介绍:
Lesson 8
1
The electric inspector was castigated for having failed to check the wire as he was supposed to.
We should overcome the worst that the tyrant’s enmity can do.
The politician showed a good sagacity in avoiding the mistakes he’d made in the previous campaign.
Urbane speech is educated speech, as distinguished from the speech of the ignorant.
2
After reading about the lives of several great Americans, John became an ardent student of American history.
I can’t bear his derogatory remarks about my brother’s character.
I won’t tell you what time to leave; you’re old enough to use your own discretion.
The house of the meetings will be fixed at the chairman’s discretion.
The whole city was rife with rumors of political corruption and bribery.
The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.
3
He spared no one’s feelings and expressed his views with great candor.
Her ostensible purpose was to borrow some sugar, but she really wanted to see her neighbor’s new furniture.
The poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry sum of money.
The poor family lived in a sordid log cabin in the valley.
4
Regular meals and exercise are of cardinal importance to our health.
There are many drab houses in the smokey mining town.
The life of a person who never does anything is dull and drab.
The two families had been at feud with each other for three generations.
His insolent speech and behavior upset everyone in the room.
The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the man had treated the child.
A summary of the events leading up to this situation would be pertinent information.
You’d think she would never climb again, after falling down the mountain, but it just whetted her appetite.
5
The man accused of stealing the money was acquitted for lack of witnesses.
Be careful not to break the box of glass; that thin glass is hard but brittle.
The ugly frame detracts from the beauty of the famous picture.
To extirpate weeds is not only to destroy their visible parts but also to pull them out by the roots.
The mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house.
We have the sanction of the recreation department to play ball in this park.
We parked the car on the grass verge at the side of the highway.
