Lesson 12

　　sheer

　　survival

　　religion

　　hysterical

　　think over

　　convince sb. of sth.

　　Reduce to

　　Refer to

　　And so forth

　　Now that

　　1.At that moment I stopped still， for at no time did the professor ever cut up the lecture into topics and subtopics

　　2.However， the topics and subtopics were there， waiting to be discovered

　　3.By first reading these books， I found I could understand better that assigned chapter in textbook

　　4.Much to my delight， I had discussed all the facts and ideas accurately

　　5.When the students left the examination room， they jotted down these questions quickly from memory