重點單詞：
1、official
adj. 官方的；正式的；公務的
n. 官員；公務員
According to the official figures, over one thousand people died during the revolution.
根據官方數字，有一千多人在革命中喪命。
2、kick
vt. 踢；反沖，朝后座
n. 踢；反沖，后座力
vi. 踢；反沖
He threw me to the ground and started to kick.
他把我摔在地上開始踢我。
3、site
n. 地點；位置；場所
vt. 設置；為…選址
I was working as a foreman on a building site.
我在一個建筑工地當工頭。
重點短語：
1、sum up
總結；概述；計算…的總數
One voter in Brasilia summed up the mood – "Politicians have lost credibility," he complained.
一位巴西利亞選民簡述了人們的心情–“政治家們已喪失信譽，”他抱怨道。
2、give up
放棄；交出
The Coast Guard had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
海岸警衛隊已放棄了兩名潛水員生還的全部希望。
3、light on
偶然遇見（碰見，發現）；停落于
The candle cast a dim light on the table.
蠟燭在桌上投下黯淡的光。
考考你（翻譯）：
1、一份官方聲明預計會在接下來的幾天內發表。
2、我去踢球卻踢空了。
3、科學家們把咸海描繪成地球上生態環境最差的地方。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall.
2、"How would they get over that problem?" he wondered.
3、Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office.