單詞1：opine:to express an opinion:
The professors of my university have donein-depth research on high-speed rails and Jack’s tutor has opined on thesubject earlier.
單詞2：blinkered
A blinkered person is unable or unwillingto understand other people's beliefs, and blinkered opinions or ways ofbehaving show someone is unable or unwilling to understand other people:
單詞3：stereotypical
exactly like the stereotype of a particularperson or thing
a stereotypical teenager
Customers are tired of the stereotypical,fast-talking salesperson.
單詞4：gory
involving violence and blood:
a very gory film
a gory description of the operation
單詞5：nuance
a very slight difference in appearance,meaning, sound, etc.:
The painter has managed to capture everynuance of the woman's expression.
Linguists explore the nuances of language.
單詞6：intricate
having a lot of small parts or details thatare arranged in a complicated way and are therefore sometimes difficult tounderstand, solve, or produce:
The watch mechanism is extremely intricateand very difficult to repair.
Police officers uncovered an intricate web
of deceit.
單詞7：bag pipes
單詞8：under-privileged
單詞9：tartan 方格花紋（或圖案）；格子呢；格子織物?a tartan kilt
單詞10：sporran（著蘇格蘭傳統(tǒng)短呢裙時前面佩戴的）毛皮袋
單詞11：Gaelic 蓋爾語（愛爾蘭、蘇格蘭一些地區(qū)以及舊時馬恩島所說的一種語言）
單詞12：clack
a short sharp noise made by two hardobjects being hit together
He could hear the clack of high heels
walking past in the corridor.
單詞13：euphonium粗管上低音號;尤風(fēng)寧號（一種樂器）
單詞14：tuba大號（一種低音銅管樂器）
單詞15：trombone長號；伸縮長號
The main orchestral brass instruments arethe horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba.
管弦樂隊中主要的銅管樂器包括喇叭、小號、長號和大號。
單詞16：clarinet 單簧管；黑管clarinetist 單簧管（或黑管）演奏者
單詞17：oboe雙簧管
單詞18：bassoon巴松管，大管，低音管
單詞19：percussion打擊樂器
例句：
Drums,
tambourines, and cymbals are all percussion instruments.鼓、鈴鼓和銅鈸都是打擊樂器。
Jean
plays the guitar and her brother is on percussion (= plays percussion
instruments). 瓊彈奏吉他，她弟弟演奏打擊樂器。
單詞20：xylophone 木琴
單詞21：cacophony
單詞22：an unpleasant mixture of loud
sounds 刺耳嘈雜的聲音；雜音
As we entered the farmyard we were met witha cacophony of animal sounds.
單詞23：kilt
a skirt with many folds, made from tartancloth and traditionally worn by Scottish men and boys
單詞24：catch:
INFORMAL to see, watch, or listen tosomething
Want to catch a film tonight?
單詞25：be down to someone
if something is down to someone, they areresponsible for dealing with it or for making decisions about it
Whether you stay in the team or not isentirely down to you.
It’s down to the prime minister to find outwhat went wrong.
單詞26：subsidise
Meals in the cafeteria are subsidized bythe company.
The government has said it will no longersubsidize public transport.
單詞27：subsidy
an amount of money that the government oranother organization pays to help to reduce the cost of a product or service
The government pays subsidies to farmers toproduce particular crops.
a housing subsidy
單詞28：[come in for something]
to receive something such as criticism
Fast food has come in for further criticismin a report published today.
單詞29：rightful
officially or legally accepted as right orcorrect
The stolen paintings have now been restoredto their rightful owners.
The hero eventually gains his rightful place in
society.
