[00:14]shrink

　　[00:15]Car sales have been shrinking.

　　[00:19]sight

　　[00:20]No wonder the sight of it

　　[00:22]should send the memories

　　[00:24]of quite a number of the old generations

　　[00:27]back 36 years ago.

　　[00:30]smooth

　　[00:32]I trust an honest face more than a smooth talker.

　　[00:38]solid

　　[00:39]The impressive achievements

　　[00:41]in environmental protection

　　[00:43]have laid a solid foundation

　　[00:45]for a “Green Olympics” here in 2008.

　　[00:51]splendid

　　[00:52]She arrived in a splendid golden coach

　　[00:55]drawn by white horses.

　　[00:59]spoil

　　[01:01]Spare the rod and spoil the child.

　　[01:06]squeeze

　　[01:07]They squeezed the truth out of him.

　　[01:12]stainless

　　[01:13]If I had a bicycle made of stainless steel,

　　[01:17]it will never get rust.

　　[01:20]statistics

　　[01:22]Statistics is a rather modern branch of mathematics.

　　[01:28]status

　　[01:30]They think owning such an expensive car

　　[01:33]will give them status.

　　[01:36]suffering

　　[01:38]Destruction and suffering are accompaniments of war.

　　[01:43]suit

　　[01:45]No dish suits all tastes.

　　[01:49]suppose

　　[01:51]You are not supposed to play football

　　[01:53]in the classroom.

　　[01:55]survivor

　　[01:57]The survivors of the shipwreck

　　[01:59]transmitted a distress signal every hour.

　　[02:04]tie

　　[02:05]The two teams tied

　　[02:07]and had to play an extra period.

　　[02:11]trace

　　[02:12]The wanted man was traced

　　[02:14]to an address in New York.

　　[02:18]track

　　[02:19]The teacher asked us to read newspapers

　　[02:22]every day to keep track of current affairs.

　　[02:27]transmit

　　[02:28]The World Cup final is being transmitted live

　　[02:32]to over fifty countries.

　　[02:36]uniform

　　[02:37]How long was he in uniform?

　　[02:41]urge

　　[02:43]Officials of America urge quick patch

　　[02:46]on mail security hole.

　　[02:50]vary

　　[02:51]As conditions vary with each country,

　　[02:54]there can be no set model of reform and

　　[02:57]development for all countries.

　　[03:01]withdraw

　　[03:03]The general refused to withdraw his troops.

　　[03:08]workforce

　　[03:09]The whole workforce has gone on strike.

　　[03:14]workplace

　　[03:16]We visited him at his workplace

　　[03:18]among the young trees

　　[03:19]and asked him about his work.

　　[03:23]absolute

　　[03:25]Power tends to corrupt,

　　[03:27]and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

　　[03:32]accompany

　　[03:34]I must ask you to accompany me

　　[03:36]to the police station.

　　[03:40]accordance

　　[03:41]We will handle this issue in accordance with

　　[03:43]international laws and international practices.

　　[03:49]accurate

　　[03:50]We must acquire an accurate understanding of

　　[03:53]social progress in contemporary China.

　　[03:59]accuse

　　[04:00]He was sentenced to death.

　　[04:02]His gang had been accused of killing 20 people.

　　[04:07]advanced

　　[04:09]Our Party must always represent

　　[04:11]the development trend

　　[04:12]of China's advanced productive forces。

　　[04:17]advisable

　　[04:19]It is not advisable to act without planning.

　　[04:24]allowance

　　[04:26]IBM offers a quite high traveling allowance

　　[04:30]to its employees.

　　[04:33]alternative

　　[04:35]You have the alternative of leaving or

　　[04:37]staying and behaving.

　　[04:41]ambassador

　　[04:43]Mr Smith is the British Ambassador to Greece.

　　[04:49]anxious

　　[04:50]We are all anxious about his safety.

　　[04:55]applicable

　　[04:57]This rule is not applicable to foreigners.