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e: It is hoped that a promise will be reached in today’s talks. In a promise between management and unions, a 4% pay rise was agreed in return for an increase in productivity. The government has said that there will be no promise with terrorists. promise v. to accept that you will reduce your demands or change your opinion in order to reach an agreement with someone: Party unity is threatened when members will not promise. Well, you want $400 and I say $300, so let39。s promise at/on $350. subjective adj. influenced by or based on personal beliefs or feelings, rather than based on facts: I think my husband is the most handsome man in the world, but I realize my judgment is rather subjective. More specific and less subjective criteria should be used in selecting people for promotion within the pany. honour v. to give someone public praise or a reward: He was honoured with a knighthood. n. a reward, prize or title that publicly expresses admiration or respect: She received an honour for her services to the munity. He was buried with full military honours (= with a special celebration to show respect). 經(jīng)典時(shí)文背誦 The Palace Museum Situated at the heart of Beijing, the Palace Museum is approached through Tiananmen Gate. Immediately to the north of the Palace Museum is Prospect Hill (also called Coal Hill), while on the east and west are Wangfujing and Zhongnanhai neighborhoods. It is a location endowed with cosmic significance by ancient China’s astronomers. Correlating the emperor’s abode ( 住所 ), which they considered the pivot (樞軸 ) of the terrestrial (陸地 ) world, with the Pole Star, which they believed to be at the center of the heavens, they called the palace The Purple Forbidden City. The Forbidden City was built from 1406 to 1420 by the third Ming emperor Yongle who, upon usurping(篡奪) the throne, determined to move his capital north from Nanjing to Beijing. In 1911 the Qing dynasty fell to the republican revolutionaries. The last emperor, Puyi, continued to live in the palace after his abdication until he was expelled (驅(qū)逐 ) in 1924. Twentyfour emperors lived and ruled from this palace during this 500year span.