[ti:14] [ar:14] [00:11.470]00:13.00]mistake  [00:14.790]00:15.00]Susan seems very quiet, [00:16.380]00:17.00]but make no mistake about it, [00:19.100]00:19.00]she has a terrible temper! [00:20.250]00:22.00]modest  [00:22.710]00:24.00]She got the top mark in the exam [00:26.820]00:27.00]but she was too modest to tell anyone. [00:29.220]00:31.00]negotiate  [00:31.380]00:33.00]The two countries are negotiating for [00:34.90]00:35.00]a peaceful settlement of the boundary question. [00:37.20]00:40.00]negotiation  [00:40.420]00:42.00]Negotiations between the two countries [00:43.670]00:45.00]have gone on for months. [00:46.20]00:48.00]numerous  [00:48.70]00:50.00]The city has numerous libraries. [00:50.540]00:54.00]offend  [00:52.160]00:55.00]She was offended at his sexist remarks. [00:57.370]01:01.00]operate  [01:01.20]01:02.00]The firm operates from its central office [01:04.330]01:05.00]in Hong Kong. [01:06.580]01:08.00]oppose  [01:08.680]01:09.00]Do not oppose your will against mine. [01:12.790]01:14.00]option  [01:13.740]01:15.00]The government has two options, [01:15.790]01:17.00]to reduce spending or to increase taxes. [01:19.240]01:22.00]origin  [01:22.220]01:23.00]He spent all his life [01:24.120]01:25.00]to study the origins of life on earth. [01:26.680]01:30.00]outstanding  [01:29.550]01:31.00]A good deal of work is still outstanding. [01:33.370]01:36.00]overall [01:33.970]01:37.00]A society has its own overall interest, [01:39.420]01:41.00]a nation has another [01:41.730]01:43.00]and the earth yet another. [01:43.950]01:47.00]parallel  [01:47.350]01:48.00]Peking is close to the fortieth parallel [01:50.200]01:51.00]of north latitude. [01:52.300]01:55.00]perceive  [01:55.50]01:56.00]We rarely perceive more than a minute fraction of [01:58.410]01:59.00]the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs; [02:01.640]02:04.00]the great majority pass us by. [02:06.150]02:08.00]pitch  [02:08.500]02:09.00]We couldn't see our way in the pitch dark. [02:12.100]02:13.00]powerful  [02:13.650]02:15.00]Passion,though a bad regulator, [02:17.610]02:19.00]is a powerful spring. [02:20.260]02:22.00]preferable  [02:22.610]02:24.00]The long-established mentality of [02:25.10]02:26.00]“boys are preferable to girls ” [02:27.460]02:29.00]exerts a definite influence over people's attitude [02:30.870]02:32.00]towards the sex of their babies. [02:34.510]02:36.00]prevail  [02:37.80]02:37.00]Truth is great and will prevail. [02:39.930]02:43.00]I have a prior engagement [02:43.940]02:45.00]and so I can't go with you. [02:47.440]02:49.00]prohibit  [02:49.340]02:51.00]Picking flowers in the park is prohibited. [02:53.240]02:55.00]rank  [02:56.40]02:56.00]The governor,the mayor, [02:57.490]02:59.00]and other people of rank [03:00.200]03:01.00]were invited to the ceremony. [03:02.160]03:05.00]reaction  [03:05.630]03:06.00]My reaction will depend largely [03:07.720]03:08.00]on the kind of answer I get. [03:10.220]03:12.00]regular  [03:12.490]03:13.00]In developing the socialist economy [03:14.640]03:16.00]with Chinese characteristics, [03:16.00]03:18.00]regular attention should be paid [03:19.550]03:21.00]to increasing revenue and saving expenditures. [03:22.940]03:26.00]relief  [03:26.340]03:27.00]The doctor's immediate aim is the relief of pain. [03:30.540]03:33.00]remedy  [03:33.160]03:34.00]Life is thickly sown with thorns, [03:35.760]03:37.00]and I know no other remedy [03:38.810]03:39.00]than to pass quickly through them. [03:41.270]03:44.00]rescue  [03:43.830]03:45.00]Gentle starving may start up a stress response [03:47.730]03:48.00]that rescues cells from dying. [03:50.30]03:51.00]Cell death also is an important component of aging. [03:54.830]03:57.00]response [03:56.730]03:58.00]The tax cuts produced a favorable response [03:59.430]04:01.00]from the public. [04:00.730]04:04.00]reverse  [04:04.790]04:06.00]We suffered some serious financial reverse. [04:08.650]04:11.00]revise  [04:10.860]04:12.00]None of the things I had revised [04:13.210]04:14.00]came up in the exam. [04:15.690]04:17.00]ribbon  [04:17.400]04:18.00]She wore a red ribbon in her hair. [04:20.660]04:23.00]schooling  [04:22.320]04:25.00]He has little real schooling. [04:25.110]04:28.00]scope [04:26.420]04:30.00]Football gives young people scope [04:30.890]04:32.00]for courage and quick thinking. [04:33.810]04:36.00]sensitive  [04:36.370]04:38.00]The Stock Exchange is sensitive to likely political changes.