1 seemingly 看似，似乎 malice 恶意，怨恨n

eg. A seemingly endless line of trucks waits in vain to load up.一眼望不到头的一长列卡车眼巴巴地等着装货

eg. He is a man with seemingly not an ounce of malice in him.他这个人好像没有丁点儿的坏心眼。

2 plethora 过多，过剩n eg. A plethora of new operators will be allowed to enter the market.大批新的运营商将获准进入该市场

3 ease 轻松地adj eg. Anne was intelligent and capable of passing her exams with ease.安妮很聪明，能够轻松通过考试。

          容易，舒适n eg. For ease of reference,only the relevant extracts of the regulations are included.为了便于参照，仅摘录相关规则。

          减少，缓慢的移动v eg. She eased back into the chair and nodded.她轻手轻脚地坐回到椅子上，点了点头

4 by-pass绕过  affluent 富裕的adj 富裕的人，支流n

   eg. a very affluent neighbourhood.富人区

5 degrade 降低身份，使恶化，使降解v  pornography色情作品n

  eg. The notion that pornography degrades women.认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念

6 dysfunctional功能失调的，不正常的adj eg. The characteristics that typically occur in a dysfunctional family.出现在缺陷家庭中的典型特征

7 apathy 冷漠，无动于衷n eg. The political apathy and emotional uncertainty of young Americans.美国年轻人对政治的漠不关心和情感上的多变

8 manageable 容易管理的adj eg. Keep your spending on luxuries down to manageable proportions.将你在奢侈品上的花费降至可控范围。

9 bitter 激烈的 eg. On the eve of the poll,campaigning was bitter.在投票前夕，竞选活动如火如荼。

           怨恨的 eg. She is said to be very bitter about the way she was sacked.据说，她对自己被以如此方式解雇而感到愤愤不平。

          失望的，痛苦的，寒冷的 eg. A great deal of bitter experience had taught him how to lose gracefully.大量惨痛的经历让他学会了如何坦然面对失败

10 count 计数，事项，方面n eg. Wrong on both counts.都说错了

             重要，将...看作，数v eg. It’s as if your opinions,your likes and dislikes just don’t count.就好像是你的意见、你的好恶根本不重要似的。

11 hangover 宿睡，后遗症n eg. He’s still sleeping off yesterday’s hangover.他还在睡觉消除昨天的宿醉呢

Lesson 73-74 The quality of our lives