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Unit 1 1.hypothesis假设 Because they would have started with the hypothesis, not that there existed a month, but that June was particularly likely. 因为他们是有了假设然后再开始做实验的，而不是说有一个这样特殊的月份，而是六月是一个特殊的月份。 The hypothesis is slightly different from many previous ideas about how we evolved large brains. contingent分遣队；偶然事件；分得部分；代表团 因情况而异的；不一定的；偶然发生的； The United States now has about 60,000 troops in Afghanistan the largest contingent in the 42-nation international force. Romney has a healthy contingent of precinct-level caucus leaders, an edge over many of his rivals. Initiative n. 主动权；首创精神 adj. 主动的；自发的；起始的 The International Society of Toxinology supported the Initiative at the recent World Congress of Plant, Animal and Microbial Toxins in Recife,Brazil. Unfortunately, this morning we have seen the response from the Palestinian side to the Jordanian-Egyptian initiative. Overturn vt. 推翻；倾覆；破坏 vi. 推翻；倾覆 n. 倾覆；周转；破灭 We saw the canoe overturn, throwing its passengers into the water. 我们看到独木舟倾覆了，把上面的乘客掀入水中。 Justice Brent Benjamin now chief justice voted to overturn a fifty million dollar judgment against the Massey Coal Company. Uefas disciplinary committee made the decision to overturn the ruling after new evidence came to light. reflection n. n. 反射；沉思；映象 I think the causes of this require mature reflection. 我认为这事的原因需要充分地思考。 Visitors experience a link with the monument by seeing their reflection in the stone. But the sheer scope of our commitment to the Iraqi people bears some reflection. landlocked adj. 为陆地所包围的 What and Where: Landlocked nation between Russia and China.所在：俄国与中国之间的内陆国家。 Work on assistance to the least developed, landlocked and island developing countries should be strengthened.关于援助最不发达，内陆和岛屿发展中国家应加强。 circulation n. 流通，传播；循环；发行量 The circulation of gossip is vicious. 传播流言蜚语是可恶的。 At a time when newspaper circulation is declining rapidly around the world, Financial Times Web site (FT) says its subscriptions are up 22 percent, while revenues have jumped 30 percent.