重点单词：

1、tryout

n. 试验；选拔赛；预赛

The recycling programme gets its first tryout in Idaho.

该再循环方案首先在爱达荷州被试用。

2、nasty

adj. 下流的；肮脏的；脾气不好的；险恶的

n. 令人不快的事物

性的吸引力

What nasty little snobs you all are.

你们是多么可恶的势利小人！

3、routine

n. [计] 程序；日常工作；例行公事

adj. 日常的；例行的

The players had to change their daily routine and lifestyle.

这些运动员不得不改变他们的每日常规和生活方式。

4、whine

vi. 发牢骚；哭诉；嘎嘎响；发呜呜声

vt. 哀诉

n. 抱怨；牢骚；哀鸣

He could hear her dog barking and whining in the background.

他能听到她的狗在远处吠叫哀鸣。

重点短语：

1、turn down

减小，关小，调低

I thanked him for the offer but turned it down.

我感谢他的好意，但拒绝了他。

考考你（翻译）：

1、他们还从四个学校的监管人那里获得承诺，在一次客观的测试中随机抽样，尝试这一套做法。

2、那些警卫看上去真可恶。

3、太多的日子都是平淡和无趣，尤其是在冬季。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment.

2、But you do see something similar going on in physicists' attempts to unpack the composition of the universe.

3、Let's go to the football game and cheer for our school team.