1.Go out

出去；熄灭；过时

I let them go out lest I should be bothered.

我让他们去了外边，免得他们打扰我。

2.vanish

vi. 消失；突然不见；成为零

vt. 使不见，使消失

n. 弱化音

We proceed to add the rest of the sections until they vanish.

继续为余下的部分添加效果，直到它们消失在远处。

3.credibility

可信性；确实性

It was important for her to be careful to not let her gender show in her politics for if she did, she would loose her credibility and influence.

对于她来说最重要的是，要十分小心的不能在她的政见上表现性别的倾向，如果她没做到，她将会失去她的可信性和影响力。

4.crock

n. 瓦罐；碎瓦片；老朽的人

vt. 使衰弱；使身体垮掉

vi. 变得衰弱；身体垮掉

The idea that we somehow have a certain amount of potential that we must live up to is a complete crock.

我们总会有一定量的潜力，而且这种潜力是我们必须要达到的---这个想法是非常完美的。

5.arrived

v. 抵达；抵港（arrive的过去式）

adj. 已到达的

The old truck jogged us up and down for an hour before we arrived.

在那辆旧卡车将我们上下颠簸了一小时以后，我们终于到达了目的地。

考考你 (请翻译)

1.它会在怀疑声中沉寂。

2.我认为整件事就是一个无稽之谈。　　

上期参考答案

1.It was around the beginning of the bronze age.

2.He knew there was something different about me.