11. With the possible exception of track and field（athletics）, wrestling is the most

ancient sport known to have been continuously practised competitively.

可能除了田徑運(yùn)動(dòng)以外，摔跤是自古以來連續(xù)不斷舉行競技性比賽的最古老的運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目了。

12. He has become the public face of shell-shock.

他成了盡人皆知的炮彈休克癥的患者。

13. One of the great joys of reading reference books is the chance distraction thrown

up by the strictly alphabetical organization of information.

閱讀參考書最大的樂趣之一是嚴(yán)格按字母順序排列的信息會(huì)偶爾讓你分神。

14. Sixty years later, the city-state has both gained territorial independence, and

managed to bootstrap its way to wealth in spite of a lack of water and energy.

60 年后，這個(gè)城邦國家不僅獲得了領(lǐng)土獨(dú)立，而且在水資源和能源匱乏的情況下，千方

百計(jì)使自己富裕起來。

15. He had a nervous breakdown. 他精神崩潰過一次。

16. your conversational partner 你的談話伙伴

17. They'd done everything together in the intervals of paying numerous diplomatic

attentions to mother.

在禮儀周全地向母親大獻(xiàn)殷勤之余，他們什么事都一起做。 第五章 定語

18. Manet's stylistic discoveries 馬奈在繪畫風(fēng)格上的一些發(fā)現(xiàn)

19. He was on the editorial staff of?The New Yorker?magazine.

他是《紐約客》雜志的編輯。

20. press a correct button 不要按錯(cuò)鍵

21. Treated wastewater made its public debut.

處理過的污水首次公開亮相。