[背景了解]
　　文章取自于2002年6月的閱讀真題，是篇關于暴力行為的文章。
　　[文章部分]
　　The other side of a state legal apparatus is a state military apparatus. While the one protects the individual from violence, the other sacrifices the individual to violence in the interests of the state. In war the state affirms its supreme power over the individuals within its own borders. War is not simply a trial by combat to settle disputes between states; it is the moment when the state makes its most powerful demands upon its people for their recommitment, allegiance, and supreme sacrifice. Times of war test a community’s deepest religious and ethical commitments.
　　[單詞學習]
　　supreme 最高的，最重要的
　　trial 審訊
　　combat 格斗，戰斗
　　dispute 爭論，辯論
　　ethical 道德的，合乎道德的
　　[課后作業]
　　請翻譯下列5個句子
　　1.After a year without defeat, the team now reigns supreme as the finest in the country.
　　2.The trial lasted a week.
　　3.The troops were exhausted after months of fierce combat.
　　4.It is a matter of dispute whether they did the right thing.
　　5. His behaviour has not been strictly ethical
　　答案：
　　1.該隊一年來所向無敵，現已稱雄全國
　　2.審訊持續了一個星期。
　　3.部隊經過幾個月的激戰已經筋疲力盡。
　　4.他們做得對還是不對，這是有爭議之處。
　　5.他的行為不太道德。