Lesson 28

1. Lesson 28

2. Functions & happenings • polling station投票站 • Parliament 议会，国会 • campaign: take part in or lead a campaign, for example to achieve political change or in order to win an election • industrious: very hardworking • special offer: a product, service, or programme that is offered at reduced prices • raspberry覆盆子;山莓 • aisle: a long narrow gap that people can walk along between rows of seats in a public building

3. apartheid: a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law (南非曾经施行的）种族隔离制 • steward: （大型活动的）组织者，操办者 • demonstrator 示威者

4. The uncle I hardly knew • restriction: an official rule that limits what you can do • at once: simultaneously, at one time

5. mugging • mug: attack in order to rob • fair hair 金发 • moustache: the hair that grows on one’s upper lip • beard: the hair that grows on one’s chin and cheeks • judo: a sport in which two people fight and try to throw each other to the ground

7. Bank robbery • hold-up: a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables • referee: a person who gives you a reference, for example when you are applying for a job（求职等时的）推荐人，介绍人，证明人 • reference: a letter that is written by someone who knows you and which describes your character and abilities介绍信;推荐信 • probation officer: a person whose job is to supervise and help people who have committed crimes and been put on probation