VOA慢速英语:American History: Life in the 1970s and '80s

2. evident adj. 明显的, 明白的
例句：It is evident that smoking is harmful to health.
很明显, 抽烟对健康有害。

3. suffer vt. 遭受;经历
例句：He suffered many humiliations before he became a football star.
他在成为足球名将前受过许多屈辱。

4. extreme n.极端, 过分
例句：In dealing with the problem he was cautious to an extreme.
他在处理这个问题时谨慎得过分了。

5. warn vt. 警告, 提醒; 告诫; 预先通知, 预告
例句：The weather station warned that a storm was coming.
气象台说将有暴风雨来临。

6. escape n. 逃走, 逃脱; 逃避
例句：I read love stories as an escape from reality.
我阅读爱情小说以逃避现实。

7. advise v. 劝告, 提建议
例句：It is easy for you to advise, but difficult to take advice from others.
劝告别人容易, 接受劝告就难了。

8. resign v. 辞职
例句：The simplest thing is for him to resign at once.
最简单的做法就是他立即辞职。

9. entertainment n. 娱乐,消遣
例句：This law applies to all places of public entertainment.
这一法律适用于一切公共娱乐场所。

10. breed vt.饲养, 培养；引起, 招致
例句：Flies in food shops breed disease.
食品店里的苍蝇能引起疾病。

11. handle vt. 处理, 应付, 对待
例句：He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.
他不让秘书处理机密文件。

12. surge n. 激增
例句：It failed to stimulate a surge of investment in industry.
这没有能刺激工业投资的激增。