重點單詞：
1、desperate
adj. 不顧一切的；令人絕望的；極度渴望的
Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need.
需要軍隊協助將食物運進科索沃，那里的人們迫切需要食物。
2、raise
vt. 提高；籌集；養育；升起
vi. 上升
n. 高地；上升；加薪
n. (Raise)人名；(英)雷茲
He raised his hand to wave.
他舉起手來揮動。
3、exactly
adv. 恰好地；正是；精確地；正確地
Each corner had a guard tower, each of which was exactly ten metres in height.
每個角都有1個警戒塔，每個塔剛好10米高。
4、independence
n. 獨立性，自立性；自主
In 1816, Argentina declared its independence from Spain.
1816年，阿根廷宣布脫離西班牙而獨立。
重點短語：
1、lack of
沒有，缺乏；不足，不夠
We all deplored her lack of good manners.
我們都嘆惜她缺乏好態度。
考考你（翻譯）：
1、成千上萬的人們正不顧一切地試圖逃離他們滿目瘡痍的家園和村莊。
2、米爾頓舉起杯子放到嘴唇邊。
3、他擔心喪失自己的獨立。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、Architecture is his line.
2、A dozen trees of various sorts were planted.
3、She had a passion for gardening.