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词汇讲解：

1. reassure vt.使安心，使消除疑虑
例句：The manager tried to reassure her that she will not lose her job . 
经理试图使她解除疑虑，她是不会失去工作。 

2. isolate vt.使隔离，使孤立
例句：The white people are unable to isolate the black. 
白人不能孤立黑人。 

3. response n.反应; 回答
例句：More and more, silence was the response he had come to use. 
他越来越多地用沉默作答。 

4. appreciate vt.感激; 欣赏
例句：I would appreciate your comments. 
请你多多指教。 

5. terrorize vt.使恐怖; 胁迫
例句：who habitually endeavoured to terrorize his opponent's witnesses. 
他惯于设法恐吓对方的证人。 

6. intervention n.介入，干涉
例句：These studies may be followed by a thrid phase an intervention study. 
研究就可以进入第三个阶段，就是防治实验研究。 

7. protest vi.抗议; 断言
例句：I protest against being called an old fool. 
我抗议把我叫作老傻瓜。 

8. originate vt.引起; 创始
例句：All theories originate from practice and in turn serve practice. 
任何理论都来源于实践,反过来为实践服务。