重点单词

1.confirm

vt. 确认；确定；证实；批准；使巩固

Confirm they have received your package.

确认他们已经收到你的包裹。

2.landmass

n. 大陆

However, the main landmass that we know as Chinahas always been affected, and continues to be so today, by Chinese societieswell beyond its own borders.

然而，大陆，众所周知的中国，一直受到超过其自身边界的中国社会的影响，而且今天这种影响仍在持续。

3.Affirmative

adj. 肯定的；积极的

n. 肯定语；赞成的一方

Her answer is in the affirmative.

她的回答是肯定的。

重点短语

1.right now

就是现在，马上

How I wish I could go there right now.

我恨不得马上去那儿。

考考你（翻译）

1.从这些标准的结果中，我们或者抛弃或者确认这些理论。

2.但是 如果问我是否相信外星人在某些或某个地方存在，我会大声地肯定： 是的 。

3.目前，我们还不知道这些药物残留会对身体产生什么影响，也不知道该对它们做些什么。

答案见下期

上期答案

1.In that case, we must stay to-gether or none of us will survive.

2.The Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world.

3.Using radio telescopes, the two astronomers detected cosmic noise, or static, that didn't dissipate over time.