重点单词：

1、industry

n. 产业；工业；勤勉

Our industry suffers through insufficient investment in research.

我们的工业因研究投入不足而大吃苦头。

2、environmental

adj. 环境的，周围的；有关环境的

Environmental groups plan to stage public protests during the conference.

各环保组织计划在会议期间举行一些公众抗议行动。

3、preventable

adj. 可预防的；可阻止的；可防止的

Forty thousand children a day die from preventable diseases.

每天有四万儿童死于本可以防止的疾病。

重点短语：

1、speak out

畅所欲言；大胆地说；大声地说

As tempers rose, he spoke out strongly against some of the radical ideas for selling off state-owned property.

随着火气上升，他公开表达了对某些卖掉国有资产的过激想法的强烈反对。

2、fight back

回击；抵抗

We should take some comfort from the ability of the judicial system to fight back against corruption.

我们应从司法制度打击腐败的能力方面获得一些安慰。

考考你（翻译）：

1、没有人怀疑他的能力、勤奋和正直。

2、它防范诸如狂风和烈日等环境危害。

3、你最好大胆地说出来，这样也许对你有好处。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、The endless noise is driving me crazy.

2、Both sides have spoken optimistically about the talks.

3、Close your eyes and screw them up tight.