lull
vt. 使平静；使安静；哄骗
For the past year, Israelis and Palestinians have experience a lull in violence.
在过去的几年里，巴以之间经历了一段稍有平息的生活。
luster
n. [光] 光泽；光彩
Then it’s really no more than a means of transportation, it too loses its luster.
然后它就仅仅是一个名符其实的交通工具，失去了它的光彩。
lethargic
adj. 昏睡的；无生气的
The cat became lethargic and had trouble breathing.
这只猫整天昏睡而且呼吸困难。
malnutrition
n. 营养失调，营养不良
The children's stomachs were distended by malnutrition.
孩子们的胃因营养不良而肿胀了。
mammoth
n. 长毛象；猛犸象；庞然大物
One of the two mammoth museums.
两个猛犸象博物馆中的一个。
loathsome
adj. 令人憎恶的；令人呕吐的
To paraphrase Warren Buffett, when the tide goes out, you get to see who's swimming naked — and you also, apparently, get to see which trophy wives are heinous, loathsome, shallow bitches.
套用巴菲特的话——当潮水退去，你就知道是谁在裸泳——你也很显然会知道哪些锦标妻子是令人发指的、令人厌恶的、轻浮贱女人。
lineage
n. 血统；家系，[遗] 世系
It demonstrates that attention to elders’ voice finds its roots deep inside the primate lineage and leads new lines of questioning on human culture and language evolution.
这证明，关注年长者的声音深深地根植于灵长类血统中，从而使人们对人类文化和语言进化产生了新质疑。
lore
n. 知识；学问；全部传说；（动物的）眼光知识
Now, I had no idea how much of this story was true, but some of it sounded right; Steve Jobs immediately seeing the value in tech breakthroughs is a common theme in tech lore.
今天，我不清楚这个故事的真实程度，但其中一些听起来是真的；我也不知道史蒂夫·乔布斯是否立即明白技术突破的价值是技术知识的共同主题。
legacy
n. 遗赠，遗产
One proviso is attached to this legacy.
这个遗赠附带一项限制性条款。
literate
adj. 受过教育的；精通文学的
The drawback of the internet is that you have to be literate to use it.
互联网的缺点就是人们必须得有文化才能使用它。
1.The meteorite left a hole in the ground.
2.The that the millionnaire left his family was a fortune.
3.Ancient was not written in books but recited over campfires.
4.The mother would her baby to sleep every night.
5.After eating,the dog would sit in the shade.
6.Anyone with a private library that large must be quite .
7.The of the children kept them from growing taller than five feet.
8.Although she is an American,her comes from Germany.
9.When they came back from their month-long trip,the food in the refrigerator that they forgot to throw away was .
10.Without regular cleaning,the trophy soom lost its .
答案：1.mammoth 2.legacy 3.lore 4.lull 5.lethargic 6.literate 7.malnutrition 8.lineage 9.loathsome 10.luster