1. infamous：adj. 聲名狼藉的，無恥的
eg. This prisoner was infamous and abhorred by people.
人們痛恨這個聲名狼藉的犯人。
2. ravine: n. 山澗，小峽谷
eg. The narrow deep ravine stretches up the mountainside.
深而窄的山澗在山腹中蜿蜒。
3. indigenous: adj. 土生土長的，本土的
eg.The giant panda is an animal which is indigenous to China.
大熊貓是中國土生土長的動物。
4. slump:v. 突然倒下，暴跌 n. 下降，經濟蕭條時期
eg.He felt dizzy and slumped into the sofa.
他感到頭暈，突然倒在了沙發上。
5. pawn: v. 當掉，以...擔保 n. 典當，抵押物，人質
eg.In class , the pawns are the most common and expendable pieces.
在象棋中，卒是最普通和最常犧牲的棋子。
6. impending : adj. 即將到來的，迫在眉睫的，緊急的
eg.The girl is running to avoid the impending wave.
女孩奔跑著躲避即將到來的海浪。
7. impediment: n. 妨礙，阻礙，障礙物，口吃
eg. Edward’s speech impediment made it difficult for his classmate to understand.
愛德華的口吃讓他的同學很難聽懂他在說什麼。
8. highness: n.殿下，閣下，高度，高尚，高貴
eg. The highness of the tomb reached the sky.
這座墳墓的高度直達天空。
9. eject: v. 使彈出，噴射，放逐
eg.I eject the DVD from the DVD player.
我把DVD從DVD機裡彈了出來。
10. hepatitis: n. 肝炎
eg.When you have hepatitis, your liver doesn’t work right and you always feel tired.
當你得了肝炎的時候，你的肝臟會出問題並且總是感到勞累。
11. dilapidated: adj. 破舊的，破爛的
eg. This house is dilapidated. I couldn’t possibly live here.
這房子各種破舊衰敗，我才不可能住這裡呢。
12. consign: v. 託運，託賣，寄存
eg.She consigned her dog to her friend before she went on vacation.
她在度假前將她的狗寄存在朋友那兒 。
13. payroll: n.工資單
eg.Our company has 174 people on the payroll.
我們工資冊上有174名員工。
14.calamity : n. 大災禍，不幸之事
eg.A great calamity is occurring, how can we survive?
巨大的災難將要發生，我們該如何倖存？
15. deft: adj. 靈巧的，敏捷的，熟練的
eg.The embroidery was beautiful , thanks to her deft needlework.
刺繡十分精美，這要歸功於她嫻熟的針線活。
16. closure：n. 關閉，終止，結束
eg.The closure of the company meant that the staff became unemployed.
公司的關閉意味著員工的失業。
17.mussel：n. 蚌類
eg. Steamed mussels are my favorite type of shellfish.
蒸河蚌是我最愛的殼類海鮮。
18. parody: n. 嘲弄文章，拙劣的模仿 v. 拙劣模仿
eg.He does a funny parody of Michael Jackson.
他對麥可傑克遜進行了滑稽的模仿。