1. distress n. 痛苦，悲伤 vt. 使痛苦

　　I pray that you will have pity on my distress.

　　求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。

　　He couldn't distress her with his own terrible dilemma.

　　他不能用自己糟糕的困境来折磨她。

　　2. facility n. [pl.] 设备，设施;便利，方便

　　The college has excellent sporting facilities.

　　这所学院有极好的体育设备。

　　Certainly geothermometry will be used with greater facility in sub-soil exploration and in detecting migrant fluids.

　　可以肯定，地热测量法在地下勘探和测试运移流体方面更便于使用。

　　3. faculty n. 能力，技能;系，学科，学院;全体教员

　　This boy has a faculty of making friends easily.

　　这个男孩有交友的能力。

　　He is the dean of the Faculty of Medicine.

　　他是医学院院长。

　　Both faculty and students oppose the measures.

　　全体教师和学生都反对这种方法。

　　4. mixture n. 混合，混合物

　　You need a spoon to beat the mixture smooth.

　　你需要用一把调羹来搅均混合液。

　　Air is a mixture, not a compound of gases.

　　空气是气体的混合物，不是化合物。

　　5. mood n. 心情，情绪;语气

　　the subjunctive mood 虚拟语气

　　I'm not in the mood to disagree with you.

　　我没有心思跟你争论。

　　6.moral a. 道德上的，有道德的

　　His behavior transgressed the moral rules of the social conduct.

　　他的行为违背了社会行为的道德准则。

　　7. prominent a. 突出的

　　He is a prominent scholar in the field of linguistics.

　　他是语言学领域的杰出学者。

　　8. substance n. 物质;实质

　　The emery is a hard metallic substance.

　　金刚砂是非常坚硬的金属物质。

　　There is not anything of real substance in their book.

　　他们的书中没有什么实质性的内容。

　　9.substantial a. 可观的;牢固的;实质的

　　Substantial profits accrue when sales take off.

　　当销售额突飞猛进之后，可观的利润就开始自然累积。

　　Those workers have built many substantial buildings in the recent years.

　　近几年那些工人建造了许多坚固的建筑。

　　The reforms have made substantial headway.

　　改革取得了实质的进展。

　　10. prompt vt. 促使 a. 敏捷的，及时的

　　Science and technology has prompted the rapid development of modern society.

　　科学技术推动了现代社会的迅速发展。

　　Thank you for your prompt reply to our telegram.

　　多谢您对我们电报的及时答复。