Lesson Four
	
	  1. dodge : avoid , evade or elude 逃避。
	  如;
	  He was accused of dodging his taxes . 他被指控逃税。
	  You shouldn‘t dodge your responsibilities. 你不能回避责认。
	  move aside suddenly突然闪开。
	  如:
	  I dodged out of the way when he threw a chair at me . 他将椅子向我扔来的时候,我急忙闪开。
	
	  2. condemn: express an unfavorable judgement or opinion of 谴责。
	  如:
	  We condemned empty talk instead of hard work.我们谴责只说空话不务实的行为。
	
	  3. to come to light : to be discovered or revealed 暴露。
	  如;
	  On investigation some new facts came to light . 一经调查,一些新的事实就被暴露了。
	  It has now come to light that he was financially backed by some interest group.
	  人们刚刚得知,他受到了某个利益集团的经济支持。
	
	  4. languish : 1) become feeble ;droop ; lose liveliness or the will to do things凋萎,有气无力。
	  如;
	  languish from the heat /in prison/ in his dull job 由于天气炎热/坐牢/工作乏味而萎靡不振。
	  2) suffer from a feeling of longing 苦思。
	  如;
	  languish for some kind words/her love 苦苦期盼一些安慰的话语/她的爱。
	
	  5. moral : the moral teaching or practical lesson continued in a fable , tale , experience,etc.
	  寓意。
	  如;
	  There is a moral to the story . 这个故事有个寓意。
	
	  6. bizarre : unusual in appearance, style , or characters 外貌,风格或性格怪异。
	  如;
	  a bizarre coincidence一次奇怪的巧合;his bizrre behavior 他怪异的行为。
	
	  7. at her own request 根据她本人的要求。
	  另如:
	  He wrote this book at the request of his…… 他根据……的要求写了那本书。
	
	  8. vote on : 就……进行表决。
	  如:
	  Let‘s vote on this issue , since we can’t agree . 既然我们不能达成一致意见,就来投票表决吧。
	
	  9. inprivate : not publicly , secretly 私下。
	  如:
	  Such a thing is best discussed in private . 这种事情最好私下讨论。
	  He can be very rube in private, though he is usually polite in public . 他私下可能很粗鲁,但在大众
	  面前通常彬彬有礼。
	
	  10. taboo adj. 忌讳的,禁止的。
	  如:
	  This topic is taboo on the campus . 校园里忌讳讨论这个话题。