a number of people 发出；寄出

@ under one's nose just in front of sb. 就在...面前

@ just about almost; very nearly 几乎；差不多

@ enter into 1. officially make an agreement 达成（协议）；订立（合同）
@ 2. begin to do sth. 开始做某事

@ have no bearing on sth. have no effect or influence on sth., or be irrelevant to sth. 对...无
影响；与...无关

@ lay sth. bare make sth. known 揭露；暴露

@ shed light on make sth. easier to understand 使...易于理解

Proper Names
@ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 杰奎琳·肯尼迪·奥纳西斯（1929-1994，美国第35任总统
肯尼迪的遗孀，希腊船王奥纳西斯的妻子）

@ Aristotle Onassis 亚里士多德·奥纳西斯（1906-1975，希腊船王）

@ the American Academy of Marriage Lawyers 美国婚姻法律师协会

@ Ed Smith 艾德·史密斯（人名）

New Words 9B
@ undergo vt. experience sth. 经历；经受

@ conclude vt. 1. decide that sth. is true after considering all the information available 推断；
得出结论
@ 2. bring sth. to an end 结束；完成

@ orderly a. well arranged or organized 整齐的；井然有序的

@ household n. [C] all the people living together in a house 家庭；一家人
@ a. used in homes or relating to homes 家庭的；家用的

@ release vt. 1. make sth. known or available to the public 发布
@ 2. let sb. leave a place where they have been kept 释放，放出

@ council n. [C] a group of people elected to make decisions or give advice on a particular
subject 委员会

@ graph n. [C] a picture which shows how two or more sets of information are related, usually
by lines or curves 图表；曲线图

@ finding n. [C] (usu. pl.) sth. that is discovered after studies or research 调查（或研究）结
果

@ abandon vt. 1. leave sb., esp. sb. you are responsible for 抛弃；遗弃
@ 2. stop doing sth. because there are too many problems 放弃；中止

@ 　abandonment n. [U] the act of abandoning sb. or sth. 抛弃；放弃；中止

@ dissolve vt. formally end a marriage, organization, etc. 解除；解散
@ v. mix with a liquid and become part of it 溶解

@ frequency n. [U] the number of times that sth. happens 频率

@ prime a. 1. of the best quality 一流的，最好的
@ 2. most important 首要的；主要的

@ burden n. [C] a difficult responsibility that one has to deal with 负担

@ overtake (overtook, overtaken)
@ vt. take control of sb. or sth. 控制；压倒
@ v. go past a vehicle or person 超过；追上

@ theme n. [C] the main subject of a talk, book, film
, etc. 主题

@ agenda n. [C] a list of things to be dealt with or to be discussed at a meeting 议程

@ industrialize vt. (BrE industrial