回帖：Lesson 20
The students have access to the library only in the afternoon.
Last year we had several floods, we had an excess of rain.
Long age Eskimos learned how to adapt to the cold to live in the Arctic Region.
The club adopted a new set of rules concerning its membership.
His adverse criticism didn’t upset me, but encouraged me.
My parents are averse to our picnic plan; they don’t approve of it.
The government decisions whether to continue the project will affect the future of our national economy.
I have warned him to drive slowly several times, but it doesn’t have any effect at all.
The new secretary is sincere and quite without affectation.
His gentleness and kind ways increased his colleagues’ affection for him.
The preacher likes to make an allusion to Homer while preaching.
The white walls create the illusion that the room is very large.
My birthday party is the biggest annual event of my family.
The judge annulled the contract because one of the signers was too young.
The couple appraised the house carefully before offering to buy it.
The club members were immediately apprised of his change of plans.
We should try to settle the matter by argument, not by fighting.
The king augmented his pore by taking over rights that had belonged to the nobles.
The man assured himself that the bridge was safe before crossing it.
He insured his car against accident, theft, and fire.
Don’t forget to check your work to insure its accuracy.
The doctor tied up the patient’s broken ankle with a bandage.
They seem to love bondage more than liberty.
Pack the books in a small carton to carry it easily.
Political cartoons often represent the U.S. as a tall man with chin whiskers, called Uncle Sam.
The novel was banned by the censor as likely to stir up suspicion of the government among the readers.
Every dictator censors the newspapers in his country.
The principal of the school censured the students for their rude behavior.
Many people were killed in the collision between the bus and the car.
The leaders of the collusion against the government were caught and punished.
I have only one confidant to whom I can tell my secrets.
The doctor felt confident that his patient would recover from pneumonia.
I am Swedish. Is there a Swedish consul in Omaha?
The council of ministers advised the king to dismiss the general.
The young man refused to listen to the old man’s counsel.
The murder suspect refused to answer the questions on the advice of his counsel.
The Hopkinses run the biggest dairy farm in the state of Arizona.
It is very rewarding to keep a diary of daily happenings.
Upon his decease all his properties passed to his wife.
Measles and chicken pox are two diseases of childhood.
It is not decent to laugh at a crippled person.
The road makes a sharp descent just around the corner.
The three justices dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision.
Dissent among the senior members was the main cause of the disintegration of the club.
Lesson 21
Lawrence rode a camel across the desert on an exploring expedition.
He had intended to desert his wife and children, but changed his mind.
Strawberry pie is one of my most favorite desserts.
Many students know how to disassemble the radio, but few know how to put it together.
She tried to dissemble her anger with a smile on her face.
I’ve made a first draught of my speech for Friday, but it still needs a lot of work.
The long drought has killed most of the crops in the fields.
She knows a lot of eligible young men who are all rich and attractive.
The ink had faded so that many words were illegible.
Washington was eminent both as general and as president.
The scientist predicted that an earthquake was imminent in Tokyo area.
The members exalted Mr.Smith when they elected him president of the association.
All the people exulted to find that our national team won the gold medal in the International Basketball Tournament.
The trap made of an old tin can and some wire is an ingenious device.
The ingenuous person had never thought of being suspicious of what others told him.
When my little brother sees mother holding the new baby, he becomes jealous.
The clerk in the toy section of the department seems very zealous in pleasing the customers.
The dress that Miss Lee was wearing at the party was made of synthetic material.
The statesman said the Iron Curtain countries had vast resources in manpower and materiel.
George Washington is known to be a moral and just man.
I am sure that we will win the battle, the morale of our troops is very high.
Freedom of religious worship was guaranteed to all settlers in the Northwest Territory by the ordinance of 1787.
The pirate ships in the West Indies were armed with heavy ordnance.
The minister worked very hard to make the rounds of his parish and visit the homes of the sick.
They said that this flower would not perish even when frost comes.
The police still don’t know who perpetrated the murder of the housewife.
This monument was built to perpetuate the memory of the national hero.
Many psychologists are inclined to attribute the formation of personality entirely to the operation of the cultural and physical environment.
That car is his personaly using it without his permission is illegal.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.
The engineer of the wrecked train was prosecuted for criminal negligence.
He prosecuted an inquiry into reasons for the company’s failure.
The author takes his portable typewriter wherever he goes.
They set up purifying systems in dozens of places where the water was not potable.
Good citizens always do what the laws prescribe.
The doctor prescribed a new medicine for the pain in my joints.
In earlier days, the church proscribed dancing and card playing.
Slaughter and destruction are terrible realities of war.
His realty includes a big mansion and several buildings in Taipei.
Nearly every city in the United States has a statue of some famous man.
A man six feet tallis above average stature in this part of the world.
My family is going to have a short vacation on the east coast .
You will not make a good teacher,unless you feel teching is your vocation.
Lesson 22
My wife is an alumna of National Taiwan University.
President Kennedy was an alumnus of Harvard University.
My son and my daughter are both alumni of Ohio State University.
Cats are amoral,they can’t be censured for killing birds.
Lying and stealing are considered immoral conducts in every human society.
Most scientists believe their research to be unmoral,no matter what the results will be.
Stamp collecting as well as fishing is Mr.Evan’s favorite avocation.
Bookkeeping is Mr.Jones’ vocation, and photography is his avocation.
Our school doctor recommends biannual visit to the dentist,I am going to the dentist’s for the second time this year.
The sophomores and seniors are taking the biennial exam this afternoon.
He is replacing the broken chord of his violin.
He had tied the package with a cord before he took it to the post office.
He clenched his teeth to endure the pain of the wound suffered from the accident.
By clinching nails over the canvas they held the torn sail to the mast.
For fifty years or more the climate of the Arctic has been warming up gradually.
The weather will be very hot and humid in Kaohsiung today.
We compared two books to see which one had the better illustrations.
She contrasted her presetn life of luxury with the poverty of her childhood.
The words “snake”and “red” have unpleasant connotations for many people.
The denotation of the word “home” is “place where one lives,”but it has many connotations.
Cheating on a test is considered one of the most contemptible acts in the Military Academy.
The rich man is contemptuous of my humble home and poor surroundings.
We experienced a continual series of hot spells last summer.
On holidays, we can see a continuous line of cars on highways.
It hardly seems credible that your son has grown so tall in one year.
Only a credulous person would fall for that old trick.
An umpire must be an entirely disinterested but keen observer.
The audience yawned and seemed uninterested in the politician’s speech.
The office where everything had worked so smoothly,became completely disorganized after Mr Levine resigned.
Form a union,an unorganized mob can accomplish nothing but chaos.
A well-balanced diet is made up of divers foods.
A great many diverse opinions were expressed at the meeting,but none was worthwhile.
The training airplane has dual controls,oen set for the learner and one for the teacher.
The opposing two lawyers fought a duel to settle their differences.
John is such an egoist that he only cares about himself.
Marian is such an egotist that she talks about herself all the time.
After the shower, the sun emerged from behind the clouds.
He immerged his aching feet in a bucket of hot water.
It is expected that the total number of emigrants from this country will reach 20000 this year.
California has several thousands of immigrants from other states.