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A Drink in the Passage Author Alan Paton (1903-1988) Jubilee n. a date that is celebrated because it is exactly 25 years, 50 years etc. after an important event 25、50/60年等具有特殊意义的周年纪念 Do you know how many years they are marking? 1.silver jubilee A. 50 years 2. golden jubilee B. 60 years 3. diamond jubilee C. 25 years 1----C 2----A 3----B In the year 1960 the Union Africa celebrated its Golden Jubilee, and there was a nationwide sensation when the one-thousand-pound prize for the finest piece of sculpture was won by a black man, Edward Simelane. In the year 1960, the Union of South Africa celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, and there was a great excitement throughout the country when people heard that the prize for the finest piece of sculpture was won by a black man. excite: to arouse 激起、激发 His speech didn’t excite much interest in voters. The news has certainly excited comment. conscience (1) n. a. the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong He was a man of strong social conscience, who actively campaigned against poverty in all its forms. Well, at least I can face them all with a clear / good conscience (=when you know that you have done nothing wrong). It eased her own conscience. 不再受良心责备 conscience (2) n. b. a guilty feeling that you have about  something bad you have done Ann felt a pang (剧痛） / twinge （刺痛）of conscience at having misjudged her. They have no conscience at all about cheating. (=not feel guilty about cheating) His work, African Mother and Child, (1) not only excited the admiration, (2) but touched the (A) conscience or (B) heart or (C) whatever it was that responded of white South Africa. that responded: here means responded in that way or similarly responded (3) seemed likely to make him famous… segregate (1) v. a.