單詞與短語：
1. populate
vt. 居住于，生活于，棲居于
eg. Before all this the island was populated by native American Arawaks.
在所有這一切發生之前，這個島上居住的是印第安阿拉瓦克人。
eg. If millions of immigrants were brought over, they would populate the buildings but not perpetuate the culture.
如果百萬計的移民到來，他們可以居住在高樓大廈，但是卻無法滲透對方的文化。
2. cosmos
n. 宇宙
eg. Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.
我們的世界僅僅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
eg. These new discoveries have broken new ground in the exploration of the cosmos.
這些新的發現在宇宙探索方面開辟了新道路。
3. talk into
說服，勸服；說服（某人）做（某事）
eg. I was a fool to have let her talk me into it.
我真笨，竟然聽從了她的勸說。
eg. I can't believe you let him sweet-talk you into working for him!
我無法相信，他幾句好聽的話就哄得你為他效力！
4. goof off
<俚>吊兒郎當，游手好閑，不認真工作
eg. I saw a few films and generally kind of goofed off all day.
我看幾部影片，一整天差不多就混過去了。
The employees would goof off whenever the boss wasn't around.
只要老板不在，雇員便偷懶。
5. dumb down
降低……的難度；簡化；使之變得簡單易懂
eg. No one favored dumbing down the magazine.
沒有人贊成降低雜志的專業水準。
eg. Some traditional jurists resist the notion of "dumbing down" the law.
一些傳統的法學界人士拒絕接受把法律表述“淺顯化”的意見。<俚>