重點單詞：
1、apparently
adv. 顯然地；似乎，表面上
Apparently the girls are not at all amused by the whole business.
據(jù)說這些女孩們完全不覺得這整件事好笑。
2、expectation
n. 期待；預(yù)期；指望
Their hope, and their expectation, was that she was going to be found safe and that she would be returned to her family.
他們的希望和期盼是她被找到時安全無恙并被送回她家。
3、depress
vt. 壓抑；使沮喪；使蕭條
The stronger U.S. dollar depressed sales.
更堅挺的美元使銷售量下降。
重點短語：
1、make up
組成；補足；化妝；編造
The Chinese make up the largest single ethnic group in the city's public classrooms.
華人在該市公立學校的課堂中構(gòu)成最大的一個族群。
2、pick up
撿起；獲得；收拾；不費力地學會
He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head.
他從地板上撿起帽子，重新戴在頭上。
考考你（翻譯）：
1、最近的惡化是由貌似沒完沒了的蕭條造成的。
2、斯蒂芬·蔡斯已決心不辜負公司的期望。
3、我必須承認國家的形勢令我沮喪。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、Jane finally broke away from her parents and got an apartment of her own.
2、I see. Would you like me to reschedule you for another night?
3、There was an awkwardly long silence.