1. weigh v. 考虑，权衡

　　He is weighing the possibility of filing criminal charges against the doctor.

　　他在权衡向这位医生提起刑事诉讼的可能性。

　　2. soft a. 轻松的，容易的

　　He’s got a pretty soft job in the ministry.

　　他在部里找到了一份相当轻松的工作。

　　3. familiar n. 熟客;密友

　　I met Jack and his familiar last night.

　　昨晚我碰到杰克和他的好友了。

　　4. even a. 均匀的;平的

　　After driving on the bumpy surface, it was nice to get back onto even ground.

　　驱车行驶过崎岖不平的路后，回到了平坦的路面上真是好极了。

　　5. campaign v. 领导[参加，推行]一场运动

　　We are campaigning for equal rights for women.

　　我们正在开展妇女拥有平等权利的运动。

　　6. attend vt. 照顾，护理，侍奉

　　The queen had a good doctor attending (on) her.

　　女王有一个好医生在照顾她。

　　7. arrest vt. 吸引(arrest one’s attention)

　　The bright lights arrested the baby’s attention.

　　明亮的灯光吸引了婴孩的注意力。

　　8. odd a. 临时的

　　We get the odd complaint but most of our customers seem quite satisfied.

　　我们有时也收到投诉，但大多数顾客似乎相当满意。

　　9. weather v. 抵抗，克服

　　Once this crisis had been weathered, the government’s fortunes improved.

　　安全渡过了这场危机后，政府的运气就好起来了。

　　10. try v. 审讯

　　His case will be tried in the High Court.

　　他的案子将由高等法庭审判。

　　11. voice n. 意见，发言权

　　He added his voice to the call for disarmament.

　　他声援裁军的呼吁。

　　12. resume v. 重新开始

　　Let us resume where we left off.

　　让我们从中断的地方继续下去。

　　13. security n.(pl.) 证券

　　There has been heavy trading in government securities.

　　政府发行的有价证券交易十分活跃。

　　14. side vi. 支持

　　Frank sided with David in the argument.

　　弗兰克在争论中站在戴维一边。

　　15. smooth v. (over)掩饰

　　He managed to smooth over the bad feelings between his wife and daughter.

　　他设法纾解了妻子和女儿之间的芥蒂。

　　16. solution n. 溶解，溶液

　　Prepare a weak sugar solution.

　　调制一份稀淡的糖水。

　　17. sound a. 健全的，完好的

　　The surveyor reported that all the walls were completely sound.

　　房产检视员说所有的墙壁都完好无损。

　　18. spell n.一段时间

　　After a short spell in hospital she was soon back at work.

　　她在医院住了很短的一段时间后，很快又回来上班了。

　　19. spring n.(from)源自

　　His fear of dogs springs from a bad experience as a child.

　　他怕狗是由于童年的一次不幸经历而引起的。

　　20. stomach vt. 承受，忍受

　　I can’t stomach his jokes.

　　我无法忍受他的笑话。