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　　词汇解释

　　1.ventilation n. 通风设备;空气流通

　　The only ventilation comes from tiny sliding windows.

　　只能通过小推拉窗来通风。

　　2.unilateral adj. 单边的;[植] 单侧的;单方面的;单边音;(父母)单系的

　　Unpopular policies such as unilateral disarmament were ditched.

　　诸如单边裁军之类不得人心的政策已被废除了。

　　3.concession n. 让步;特许(权);承认;退位

　　We made too many concessions and we got too little in return.

　　我们作出了太多让步，而得到了太少回报。

　　4.mind-boggling adj. 令人难以置信的;令人惊异的

　　The amount of paperwork involved is mind-boggling.

　　相关的书面工作量大得令人难以想象。

　　5.contradict vt. 反驳;否定;与…矛盾;与…抵触 vi. 反驳;否认;发生矛盾

　　Her version contradicted her daughter's.

　　她的说法与她女儿的说法相矛盾。

　　6.trophy n. 奖品;战利品;纪念品 vt. 用战利品装饰 adj. 显示身份的;有威望的

　　The special trophy for the best rider went to Chris Read.

　　最佳骑手的特别奖给了克里斯·里德。

　　7.rampart n. 壁垒;垒;防御土墙 vt. 用壁垒围绕;防卫

　　There is guard toing - and - froing along the rampart.

　　有一个卫兵在沿着城堡来回走动。

　　8.adrenalin n. 肾上腺素

　　That was my first big game in months and the adrenaline was going.

　　那是我数月来第一场大赛，非常兴奋。

　　内容解析

　　1.Eurozone leaders are still locked in talks at anemergency summit, trying to find a compromisethat would enable Greece to avoid running outof money and to keep the single currency.

　　run out of 耗尽，用完;[美国英语]强迫离开;驱逐出…：

　　We ran out of coal,and had to burn wood.

　　我们的煤用光了，只好烧柴。

　　They ran the spies out of the country.

　　他们将间谍驱逐出境。

　　2.We have the spectacle this weekend of the two most important Eurozone countries,Germany and France, at loggerheads over the future of Greece.

　　at loggerheads 对立，冲突

　　Management and staff are at loggerheads over the plan.

　　管理层和员工们对这个计划的看法存在严重分歧。

　　The North and South were at loggerheads.

　　南北双方形成了剑拔弩张的紧张局势。

　　3.Government forces will pull back from military action in a week's time, if the rebelskeep their promise of a unilateral ceasefire.

　　pull back 撤回;退却;中途退缩;不守诺言;改变主意：

　　Our force pulled back in order to mislead the enemy.

　　我们的部队撤退是为了迷惑敌人。

　　We thought he had decided but then he pulled back.

　　我们原以为他已经决定，但后来他又打退堂鼓了。