BBC news 2011-08-12 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. tolerate vt. 容许; 承认
例句：The teacher cannot tolerate eating on the class.
老师不容许在课堂上吃东西。

2. steal v. 偷
例句：Someone has stolen her purse when she was shopping.
她在购物时, 有人偷走了她的钱包。

3. fluctuation n.波动,涨落,起伏
例句：He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.
他用统计表显示价格的波动。

4. sovereign adj. 独立自主的
例句：For a brief time Texas was a sovereign nation.
得克萨斯一度是个主权独立的国家。

5. downgrade vt.使降低, 使降级
例句：She was downgraded to assistant manager.
她被降职为助理经理。

6. bribery n. 行贿;受贿
例句：The policeman accused the thief of bribery.
警察指控那个小偷行贿。

7. implicate vt.牵连, 涉及
例句：The evidence clearly implicated him in the crime.
证据清楚显示他与这件罪案有牵连。

8. disciplinary adj.训练的, 纪律的, 惩罚的
例句：She was dismissed in accordance with the company’s usual displinary procedures.
按照公司一般纪律程序, 她被解雇了。

9. assume vt. 承担;就任;取得
例句：The prince assumed power when he was only fifteen.
王子在十五岁时就掌权了。

10. kidnap vt.诱拐, 绑架, 劫持
例句：His son was kidnapped yesterday.
他儿子昨天被绑架了。

11. ransom n. 付赎金救人; 赎金
例句：They have to pay a large ransom.
他们不得不付一大笔赎金。