今天我们要学的词是 intimidate. Intimidate 是威胁恐吓的意思。A Las Vegas grand jury indicted a man for intimidating police officers using Facebook. 美国拉斯维加斯一个大陪审团对一名男子提出起诉，罪名是在脸书...
今天我们要学的词是 take on. To take on 意思是对抗。President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron are trying to build a broad international coalition to take on Islamic extremists. 美国总统奥巴马和英国首相卡梅伦正...
今天我们要学的词是 offline. Offline 离线的，下线的。从表面看，社交媒体本应促进意见交流，然而，美国皮尤研究中心最近的一项研究发现，Social media may in fact discourage people from expressing their...
今天我们要学的词是 domestic violence. Domestic violence 家庭暴力。美国布法罗大学研究人员对634对夫妻进行调查发现，The more they smoked marijuana, the less likely they were to engage in domestic violence. 他们大麻抽...
今天我们要学的词是 permanent. Permanent 永久的。Both sides in the Gaza Strip conflict agreed to a truce as well as to a permanent cease fire agreement last week. 加沙地带冲突双方上周同意停火，并达成永久性停火协议。...
今天我们要学的词是 insurance. Insurance 保险。美国旧金山湾区发生六级地震后，是否购买地震保险再次成为热门话题。统计数字显示，In California, only about 10 percent of homeowners have earthquake insuranc...
今天我们要学的词是 cleanup. Cleanup 名词，意思是清理。The cleanup continues after the earthquake struck near the city of Napa, California. 美国加利福尼亚州纳帕城附近地区发生地震后，清理工作目前还在继续。...
今天我们要学的词是 hate crime. Hate crime 仇恨犯罪。华盛顿特区警方公布的年度报告显示，Race-based hate crimes spiked by nearly 40 percent in 2013. 2013年基于种族原因的仇恨犯罪比2012年激增了近40%。Of th...
今天我们要学的词是 underway. Underway 是形容词，意思是正在进行之中。A major clean-up is underway after the massive storm flooded part of the city. 大雨使得城市部分地区被淹，大规模清理工作目前正在进行之...
今天我们要学的词是 grand jury. Grand jury 大陪审团。Prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury last Wednesday in the police shooting of Michael Brown. 检察官上周三开始就警察开枪打死布朗一案向大陪审团呈现...
今天我们要学的词是 authentic. Authentic 真实的。美国记者弗利遇害的视频出现后，U.S. intelligence analysts confirmed that the video showing his beheading was authentic. 美国情报部门分析人员证实，他被斩首的视...
今天我们要学的词是 unidentified. Unidentified 未经确认的，身份不明的。不久前，Social media was abuzz with pictures of an unidentified object lighting up Houston's sky. 休斯顿夜空出现不明物体，照片在社交媒体上...
今天我们要学的词是 indoor. Indoor 做为形容词，意思是室内的。Hersheypark will open a unique indoor roller coaster next Spring. 美国的好时公园定于明年春天推出一个新的别具一格的室内翻滚过山车。China'...
今天我们要学的词是 startup. Startup 名词，指的是新创业的公司。最近的一份研究发现，Startups in America are on the decline in every state, metropolitan area, and industry. 新创业公司的比例在美国每个州，每个...
今天我们要学的词是 committed. Committed 做为形容词，意思是坚定不移的。President Obama said the United States is committed to working on containing the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. 美国总统奥巴马说，美国要坚定地致...
