四期答案

　　1. Explain the following words and expressions （highlighted in blue） in English.
　　（1） amount to （Para. 1）
　　amount to： If you say that one thing amounts to something else， you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
　　（2） bottle up （Para. 4）
　　bottle up： If you bottle up strong feelings， you do not express them or show them， especially when this
　　makes you tense or angry.
　　（3） anecdote， plunge （Para. 5）
　　a） anecdote： It means a short， amusing account of something that has happened.
　　b） plunge： If a person or thing is plunged into a particular state or situation， or if they plunge into it， they are suddenly in that state or situation.
　　（4） slop （Para. 7）
　　slop： It means to make liquid come out from a container over the edge.
　　（5） gesticulate， draw up， chatter （Para. 9）
　　a） gesticulate： If you gesticulate， you make movements with your arms or hands， often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words.
　　b） draw up： If a vehicle draws up， it arrives somewhere and stops.
　　c） chatter： It means to talk quickly and continuously， usually about things which are not important.
　　（6） jester， deprecate （Para. 14）
　　a） jester： In the courts of kings and queens in medieval Europe， the jester was the person whose job was to do silly things in order to make people laugh.
　　b） deprecate： to criticise
　　（7） merit， intrigue （Para. 15）
　　a） merit： to deserve
　　b） intrigue： the making of secret plans to harm or deceive people
　　（8） adjure （Para. 18）
　　adjure： to ask or to order somebody to do something
　　（9） insidious （Para. 20）
　　insidious： unpleasant or dangerous and developing gradually without being noticed

四期答案

　　（10） infamy （Para. 22）
　　infamy： the state of being well known for something bad or evil
　　（11） at all events （Para. 24）
　　at all events： anyway or anyhow
　　2. Look up the underlined words in your dictionary， examining their multiple meanings. （Note down the meaning of each word in the context， and another meaning that the word often expresses.）
　　（1） ... his substantial stomach ... （Para. 1） Here “substantial” means large， solid， and strong； it also means large in amount or number.
　　（2） ... supplied indifferent bacon ... （Para. 1） If you describe something or someone as indifferent， you mean that their standard or quality is not very good， and often quite bad. “Indifferent” also means having a complete lack of interest in something.