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Part 3
第三部分
absorb
v. 1. 吸收 2. 使專心
Anything black absorbs most of the light rays that fall on it.
任何黑色的東西吸收了大部分照在其上的光線。
He was so absorbed in his reading that he did not hear the telephone.
他如此專心讀書，以至沒聽到電話鈴響。
accuse
v. 控告
It is wrong to accuse a person of a crime unless you have proof that his is guilty.
控告一個人犯罪是錯誤的，除非你有證據證明他有罪。
adjust
v. 調節
You can adjust your chair to make it more comfortable.
你可以調節一下椅子，使它更舒適一點。
erroneous
adj. 錯誤的
Years ago many people held the erroneous belief that the earth was flat.
許多年以前，人們誤信地球是平的。
expend
v. 花費
He had expended much time and energy on that experiment.
他已經花費許多時間、金錢在那實驗上。
fury
n. 憤怒
It's no use trying to argue with you when you fly into a fury.
當你憤怒時，設法與你爭論是無用的。
liberate
v. 釋放, 解放
Abraham Lincoln is the President who tried to liberate slaves.
亞伯拉罕·林肯是設法解放奴隸的總統。
perplex
v. 使迷惑
He was so perplexed that he asked many persons for advice.
他是如此的迷惑以致他問了許多人意見。
sovereign
adj. 獨立的
When the thirteen colonies won the Revolutionary War, America became a sovereign nation.
當十三州打贏了獨立戰爭時，美利堅就變成了一個獨立的國家。
temperate
adj. 溫和的
The temperate areas of the world are found to be the north and south of the tropics.
世界上溫和的地區是在熱帶地區的北方和南方。
Part 4
第四部分
bout
n. 一個回合, 比賽
Those are the two boxers who will appear in the main bout tonight.
那兩個就是今晚將出現在主要回合里的拳擊手。
category
n. 種, 類
The selfish man places all people in two categories: those he likes and those he dislikes.
自私者將所有人分成兩種：一種他喜歡的，另一種他不喜歡的。
choir
n. 唱詩班
As the choir rose to sing, the people joined in, filling the church with the music of the first hymn.
當唱詩班起立唱歌時，人們也隨聲附和，教堂就充滿了圣歌的音樂。
compact
adj. 緊密的
The salesman tied the customer's purchases into a compact bundle.
店員把顧客所買的東西綁成緊密的一束。
concentrate
v. 集中
The defeated troops were ordered to scatter and then concentrate fifty miles to the south.
戰敗的軍隊被命令分散，然后在南方五十里處集合。
emigrate
v. 自本國遷居到他國
In the 19th century many Europeans emigrated to America.
十九世紀時，許多歐洲人移民到美洲。
navigate
v. 駕駛（船, 飛機）
He navigated the ship across the Atlantic Ocean.
他駕駛這艘船橫渡大西洋。
pane
n. 窗玻璃片
The broken pane in the window was replaced by a man whose son threw a stone and broke it.
窗戶上的破玻璃被一個人換了，這窗戶正是他兒子扔石子打破的。
pest
n. 令人討厭的人或物
We have to get rid of pests in the garden.
我們必須除去花園里的害蟲。
salute
v. 向…敬禮
The soldiers saluted the flag by raising the right hand to the forehead as they passed it.
士兵們經過旗幟時，他們把右手舉到前額來向它敬禮。
severe
adj. 嚴厲的
The students who cheat in examinations will be given a severe punishment.
在考試中作弊的學生將會受到嚴厲的處罰。
