重點單詞：
1、contract
vi. 收縮；感染；訂約
vt. 感染；訂約；使縮短
n. 合同；婚約
The company won a hefty contract for work on Chicago's tallest building.
公司贏得了芝加哥最高建筑的重要施工合同。
2、relief
n. 救濟；減輕，解除；安慰；浮雕
I breathed a sigh of relief.
我安心地松了一口氣。
3、instead
adv. 代替；反而
My husband asked why I couldn't just forget about dieting and eat normally instead.
丈夫問我為什么就不能忘掉節食而正常吃飯。
4、squish
n. 咯吱聲；擠扁
vt. 壓扁；把...擠扁
vi. 發出嘎吱聲
Mr Crist has been a pretty good governor, and he is hardly the lefty squish Mr Rubio makes him out to be.
克里斯特一直都是很稱職的州長，他不是咄咄逼人的左撇子魯比奧所描述的那樣。
5、hug
vt. 擁抱；緊抱；抱有，堅持
vi. 擁抱；緊抱在一起；擠在一起
n. 擁抱；緊抱；固執
She had hugged him exuberantly and invited him to dinner the next day.
她興高采烈地擁抱了他，并邀請他第二天一起用晚餐。
重點短語：
1、你看過這份合同了嗎？
2、救濟機構正在加緊努力提供食物、住處和農業設備。
3、他們提高了價格，減少了產量，而沒有削減成本。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、The price of electronic products slump recently.
2、I thought he was very attractive and obviously very intelligent.
3、He teased me mercilessly about going Hollywood.