BBC news 2011-07-27 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. doubt vt. 怀疑, 疑惑
例句：Nobody doubts him to have been honest.
没有人怀疑他曾经是诚实的。

2. plea n. 请愿, 请求; 借口, 托辞
例句：He was absent under the plea of illness.
他借口有病没有出席。

3. sentence n. 宣判, 判决
例句：The judge imposed a stiff sentence.
法官做出了严厉的判决。

4. condolence n. 同情;吊唁
例句：Please accept my condolences on your mother’s death.
请接受我对令堂的谢世表示的哀悼。

5. survive vi. 幸存, 活下来
例句：These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.
这些植物在严寒中不能存活。

6. decide v. 下决心; (使)决定
例句：We must decide that ourselves.
这得由我们自己决定。

7. queue n. (人或车辆)行列, 长队
例句：By 10 o'clock a long queue had formed outside the bank.
到十点钟时, 银行门外已经排成了长队。

8. amend v. 改良; 修改, 修正，修订（法律文件、声明等）
例句：The constitution was amended in 1920 to give women the right to vote.
美国宪法于一九二○年修订,赋予妇女投票权。

9. dependent adj. 取决于…的
例句：It is largely dependent on the weather.
这多半取决于天气情况。

10. seize v. 抓住;捉住
例句：The police seized an escaping convict.
警察抓住了一个在逃犯。

11. dominant adj. 占优势的；统治的, 支配的
例句：The British were formerly dominant in India.
英国人从前统治印度。