重点单词：

1、reaction

n. 反应，感应；反动，复古；反作用

Reaction to the visit is mixed.

对这次访问的反应不一。

2、embarrassing

adj. 使人尴尬的；令人为难的

That was an embarrassing situation for me.

对我来说，那是个令人尴尬的场面。

3、tourist

n. 旅行者，观光客

adj. 旅游的

vt. 在旅行参观

Hawaii is an all-the-year-round tourist resort.

夏威夷一年四季都是旅游胜地。

4、essential

adj. 基本的；必要的；本质的；精华的

n. 本质；要素；要点；必需品

It was absolutely essential to separate crops from the areas that animals used as pasture.

把庄稼与牲畜的放牧区分开至关重要。

重点短语：

1、pick up

捡起；获得；收拾；不费力地学会

He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head.

他从地板上捡起帽子，重新戴在头上。

考考你（翻译）：

1、所有新时尚都是从反抗现存习俗开始的。

2、他已把政府置于了一个为难的境地。

3、北京有许多能迷住外国旅游者的景物。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、I like him. Though he makes me angry sometimes.

2、She photographed the children.

3、With a funny rate that contains all the elementary rate constants as part of it.