2010考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读 恍如置身天堂的总统--非洲岛国塞舌尔一瞥

sway[swei]  v.摇摆，摇动
　　
ballot n.选举票，投票，票数;vi.投票
　　
[真题例句]Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot (n.) papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interests as they plough through them.[2004年阅读2]
[例句精译]求职面试、选举投票、会议发言或参加会议等诸多名单，也是按字母表顺序排序，当人们费劲地往下查看时，兴趣也随之索然。

predecessor  n.前辈，前任，(被取代的)原有事物
　　
[真题例句]Thus the American president and vicepresident have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bushs predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. [2004年阅读2]
[例句精译]如此这般，美国总统和副总统的姓氏分别是以B和C开头，而且乔治．布什的前任有26位(包括他父亲在内)的姓氏均在字母表的前半部，而姓氏在字母表后半部的却仅有16位。
　　
sustain  v.①支撑，撑住;②维持，持续;③遭受

[真题例句]Mozart, he theorized, may have sustained(③)it in a fall, and that would help explain the severe headaches the composer was said to have suffered more than a year before his death. [2005年阅读4]
[例句精译]他推断，这可能是由莫扎特摔跤所致;同时，这也为莫扎特去世前困扰他一年多的严重头痛病提供了解释。
　　
lease[li:s]  n.租借，租约，租赁物，租期，延续的一段时间;vt.出租，租出，租得
stream[stri:m]  n.①小河，溪流;②川流不息的事物;v.流出，涌