重点单词：
1、brass
n. 黄铜；黄铜制品；铜管乐器；厚脸皮
n. (Brass)人名；(英、法、德)布拉斯
The instrument is beautifully made in brass.
这个乐器是用黄铜精致铸造成的。
2、request
Mr. Dennis said he had requested access to a telephone.
丹尼斯先生说他已正式要求要能够使用一部电话。
3、proposal
n. 提议，建议；求婚
The president is to put forward new proposals for resolving the country's constitutional crisis.
总统将提出解决国家宪法危机的新议案。
重点短语：
1、work out
解决；算出；实现；制定出；消耗完；弄懂
Negotiators are due to meet later today to work out a compromise.
谈判者们预定在今天晚些时候会面以找到一个折中的办法。
2、more than
多于；超出；比……多
More than two students have been concerned in this affair.
这件事情牵涉到两个以上的学生。
考考你（翻译）：
1、结果连这个大合唱偶尔也被铜管乐所压倒。
2、他们反对我的建议。
3、它花了我一些时间，找到导致这种状况的原因。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、They captured more than ten thousand prisoners and large quantities of arms in that campaign.
2、He ruled out any exchange of prisoners with the militants.
3、I want to go back to our energy level diagrams and see if I can rationalize energy level diagrams.