashamed of, or embarrassed about. But admit stresses reluctance, or unwillingness.In usage, these two words are almost the same, both can be followed by a clause, a noun, a gerund (with or without a “to”) or a plex object.Usage: to confess / admit that...to confess / admit one39。s sins / error / crimeto confess / admit hating sb. / the weaknessto admit to stealing / the murder / to confess oneself to be guiltyto confess / admit oneself to be beatenBut confess is often followed by a “to”: He confesses to having done it.She confessed readily to what she described as an ignorance of modern science.59. cataclysm: a violent and sudden change or event, esp. a serious flood or earth quake or a war, disaster60. trace: a visible mark or sign of the former presence of a thing or event, a mark or sign showing the former presence or passing of some person, vehicle, or event. 61. preserve: (fml or lit) to keep from destruction, to protect. The word stresses the idea of resistance to destructive agencies and hence implies the use of means to keep sth. in existenceOld records are preserved by protecting them from light and moisture.62. erect: (fml) to build or establish (a solid thing which was not there before, construct, set upErect basically means to set upright, while Build strictly implies a fitting together of parts and materials to form sth. which may be large or smallto erect a flagpoleMany factories erected during that period.63. impact: collision, an impinging or striking esp. of one body against another, the action of one object hitting another, with great force, the force of impression of one thing on another, an impelling or pelling effectThe car hit the stone wall with great impact.a target constructed to resist the impact of a bulletWe see the impact of modern science on our society everywhere.The book made a great impact on its readers.the concrete embankment built to resist