isolation
n. 孤立，隔離

knit
V. 編織（毛衣等）

lack
V. 缺乏，缺少

lesbian
n. 同性戀者（專指女性）

liberty
n. 自由，釋放

link
V. 聯系，連接

lounge
n. 休息室

navigate
V. 瀏覽

range
V. （范圍）涉及

respectable
a. 可尊敬的，有身份的

roll
V. 滾動，翻滾

sentence
n. 宣判，判決

shameful
a. 可恥的，不體面的

tip
n. 提示，訣竅

voluntary
a. 志愿的，義務的

website
n. 網址

a bit like
略微像，有點像

a handful of...
少量的，少數的

be linked with/to
與…相聯系

be ready to
做好準備

come out
公開表白是同性戀者

range from... to...
涉及（范圍），從…至…，包括…和…

thanks to
由于，多虧

Merry Learning

A Japanese company and an American company had a boat race; the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans hired experts to work out what went wrong. They reported that the Japanese had one person managing and seven rowing, while the Americans had seven managing and only one rowing. The American company immediately reorganised its team. Now they had one senior manager, six management consultants and one rower. In the rematch the Japanese won by two miles. So the American company fired the rower.