321.incentive n. 诱因，动机
The incentive to vote for a responsible budget that’s healthful in the long run but painful in the short run depends on whether you face election next year or in three years.
要促使某个议员投票赞成一项长期有益但短期有害的重大预算，得看他面临的是第二年还是三年后的改选。
322.inclination n. 倾向
But girls rarely seem to have either the chance or the inclination to get plugged in.
但女生似乎很少有玩电脑的机会或是愿望。
注：to plug in 插上插头，喻开启电脑
323.infrastructure n. 水、电等基础设施
The bill for this infrastructure binge has topped $60 billion, and some economists wonder whether Malaysia can afford it.
这场基础设施的抢建热潮所需经费高达600亿美元，一些经济学家怀疑马来西亚政府是否承担得起。
注：binge n.（饮食，花费等方面的）放纵，没有节制
324.initiative n. 主动权，进取心
The North (Vietnam) kept the initiative, choosing when to attack and when to lie low and rebuilding its strength.
北越保有主动权，可以选择何时出击，何时潜藏，以恢复实力。
325.insight n. 洞察，了解
If this discovery is confirmed. it will surely be one of the most stunning insights into our universe that science has ever uncovered.
假如证明属实，这还无疑问将是科学史上对于了解宇宙最令人叹为观止的一项发现。
326.integrity n. 廉洁，正直
Both prosecutors eventually paid for their integrity and grit. In May 1992 Falcone and his wife… were ambushed and morally wounded by the Mafia’s “men of honor” on a road near Palermo.
最后，两名检察官为其廉洁与勇气付出了代价。1992年5月，法尔科内及其妻子在快到巴勒莫的路上遭到了黑手党“替天行道者”的伏击而受重伤。
注：grit n.（口语）勇气，斗志；ambush v. 伏击
327.legend n. 传奇人物
They are far too cool in Nashville to get excited about mere music legends.
美国田纳西州首府纳什维尔这批人很冷静，光是几个音乐界的传奇人物是无法激起他们的热情的。
328.mandate n. 委托，授权
Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto…also has a new electoral mandate as head of an internationalist coalition no longer dominated by ambivalent socialists.
首相桥本龙太郎也再度赢得选民的付托，出掌具有国际派色彩，且不再由立场矛盾的社会主义者所把持的联合内阁。
注：coalition n. 联合政府
329.measure n.手段，措施
【同】step
There’s no single measure that’s fully adequate but a combination of measures taken together can make them relatively secure.
单靠一种措施是不够的，但是多种方法结合起来，可以使它们相对安全很多。
330.menace n. 威胁
【同】threat
Still worried about the pesticides’ impact on the environment, government scientists think they may have a better answer to the fire-ant menace.
官方科学家仍担心杀虫剂会破坏环境，认为或许还有更好的方法来对付这种火蚁的威胁。