Successor
n.接替的人或事物；繼承人，繼任者

He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors...
他制訂了幾條原則，希望可以引導繼任者。
Several critics hailed him then as the greatest living Scottish poet, the natural successor to his old friend Hugh MacDiarmid.
緊接著，一些評論家稱贊他為當今蘇格蘭最偉大的詩人，是他的老朋友休·麥克迪爾米德理所當然的接班人。

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Instrumental
adj.樂器的；儀器的；有幫助的；起作用的

In his first years as chairman he was instrumental in raising the company's wider profile...
他任董事長的最初幾年為提升公司的知名度起到了積極的推動作用。
Jesse Jackson was instrumental in the release of some of the hostages.
其中一些人質得以獲釋多虧了杰西·杰克遜。
The last track on the CD is an instrumental.
CD 上的最后一支曲目是一首器樂曲。

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Reconcile (pp. & pt.reconciled)
vt.使和好，使和解；調停，排解（爭端等）；
[宗]使（場所等）潔凈；[船]使（木板）接縫平滑

We suggest that it is possible to reconcile these apparently opposing perspectives...
我們認為這兩個看似對立的觀點是可以調和的。
Devlin was reconciled with the Catholic Church in his last few days.
德夫林在生命的最后幾天與天主教會達成和解。
She had reconciled herself to never seeing him again.
她說服了自己永遠不再和他見面。
She felt a little more reconciled to her lot.
她感到對自己的命運多少接受一些了。

劇情百科

如果能找到比Mycroft或John更理解Sherlock的，那么也只有Sherlock的粉絲團了。而在別人不屑尋求他們的幫助時，Mary找了他們，并且找到Sherlock的藏身處，這也是Mary的過人之處。那么Sherlock有意的安排究竟想與Mary說些什么呢？

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.Unlike bony wings, number-crunching brains leave little trace in the _____ record.
和具有實體的翅膀不同，用來識數的大腦不會以化石的形式保存下來。
2.Men ______ ______ ______ struggling for survial against the elements.
人門習慣于在與自然力作斗爭中求生存。

A:本期答案見下期
上期答案：

1.He had painted all the wood with metallic silver paint...
他給所有的木材都涂上了一層閃耀著金屬光澤的銀漆。
2.He told the children to start moving clockwise around the room.
他讓孩子們開始按順時針方向繞著房間走。