BBC news 2011-08-31 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. note n. 纸币
例句：Here is a 5 dollars note for you.
给你一张5美元的钞票。

2. freeze v. 冻结(物价,工资,资产等);冻结(存款)
例句：His salary was frozen at 200 dollars per week.
他的薪水冻结在每周二百美元的水平上。

3. unwind vi.放松
例句：A glass of beer before dinner helped him unwind.
饭前喝一杯啤酒使他轻松了。

4. sanction n. 制裁
例句：The United Nations Security Council took sanctions against the aggressor country.
联合国安理会对侵略国采取了制裁措施。

5. dispute n. 辩论, 争端, 争执
例句：We had a dispute about how much money he owed me.
我们就他欠我多少钱一事进行了一番争论。

6. document vt. 用文件证明;为...提供文件(或证据等)
例句：He documented the case with abundant evidence.
他用充分的证据证明这个案子。

7. sentence vt. 宣判;判决
例句：The assassin was sentenced to death.
刺客被判死刑。

8. overhaul vt. 赶上,追上;超越
例句：The express overhauled a goods train.
那快车超越了货车。

9. prompt vt.促使, 推动, 引起
例句：The sight of the ships prompted thoughts of his distant home.
看到船使他想起遥远的家乡。

10. endorse赞同,认可,支持(意见,活动,某人等)
例句：No one is foolish enough to endorse it.
没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。

11. bogus adj. 假的,假冒的,伪造的
例句：She was fooled by his bogus identity card.
她被他的假身份证骗了。

12. repel vt. 使厌恶, 使反感
例句：His manner repels me.
他的举止让我厌恶。