重點單詞：
1、steady
adj. 穩定的；不變的；沉著的
vi. 穩固
vt. 使穩定；穩固；使堅定
Despite the steady progress of building work, the campaign against it is still going strong.
盡管建筑工程穩步進行，反工運動卻仍然高漲。
2、predict
vt. 預報，預言；預知
vi. 作出預言；作預料，作預報
The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest.
最新的民意測驗預言將是一場勢均力敵的競賽。
3、accomplishment
n. 成就；完成；技藝，技能
For a novelist, that's quite an accomplishment.
對于一個小說家來說，那是一個了不起的成就。
重點短語：
1、work out
解決；算出；實現；制定出；消耗完；弄懂
Negotiators are due to meet later today to work out a compromise.
談判者們預定在今天晚些時候會面以找到一個折中的辦法。
2、in front of
在…前面
Waiting her chance, the girl nipped in front of an old woman.
瞅準機會，那個女孩很快插在了老太太的前面。
考考你（翻譯）：
1、盡可能靠近對象，拿穩相機。
2、我們的努力都是為了完成這項工作。
3、它花了我一些時間，找到導致這種狀況的原因。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、They were reduced to extreme poverty.
2、The research effort has focused on tracing the effects of growing levels of five compounds.
3、Take a look at existing employee files or, if no files exist, gathering all the papers into coherent personnel files.