观众席上鸦雀无声,人们对他出色的表演感到惊叹。

7.thereafter adv.此后; 在那之后;之后;以后

例句：Thereafter they did not speak.

此后他们就不再讲话了。

On the opening day all tickets are a dollar; thereafter, they'll be two dollars.

开张那天票价一元, 以后两元。

8.suppression n.压制;镇压;禁止

例句：The suppression of the revolt took a mere two days.

镇压叛乱只用了两天时间。

9.facility n.设备, 设施

例句：The machine is only servicing facilities.

这部机器只是辅助设备。

1.Politicians in northern Nigeria have chosen the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan in party primaries ahead of next year's election.

ahead of在…之前

例句：She left one day ahead of him.

她是在他离开的前一天离开的。

Ahead of us stretches a forest.

我们前面是一片森林。

2.Mr Abubakar, who's from the north, hopes to become the presidential candidate of the governing party rather than Mr Jonathan, who's a southerner.

rather than而不

例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.

他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。