08年7.5第45期托福英语学习：托福词汇45

　　Lesson 45 Lunch in the Park 公园里的午餐

　　Words:

　　concrete n. 水泥；adj. 具体的，实体的

　　concurrent adj. 同时发生的

　　condemn v. 谴责，判刑

　　condemnation n. 谴责，定罪

　　condensation n. 谴责，定罪

　　condense vt. 使浓缩；精简

　　condiment n. 调味品

　　condone v. 宽恕，不咎（过错）；宽容，容忍

　　conduct vt. 做（试验，研究等）；引导，带领；传导；表现，为人;n. 举止，行为

　　conductivity n. 导电率；传导率

　　conductor n. 导（电、热等）体

　　confederacy n. 联盟

　　confederate n. 同盟者，盟友

　　confer v. 颁给，赋予；协商；商谈，交换意见

　　conference n. 会议；协商会，讨论会

　　confess vt. 坦白承认

　　confession n. 承认，招供

　　confide vt. 吐露（心事），倾诉

　　confidence n. 信心

　　confident adj. 有信心的，自信的

　　Lunch break at the hotdog stand in the park is the most enjoyable and interesting time of day for me. There’s nothing like putting your favorite condiments on your hotdog and feeling the condensation on an ice-cold can of coke. And there’s nothing like eavesdropping on the conversations.

　　“I like collecting old things,” bragged a collector to his friend. “I have a collection of belt buckles that were owned by a confederate General back in the days of the confederacy, 140 years ago, Some of these were actually worn to the conferences he had with the Union. I also own a piece of copper wire that was used 160 years ago as a conductor for the original Morse telegraph system. Copper wire was used because of its great conductivity. I even have a wooden mallet that was used by a judge over 300 years ago during condemnation proceedings in Salem. Imaging condemning someone for refusing to confess to witchcraft! Even a confession would result in condemnation!”

　　“I’ve just conferred with the prosecutor and the judge on both of your cases,” said a lawyer to his criminal client. “It was a long meeting so I’m going to condense what we discussed into a few sentences. The prosecutor has concrete evidence that could put you in jail for two consecutive five-year terms. That’s a total of ten years. But if you plead guilty today, I’m confident that you’ll receive two concurrent five-year terms. That means you’ll be out of jail in five years.”

　　“I can’t condone your cheating on the examination,” said a father to his son. “But I’m glad that you conduct yourself honestly next time.”

　　See how interesting lunchtime can be?