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　　词汇解释

　　1.shattered adj. 破碎的;极度疲劳的 v. 打碎;削弱;使心烦意乱(shatter的过去分词)

　　The bottle was shattered to pieces.

　　瓶子被砸碎了。

　　2.dispatch n. 派遣;急件 vt. 派遣;分派

　　The dispatch of the task force is purely a contingency measure.

　　派遣特遣队纯粹是应急措施。

　　3.retreat n. 撤退;休息寓所;撤退 vi. 撤退;退避;向后倾 vt. 退(棋);使后退

　　The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat.

　　法军在人数上突然处于劣势，被迫撤退了。

　　4.enriched adj. 浓缩的;强化的 v. 使丰富;充实;浓缩(enrich的过去分词)

　　It is important to enrich the soil prior to planting.

　　栽种之前给土壤施肥很重要。

　　5.strand n. 线;串;海滨 vt. 使搁浅;使陷于困境;弄断;使落后 vi. 搁浅

　　The climbers had been stranded by a storm.

　　这些登山者被暴风雨困住了。

　　6.waistband n. 束腰带，腰带

　　The slacks have an elastic waistband.

　　这条便裤的腰带可伸缩。

　　7.front man 挂名负责人;出面人物，出面的人

　　He is the company's front man in L.A.

　　他是公司在洛杉矶的负责人。

　　8.gravelly adj. 多碎石的;铺有碎石的;碎石构成的;声音粗哑的

　　There's a triumphant note in his gravelly voice.

　　他沙哑的嗓音中有一种胜利的口气。

　　内容解析

　　1.They were responding to an emergency callreporting a man waving and pointing a gun atpeople.

　　point at 指向;对着;瞄准

　　He was talking while pointing at the map.

　　他一边用手指着地图一边讲话。

　　Never point a gun at someone, even in fun,as it might be loaded.

　　切切不要把枪对准某个人，即使是开玩笑，因为枪里可能装有子弹。

　　2.The caller did say the weapon might not be real but that information was not passedon.

　　pass on 传递;继续;去世

　　The winner is passing the money on to a selection of her favourite charities.

　　获胜者将把钱捐给几个她最喜欢的慈善机构。

　　He has written a note asking me to pass on his thanks.

　　他写了张便条让我转达他的谢意。