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New Words: 1slavery slavery (n.) ---slave (n. /v.); n. [U] the system of having slaves 奴隶制度 EG:The result was that people cared little about slavery. 结果是人们不太关心奴隶制。 In 1772 the law turned against slavery in Britain. 1772年英国的法律开始反对奴隶制。 2abolish vt. put an end to a law or system officially 废除，终止 EG:When was capital punishment abolished here? 这里什么时候废除了死刑？ He served over 27 years in prison for fighting to abolish white-only rule. 他为废除白人专治而斗争，但为此坐了27年牢狱。 3bloody bloody (a.) ---blood (n.) ---bleed (v.); a. with a lot of killing and injuries 血腥的，残暴的 EG: a bloody battle 血腥的战斗 He begins his career with bloody experiments on live animals. 他拿活动物做血腥试验，以此开始了自己的职业生涯。 4treaty n. [C] a formal written agreement between two or more countries or governments 条约 EG: Some countries are still refusing to sign a treaty banning chemical weapons. 有些国家依然拒绝签署禁止化学武器的条约。 There are no provisions in the treaty that would exclude them from taking part in it. 条约中没有规定他们不能参加。 5plantation plantation (n.) ---plant (n. / v.); n. [C] a large piece of land in a hot country where tea, cotton, tobacco, etc. are grown 种植园 EG: The plantations would be open to foreign acquisition but overall foreign ownership would be limited to 30 or 40 percent. 外国人可以获得这些种植园，但其总拥有权将限定在30%或40%。 He simply agreed to stay away from his rubber plantation. 他只好同意离开自己的橡胶种植园。 6bribe bribe (n. / v.) ---bribery (n.); vt. illegally give money or gifts to sb. in order to persuade them to do sth. for you 向...行贿；贿赂 EG: They got a visa by bribing an official. 他们买通了一位官员，拿到了签证。 I bribed him into giving me the documents. 我向他行贿，让他给我提供了文件。 They tried in vain to bribe the jury with money. 他们企图用钱贿赂陪审团，但没成功。 The witness was bribed to give false evidence. 那个目击证人因受贿而作伪证。 7evil a. very bad; causing harm 邪恶的；有害的 EG: In the movie, the hero has to rescue the world from an evil scientist. 电影中，主人公必须从一个邪恶的科学家手里拯救世界。 He was an evil dictator responsible for the deaths of millions. 他是个暴君，对数以百万人的死负有责任。 n. [U] a power that mak