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例句：Their business flourished when they moved downtown.
      他们搬到市中心后生意就兴隆了。

      Patrons at a bar downtown had similar thoughts.
      市中心酒吧的老板也有同样的感触。

2.evacuate vt.
vi. 疏散,撤出,排泄

例句：A Bomb scare that necessitated evacuating the Building.
       对炸弹的恐惧使撤离这座建筑物成为必要。

3.adequate a.足够的,充分的;适当的,适合的

例句：I hope you will prove adequate to the job.
      我希望你证明能胜位这项工作。

4.drown vt.淹没,淹死;使沉湎,使迷恋

例句：He was rewarded for saving a drowning child.
      他因拯救一溺水小孩而获酬劳。

5.sobering adj.使清醒的, 使冷静的

6.bait n.(钓鱼等用的)饵, 诱饵

例句：They were digging up worms to use for bait.
      他们正在挖蚯蚓作鱼饵。

7.mediate vi.调停, 调解, 斡旋

例句：The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.
      政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺。

8.reinstate v.使恢复,使复元,使复职;修理,修补

例句：The supporters reinstated him in his former office.
      支持者们使他官复原职。

9.practical a.实际的,实践的;实用的,应用的;有实际经验的

例句：The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical.
      这方案表面上看来似乎很实际。

10.valiant  adj.英勇的；勇敢的；果敢的；坚定的

例句：Despite their valiant efforts, they were unable to save the child’s life.
       他们虽然很勇敢地努力抢救, 却没能救回小孩的生命。