星火英语四级2000核心词 14

 　　[00:12]Day 14

　　[00:14]mistake
　　[00:16]Susan seems very quiet,
　　[00:18]but make no mistake about it,
　　[00:20]she has a terrible temper!
　　[00:23]modest
　　[00:25]She got the top mark in the exam
　　[00:28]but she was too modest to tell anyone.
　　[00:32]negotiate
　　[00:34]The two countries are negotiating for
　　[00:36]a peaceful settlement of the boundary question.
　　[00:41]negotiation
　　[00:43]Negotiations between the two countries
　　[00:46]have gone on for months.
　　[00:49]numerous
　　[00:51]The city has numerous libraries
　　[00:55]offend
　　[00:56]She was offended at his sexist remarks.
　　[01:02]operate
　　[01:03]The firm operates from its central office
　　[01:06]in Hong Kong.
　　[01:09]oppose
　　[01:10]Do not oppose your will against mine.
　　[01:15]option
　　[01:16]The government has two options,
　　[01:18]to reduce spending or to increase taxes.
　　[01:23]origin
　　[01:24]He spent all his life
　　[01:26]to study the origins of life on earth.
　　[01:31]outstanding
　　[01:32]A good deal of work is still outstanding.
　　[01:37]overall
　　[01:38]A society has its own overall interest,
　　[01:42]a nation has another
　　[01:44]and the earth yet another.
　　[01:48]parallel
　　[01:49]Peking is close to the fortieth parallel
　　[01:52]of north latitude 1.
　　[01:56]perceive
　　[01:57]We rarely perceive more than a minute fraction of
　　[02:00]the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs;
　　[02:05]the great majority pass us by.
　　[02:09]pitch
　　[02:10]We couldn't see our way in the pitchdark.
　　[02:14]powerful
　　[02:16]Passion, though a bad regulator,
　　[02:20]is a powerful spring.
　　[02:23]preferable
　　[02:25]The longestablished mentality 2 of
　　[02:27]“boys are preferable to girls”
　　[02:30]exerts a definite influence over people's attitude
　　[02:33]towards the sex of their babies.
　　[02:37]prevail
　　[02:38]Truth is great and will prevail.
　　[02:44]prior
　　[02:44]I have a prior engagement
　　[02:46]and so I can't go with you.
　　[02:50]prohibit
　　[02:52]Picking flowers in the park is prohibited.
　　[02:56]rank
　　[02:57]The governor, the mayor,
　　[03:00]and other people of rank
　　[03:02]were invited to the ceremony.
　　[03:06]reaction
　　[03:07]My reaction will depend largely
　　[03:09]on the kind of answer I get.
　　[03:13]regular
　　[03:14]In developing the socialist 3 economy
　　[03:17]with Chinese characteristics,
　　[03:19]regular attention should be paid
　　[03:22]to increasing revenue and  saving expenditures 4.
　　[03:27]relief
　　[03:28]The doctor's immediate 5 aim is the relief of pain.
　　[03:34]remedy
　　[03:35]Life is thickly sown with thorns,
　　[03:38]and I know no other remedy
　　[03:40]than to pass quickly through them.
　　[03:45]rescue
　　[03:46]Gentle starving may start up a stress response
　　[03:49]that rescues cells from dying.
　　[03:52]Cell death also is an important component 6 of aging.
　　[03:58]response
　　[03:59]The tax cuts produced a favorable response
　　[04:02]from the public.
　　[04:05]reverse
　　[04:07]We suffered some serious financial reverse.
　　[04:12]revise
　　[04:13]None of the things I had revised
　　[04:15]came up in the exam.
　　[04:18]ribbon
　　[04:19]She wore a red ribbon in her hair.
　　[04:24]schooling 7
　　[04:26]He has little real schooling.
　　[04:29]scope
　　[04:31]Football gives young people scope
　　[04:33]for courage and quick thinking. 
　　[04:37]sensitive
　　[04:39]The Stock Exchange is sensitive to likely political changes.