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第五十三课 In the public interest 1. revolve, evolve, involve revolve v.旋转，转动。 The room began to revolve , then he fainted.屋子开始旋转，然后他就昏倒了。 evolve v.发展，演变。 Agriculture evolved slowly over thousands of years.几千年来，农业发展得很缓慢。 evolve a style of ones own. 逐渐形成了自己的风格 involve v.需要，包含；使卷入，牵涉。 Getting a drivers licence involves learning how to drive, studying the rules of the road, and taking a test.要得到驾驶执照需要学习开车，学习交通规则，还要经过考试。 2. safeguard vt保护，捍卫to safeguard sth from / against；保护措施，防范措施 舒服佳 The agreement will safeguard the newspapers from government interference.这项协议保护报纸不受政府干预。bodyguard保镖 blackguard歹徒 3. grievance n[U] 委屈，不平的事，牢骚(+against) He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months.几个月来他对老板一直心怀不满。 注意和grieve vi悲伤，悲痛 grievance 区分 4． correspondence n [U]来往信件，来往书信 the correspondence colum读者来信专栏The libriary bought all the correspondence between Nopolean and his mistress. respond- 反应correspondent n 记者correspond vi (with) 与---相一致； What he says doesn’t correspond with what he does.他言行不一。 8． justify sth (to sb): to give an explanation or excuse for sth or doing sth对—做出解释；对---辩解 The Prime Minister has been asked to justify the decision to the Parliament.要求首相对这一决定对议会做出解释。You don’t need to justify yourself to me.你不必像我解释你的理由。 justified adj (in) having a good or proper reason合理的，有正当理由的 Is he justified in his criticisms? 他的批评有道理吗？ I think I’m completely justified in asking for her resignation.我认为我要求他辞职是完全合理的。 9．Be open to 1. 乐于接受 愿意考虑：discussion suggestion 2. 容易遭受 : be open to cold/ attack 10. policeman in question= policeman concerned 第五十五课 From the earth : Greetings generate vt产生gen-生 generation一代人 n genius天才 ingenious genetics遗传学 eugenics优生学oxygen氧，氧气 hydrogen 氢气，氢 ．blot n (+ out) Clouds blotted out the sun.云遮住了太阳。 bl-遮蔽，模糊blur使模糊 block vt阻塞 blockade封锁 n blunder vi n跌跌撞撞，犯错 4．endeavor n, vt fm.an attempt to do sth, esp. something new or difficult努力 Please make every endeavor to arrive on time.请尽量按时到达。 I will endeavor to do my best for my country.我将竭尽全力报效国家。