重点单词：

1、subject

n. 主题；科目；[语] 主语；国民

adj. 服从的；易患…的；受制于…的

vt. 使…隶属；使屈从于…

It was I who first raised the subject of plastic surgery.

是我首先提起了整形手术这个话题。

2、express

adj. 明确的；迅速的；专门的

n. 快车，快递，专使；捷运公司

He expressed grave concern at American attitudes.

他对美国的态度表达了严肃关注。

3、sentence

n. [语][计] 句子，命题；宣判，判决

vt. 判决，宣判

Here we have several sentences incorrectly joined by commas.

这里有几个误用逗号连接的句子。

重点短语：

1、slam down

砰地摔下来

Each time they slam down, I swear I will stop.

每次他们猛踩，我发誓，我会停止。

2、shut up

住口；关闭；妥藏起来

"They like to stand out there in the sun and not to be shut up in an apron," said her grandfather.

“那是因为它们喜欢站在阳光下，而不喜欢被关在一个围裙里啊，”爷爷说。

考考你（翻译）：

1、在过去的几年里，梅雷迪恩先生所采取的一些立场已使他成为了被批评的对象。

2、对失散的焦虑常常表现成对孩子走失的愤怒。

3、预计法庭将于今天晚些时候宣布判决。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、Looking back on it now, I realized that I must have imagined the whole thing.

2、We have nothing against diversity; indeed, we want more of it.

3、Pass the message down to the people at the end of the table.