米糠，草料，小玩笑 V.开玩笑
[例句]
It isn’t always easy to separate the wheat form the chaff.
分清好坏并不总是容易的。
18【simultaneous】
Adj.同时发生的，同步的
19【rapt】
Adj.全神贯注的，专心致志的
[例句]
Yingtai learned that his name was Liang Shanbo,and that he’d be her classmate at the Academy, so they walked the rest of the way together, rapt in conversation.
英台得知他的名字叫梁山伯，会成为她在书院的同学，于是他们一起走了剩下的路，聊得很开心。
20【lurid】
Adj.俗艳的，花哨的，骇人听闻的，苍白的
[例句]
Some truly lurid panorama paintings were produced in the name of these paradise illusions.
一些华丽的全景画由此诞生，代表了对天堂的幻想。
21【retribution】
N.报应，报答，惩罚
[例句]
He didn’t want any further involvement for fear of retribution.
由于害怕遭到惩罚，他不想进一步卷进去。
22【symmetry】
N.对称，相似
23【mosque】
N.清.真.寺
24【cryptic】
Adj.含义隐晦的，晦涩难懂的
[例句]
He has issued a short, cryptic statement denying the spying charges.
他发表了一个简短含糊的声明，否认了对他间..谍行为的指控。
25【inter】
Prep.相互 V.埋葬
[例句]
The bitter disappointments to follow did not inter this thought.
后来的痛苦的失望并没有埋葬这种思想。
26【astounding】
Adj.令人震惊的
[例句]
Distance education is booming as technology is making astounding advances.
随着技术的惊人进步，远程教育正在蓬勃发展。
27【supple】
V.使柔软，使顺从，驯（马） Adj.灵活的，柔韧的，易弯曲的
[例句]
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
青春不是年华，是心境。青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志、恢宏的想象、炽热的感情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。
28【mercenary】
Adj.只为金钱的，唯利是图的 N.雇.佣.兵
[例句]
Money is the end and aim of my mercenary existence.
我拜金，金钱就是我的全部。（《小妇人》）
29【presumptuous】
Adj.冒昧的，自负的，专横的
30【conjure】
V.变戏法，召唤，祈求
[例句]
And I start to conjure these hideous thoughts myself.
我脑中出现一些可怕的想法。
31【dogma】
N.教条，信条
[例句]
Ideals too easily give away to dogma, dogma becomes fanaticism.
理想太容易向教义妥协，而教义让人变得狂热。
32【stupor】
N.神志不清，昏迷
[例句]
So I woke up from a drunken stupor this morning.
所以我今早从宿醉醒来。
33【quench】
V.扑灭，抑制，解渴
[例句]
We love in order to quench our physical and psychological desires.
我们相爱是为了