重点单词：
1、apparently
adv. 显然地；似乎，表面上
Apparently the girls are not at all amused by the whole business.
据说这些女孩们完全不觉得这整件事好笑。
2、expectation
n. 期待；预期；指望
Their hope, and their expectation, was that she was going to be found safe and that she would be returned to her family.
他们的希望和期盼是她被找到时安全无恙并被送回她家。
3、depress
vt. 压抑；使沮丧；使萧条
The stronger U.S. dollar depressed sales.
更坚挺的美元使销售量下降。
重点短语：
1、make up
组成；补足；化妆；编造
The Chinese make up the largest single ethnic group in the city's public classrooms.
华人在该市公立学校的课堂中构成最大的一个族群。
2、pick up
捡起；获得；收拾；不费力地学会
He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head.
他从地板上捡起帽子，重新戴在头上。
考考你（翻译）：
1、最近的恶化是由貌似没完没了的萧条造成的。
2、斯蒂芬·蔡斯已决心不辜负公司的期望。
3、我必须承认国家的形势令我沮丧。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、Jane finally broke away from her parents and got an apartment of her own.
2、I see. Would you like me to reschedule you for another night?
3、There was an awkwardly long silence.