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1）reflections 2）hastened 3）solitary 4）mystery 5）fancy 6）expenses 7）slender
8）purchase 9）admission 10）subtle 11）betrayed 12）significance 13）possession
14）procession 15）hints 16）conceal
1）put off 2）was down to her last 3）at length 4）all the way 5）counted for
6）under his breath 7）ran riot 8）spent itself 9）beat back 10）drinking in
11）out of work 12）on a full scholarship 13）There is no way
（1）disaster （2）assured （3）hastened （4）gently （5）afflicted （6）tender
（7）paralyzed （8）abandonment （9）subtle （10）possess （11）preception
（12）procession （13）impose （14）travel-stained
1、担心老太太受不了精神上的打击，警察在告诉她儿子在飞机失事中遇难的消息时尽量委婉。
Fearing that she couldn’t stand the blow, the police broke to the old woman as gently as possible the news of her son’s death in the air crash.
2、调查表明，那次车祸完全是由于司机违章驾驶造成的。
Investigations revealed that the road accident was caused solely by the driver who drove against traffic regulations.
3、他和夏洛克（Shylock）一样吝啬。只要涉及到钱，他对朋友的所有承诺都丝毫没有意义。
He is as mean as Shylock. When it comes to money,all the promises he’s made to his friends count for nothing.
4、自去年以来，这家公司的产品就一直滞销，但加速其倒闭的却是最近的一笔不成功的外贸生意。
Since last year , the company has been unable to sell its products , but it was the recent unsuccessful foreign trade deal that has tened its bankruptcy.
5、他提前半个月订票，以确保能够按时回家和家人一起过春节。
He booked his ticket half a month in advance to assure himself of going back home on time to spend the Spring Festival with his family.
6、开始时，她对讲出真相有顾虑，但最后她还是说出了藏在自己心底好几年的秘密。
At first , she had some worries about telling the truth.However, at length, she spoke out the secret that she had kept in her heart for several years.
7、海伦极力控制住自己的情绪，可她颤抖的双手还是暴露了内心的紧张.
Hellen tried to control her mood , but her trembling hands betrayed her nervousness.
8、安妮获得了奖学金。在向父母报告这个喜讯时，尽管她说这没什么了不起，可还是隐藏不住急于得到父母夸奖的心情。
Annie was awarded a scholarship at school . When she told her parents the good news , she could not conceal her eagerness for praise from them though she claimed that it was nothing special at all.
9、营救队队长压低声音对我说，他对从矿难中救出更多幸存者已经不抱太大的希望。
The leader of the rescue team told me under his breath that he had little hope of finding more survivors from the mine accident.
10、二战前期，德国潜艇（submarines）在大西洋横冲直撞，但英国发明了雷达之后，他们就开始遭受沉重损失。
In the early days of World War II , the German submarines ran riot in the Atlantic Ocean . However , when radar was invented in Britain , the Germans began to suffer heavy losses
