重點單詞：

1、tryout

n. 試驗；選拔賽；預賽

The recycling programme gets its first tryout in Idaho.

該再循環方案首先在愛達荷州被試用。

2、nasty

adj. 下流的；骯臟的；脾氣不好的；險惡的

n. 令人不快的事物

性的吸引力

What nasty little snobs you all are.

你們是多么可惡的勢利小人！

3、routine

n. [計] 程序；日常工作；例行公事

adj. 日常的；例行的

The players had to change their daily routine and lifestyle.

這些運動員不得不改變他們的每日常規和生活方式。

4、whine

vi. 發牢騷；哭訴；嘎嘎響；發嗚嗚聲

vt. 哀訴

n. 抱怨；牢騷；哀鳴

He could hear her dog barking and whining in the background.

他能聽到她的狗在遠處吠叫哀鳴。

重點短語：

1、turn down

減小，關小，調低

I thanked him for the offer but turned it down.

我感謝他的好意，但拒絕了他。

考考你（翻譯）：

1、他們還從四個學校的監管人那里獲得承諾，在一次客觀的測試中隨機抽樣，嘗試這一套做法。

2、那些警衛看上去真可惡。

3、太多的日子都是平淡和無趣，尤其是在冬季。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment.

2、But you do see something similar going on in physicists' attempts to unpack the composition of the universe.

3、Let's go to the football game and cheer for our school team.