43. in my opinion → in my view， from my perspective/point of view / standpoint / viewpoint 在我看来，我的观点是

　　【例句】

　　①In my view， all these protesters are quite arrogant and plainly ignorant.(economist.com)

　　在我看来，所有这些抗议者十分傲慢并且完全无知。

　　②From my perspective， tax cuts to 95 percent of working families is not wasteful.(cnn.com)

　　以我看来，对95%的工薪阶层的减税并非浪费。

　　44. ordinary adj. → average 普通的

　　【例句】

　　①It is estimated that the average American still pollutes between five and six times more than the average Chinese person.(bbc.co.uk)

　　据估计普通美国人的污染量仍然相当于五六个中国人。

　　②Statistics have shown that the average students from religious schools do better academically than their counterparts of state school.(bbc.co.uk)

　　统计显示来自宗教学校的普通学生在学业上比国立学校的同级别学生表现更出色。

　　45. pain → anguish， agony 身体或精神上的痛苦

　　【例句】

　　①He battled mental and physical anguish.(bbc.co.uk)

　　他忍受着精神上和身体上的痛苦。

　　②They can no longer tolerate the mental or physical anguish of a terminal illness.(bbc.co.uk) 他们再也不能忍受一种绝症带来的精神或肉体上的痛苦。

　　③He had been in the hospital for several weeks and was in mental agony.(bbc.co.uk)

　　他在医院里住了数周，并且也处于精神痛苦之中。

　　46. prepare， get ready → gear up 准备

　　【用法】

　　prepare for sth = get ready for sth 准备某事;

　　gear up for sth = prepare to do sth = gear up to do sth 准备做某事

　　be prepared to do sth = be ready to do sth = be geared up to sth 准备好做某事

　　【例句】

　　①He gears up for a meeting with a presidential candidate.(bbc.co.uk)

　　他准备和一位总统候选人会面。

　　②Nokia needs to gear up to provide services， not hardware.(economist.com)

　　诺基亚需要准备提供的是服务，而不是硬件。

　　③The international community are geared up to help Haiti.(bbc.co.uk)

　　国际社会准备帮助海地。

　　47. poor adj. → impoverished 非常贫穷的; poverty-stricken 贫穷的; cash-strapped 拮据的，缺少资金的;economically disadvantaged 在经济上处于不利地位的，即相对贫穷的

　　【例句】

　　①It is indeed good news that China is every where in Africa opening businesses and creating employment for the impoverished people.(economist.com)

　　这真是好消息：中国在非洲各地做贸易并为一贫如洗的人们创造就业机会。

　　②Elsewhere in India， the Muslim minority is economically disadvantaged.(economist.com)

　　在印度其他地方，穆斯林相对贫困。

　　48. rich， wealthy adj. → affluent 富裕的

　　【例句】

　　①Death rates in Scotland are falling faster in more affluent areas than in poorer places， a study says.(bbc.co.uk)

　　一项研究表明，在苏格兰富裕地区的死亡率相较于贫穷地区下降地更快。

　　②The cash-strapped Caribbean island now wants to attract a more affluent， bigger-spending class of tourists.(bbc.co.uk)

　　这个没钱的加勒比岛正想吸引一个更加富裕、消费更多的游客阶层。