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9. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while slander is spoken.
    诽谤【bàng】和流言的区别在于【yú】前者是书面的，而后者是口头的。

10. The knee is the joints where the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg.
    膝盖是大【dà】腿骨【gǔ】和小腿胫【jìng】的连接处。

11. Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have a sharp taste, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.
    酸是一种【zhǒng】化合物，它在溶于水【shuǐ】时【shí】具有强烈的气味【wèi】和对【duì】金属的腐蚀性，并且能够使【shǐ】某些蓝【lán】色植【zhí】物染料变红。

12. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her ability to give emotional depth to her songs.
    Billie Holiday’s作为一【yī】个爵士布鲁斯乐杰出歌手的名声建【jiàn】立在【zài】能够赋予歌【gē】曲感情深度的能力。

13. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality.
    理论在本【běn】质【zhì】上是对【duì】认识了的现实【shí】的一种抽象和符【fú】号化的表达。

14. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate through facial expressions and by making noises.
    儿童在能说或能听懂语言之前，很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了。

15. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.
    受【shòu】当代灌【guàn】溉(技术【shù】设施)之赐【cì】，农作【zuò】物在原来只有仙【xiān】人掌和荞【qiáo】属科植【zhí】物才能生存的地方【fāng】旺盛的生长。

16. The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more accurate sundials with which to regulate them.
    机【jī】械计时器的发展促使人们寻【xún】求更精确【què】的日晷，以便校【xiào】准机械【xiè】计时器。