61. I am glad, anyhow, that you don't think the story?outrageously improbable.

總之，我很開心你認(rèn)為這件事極有可能。

62. And during these short uneasy colloquies（會談） the aridity of royalty was apt to

become?painfully evident.

在這些短暫而不安的會談中，皇室生活的枯燥帶給人的痛苦是顯而易見的。

63. He resented especially the public-school boy since he always feared that he was

going to patronize him. He was so much afraid of others putting on airs with him that,

in order as if were to get in first, he put on such airs as to make him?insufferably

conceited.

他特別反感那個公立學(xué)校的男生，因為他一直擔(dān)心他會保護他。他很害怕別人對他

擺出那份架勢，他仿佛是為了獲得第一名而表現(xiàn)的很自負(fù)，以致于讓人難以接受。

64. “I should have known you anywhere,” said Sophia, with?apparently careless

tranquility.

索菲亞說“我應(yīng)該在某個地方見過你。”，語氣中帶著明顯的淡漠。

65. The rapid price hikes in the past three months, combined with poor rainfall in

many?predominantly agricultural?African regions have changed the picture

considerably.

過去三個月價格的快速上漲，加上非洲很多以農(nóng)業(yè)為主的地區(qū)降水稀少，都很大

程度上影響非洲的 GDP 增長。

65. Indian allegations of Pakistani ties to the attack threaten to set back recent

progress in?often tense?relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

印度聲稱巴基斯坦與這次襲擊有聯(lián)系，這將危及這兩個擁有核武器且經(jīng)常處于

緊張狀態(tài)的鄰國最近在緩和關(guān)系方面所取得的進展。

66. Such sentiments reflect the slow growth and fiscal problems that followed the

2008 financial crisis, but they are not?historically unprecedented.

這種情緒反映出繼 08 年之后的增長緩慢和財政問題，但這種事情不是沒有先例。

67. Netizens have questioned the safety of the box lunches with?extra-long

guarantee periods supplied on high speed trains, though scientific test have proved

the food is safe to eat.

盡管科學(xué)已經(jīng)證明高鐵上提供的具有超長保質(zhì)期的盒飯可以安全食用，但網(wǎng)民還

是對此表示懷疑。

68. The?early applied linguists, such as Henry Sweet(1845-1912) elaborated

principles and theoretically accountable approaches to the design of language

programs, courses, and materials, though many of the specific practical details were

left to be worked out by others.

早期的應(yīng)用語言學(xué)家們，如亨利·斯維特(1845-1912)，闡釋了語言項目設(shè)計、

課程開設(shè)及材料選用的原則和理論上可行的方法，但許多具體實用的細(xì)節(jié)工作是

由其他人完成的。

69. Having encroached on?traditionally male?territory, such women are proving the

equal of men—and are reaping lucrative rewards.

已經(jīng)進入傳統(tǒng)男性領(lǐng)域的這些女性證明她們完全可以與男性相匹敵——而且正在

獲得經(jīng)濟利益的回報。

70. increasingly indebted brother. 債務(wù)不斷增加的弟弟。

71. Then you get successively deeper. 睡得越來越沉。

詞 匯 積 累

1.?flipside?n 另一面；反面

a. This is the flipside of the coin. 硬幣的反面。

b. flipside of the problem.問題的另一面。

2.?floodgate?n 水閘

That really sort of opened the floodgate. 像是打開了閘門。

3.?floor?n 地板，地面；樓層；基底

a. floor leaders. 基層領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。

b. floor experience. 基層經(jīng)驗。

c. the floor plan. 平面圖。

d. price floor. 最低價。

e. We have caps and floors. 上限，下限。

f. ocean floor. 海底。

4.?flow?n 流動；流量；

a. the flows of goods and people. 物流與人流。

b. people flow. 人流。

c. emigration flow. 移民潮。

d. Go with the flows. 隨波逐流。

5.?fluency?n（語言、文章）流利；（技能）嫻熟

You have fluency in English. 你的英語流利。