重點單詞：
1、expectation
n. 期待；預期；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。
2、appreciate
vt. 欣賞；感激；領會；鑒別
vi. 增值；漲價
Anyone can appreciate our music.
任何人都能欣賞我們的音樂。
3、scale
n. 規(guī)模；比例；鱗；刻度；天平；數值范圍
vi. 衡量；攀登；剝落；生水垢
vt. 測量；攀登；刮鱗；依比例決定
n. (Scale)人名；(意)斯卡萊
However, he underestimates the scale of the problem.
然而，他卻低估了問題的嚴重性。
4、screw
vt. 旋，擰；壓榨；強迫
n. 螺旋；螺絲釘；吝嗇鬼
vi. 轉動，擰
I had screwed the shelf on the wall myself.
我自己用螺釘把架子固定在了墻上。
重點短語：
1、at this point
這時候，此時此刻
Do you have any questions at this point?
就這一點你們還有什么問題嗎？
考考你（翻譯）：
1、斯蒂芬·蔡斯已決心不辜負公司的期望。
2、她從未真正理解該家庭矛盾的深度與激烈程度。
3、這位患者按0到10分給這些療法分級。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、Recently they have laid an underground pipeline.
2、He and Lillian had got divorced.
3、The White House probably won't make this plan public until July.