一、写出admit，acknowledge和confess的区别
admit通常表示“迫于压力”而不得不承认。
eg. i am shamed of admiting what i have done.
acknowledge通常是“公开承认”
eg. Seeing this, she has to acknowledge mistakes she has made.
confess通常表示“承认某种罪行”。
eg. He confessed that he killed his wife.
二、写出以下几个词组和习语的意思。
1.a drop in the bucket 九牛一毛（形容微量）
eg.compared to the considerable amounts, what you paid is a drop in the bucket.
2.out of one's wit 不知所措
eg. hearing the death of his beloved people, he was out of wit.
3.bet on the wrong horse 作出错误的估计
eg. owing the wrong statistic, they bet on the wrong horse.
三、达成共识
reach an agreement on sth reach a consensus on sth
reach an accord with
seek common ground
eg. They have to reach an accord on this free trade treaty under the pressure of both sides.
四、造句：备战研究生那需要耐得住孤独。
参考译文：You should endure the loneliness while gearing up for the national graduate examination.
注:endure=bear/stand
研究生入学考试还可以是：graduate entrance exam
五、承担责任与逃避责任
assume/bear/shoulder/take on/have one's responsibility
反：evade/shift one's responsibility
六、不情愿做某事
be unwilling to do sth
be recluctant to
be loath to do
feel/be disinclination to do
grudge doing sth
（对某人怀恨在心: bear/harbor/hold/have/nurse a grudge about....
耿耿于怀brood over injuries）
七、endemic epidemic pandemic区别
endemic是形容词，地方性的，也可指问题根深蒂固难以根除
epidemic是区域性流行病 pandemic是国际大流行病
