[00:00.00]Lesson17

[00:01.85]complicated

[00:03.82]Premier Wen Jiabao said despite marked progress

[00:07.87]in Beijing's effort to control the SARS virus,

[00:10.71]the task ahead remains arduous and complicated.

[00:13.88]comprehension

[00:16.51]This metaphor is beyond all comprehension.

[00:19.35]comprehensive

[00:22.31]Although the professor gave a very comprehensive

[00:26.03]explanation on how the black holes come into being,

[00:28.98]I still got confused.

[00:30.63]She has a comprehensive grasp of the subject.

[00:34.89]compress

[00:37.73]The film compresses several years into half an hour.

[00:41.57]comprise

[00:44.08]The committee comprising people of widely differing views

[00:48.23]are now having meeting here.

[00:50.21]A piano recital comprised the afterdinner entertainment.

[00:54.58]concentrate

[00:57.64]I can't concentrate on my studies

[01:01.80]with all that noise going on.

[01:03.66]We should concentrate our efforts on

[01:06.61]making the system more efficient.

[01:09.13]The bottled juice was concentrated to save on shipping cost.

[01:13.50]conduct

[01:17.22]Rubber does not conduct electricity.

[01:21.16]She is a girl of good conduct.

[01:24.00]confine

[01:26.96]Please confine your remarks to the topic under discussion.

[01:32.65]Many places are worth visiting within the confines of China,

[01:37.24]so why bother to rush to foreign countries?

[01:40.31]confirmation

[01:42.93]We are waiting for confirmation of the news.

[01:46.43]Don't believe rumors that lack confirmation.

[01:50.26]conflict

[01:53.21]There has been a long and bitter conflict

[01:57.92]between employers and workers.

[01:59.45]Your statement is in conflict with the rest of the evidence.

[02:04.15]conservation

[02:07.10]There is a need for the conservation of trees,

[02:10.17]or there will soon be no forests.

[02:12.47]She is interested in conservation.

[02:15.53]conservative

[02:18.37]Old people are usually more conservative than young people.

[02:22.20]There must have been a thousand people there,

[02:25.92]at a conservative estimate.

[02:27.23]convince

[02:29.64]How can I convince you of her honesty?

[02:32.26]I was convinced I saw you there,

[02:35.11]but it must have been someone else.

[02:37.08]debate

[02:38.83]After a long debate,

[02:40.91]the House of Commons approved the bill.

[02:43.20]The subject was hotly debated.

[02:46.05]decent

[02:48.24]Wearing ragged jeans is not very decent to match the party.

[02:52.72]He is quite a decent fellow.

[02:56.22]decision

[02:58.41]The judge's decision was to award damages to the defendant.

[03:02.46]Anyone who lacks decision shouldn't be a leader.

[03:06.40]destroy

[03:08.80]All hopes of a peaceful settlement

[03:11.75]were destroyed by his violent speech.

[03:13.61]The horse broke its leg and had to be destroyed.

[03:17.77]destruction

[03:20.39]Fame and the exhilarating celebrity that accompanies it,

[03:24.45]force the famous person to anticipate in his own destruction.

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