重点单词：

1、detention

n. 拘留；延迟；挽留

The teacher kept the boys in detention after school.

老师在放学后罚男孩们留了下来。

2、pierce

vt. 刺穿；洞察；响彻；深深地打动

vi. 进入；透入

I'm having my ears pierced on Saturday.

我星期六要去扎耳洞。

3、nauseous

adj. 令人作呕的；厌恶的

If patients are poorly nourished, the drugs make them feel nauseous.

如果病人营养不良，这些药物会让他们觉得恶心。

4、definitely

adv. 清楚地，当然；明确地，肯定地

I'm definitely going to get in touch with these people.

我一定要联系上这些人。

5、count

vt. 计算；认为

vi. 计数；有价值

n. 计数；计算；伯爵

I counted the money. It was more than five hundred dollars.

我数了数钱，有五百多美元。

考考你（翻译）：

1、囚犯们从拘留营获释了。

2、本周，我们继续向你讲述富兰克林.皮尔斯的总统任期。

3、一阵由疼痛带来的恶心感向她袭来。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、She's just being childish and immature.

2、Julie was suspended from her job shortly after the incident.

3、I know a sculptor who swaps her pieces for drawings by a well-known artist.