今天我们要学的词是boom。 Boom, 是繁荣、兴起、迅速增加的意思。最新统计数字显示，加州地区最近两年损失了95万多个工作机会。The job losses during the last two years wiped out the jobs created during the...
今天我们要学的词是take by storm。 Take by storm, 意思是彻底征服。世界排名第70位的美国乔治亚州17岁女子网球选手奥丁恩在本届美国网球公开赛上过关斩将。The 17-year-old Melaine Oudin took the tennis...
今天我们要学的词是bullying。 Bullying, 指恃强凌弱的行为。研究显示，Six out of ten American teenagers witness an act of bullying once a day, 美国十几岁的孩子中，十个人里有六个人每天都会亲眼目睹有人被欺...
今天我们要学的词是bizarre。 Bizarre，稀奇古怪的。在星期六晚上举行的美国网球公开赛女子单打半决赛中，美国选手小威廉姆斯因为辱骂裁判而输了比赛。The women's semifinal at the U.S. Open ended i...
今天我们要学的词是prestigious。 Prestigious声名显赫的。The Lasker Awards, one of the most prestigious prizes in medicine, is being rewarded to scientists working on stem cells and leukemia, and to New York's mayor for his fight to cut...
今天我们要学的词是off the record。 Off the record, 意思是非正式的，不供公开发表的。美国总统奥巴马在接受采访前聊天时骂不久前在MTV颁奖典礼上闹场的嘻哈歌手坎耶.韦斯特是个混球。Presiden...
今天我们要学的词是vaccine。 Vaccine, 疫苗。The Food and Drug Administration approved vaccines designed to protect against the H1N1 flu virus, 美国食品和药物管理局批准了甲型H1N1流感疫苗。 The first doses of the vaccine...
今天我们要学的词是trafficker。 Trafficker, 指从事非法行当的商贩。A child trafficker was sentenced to 20 years in prison, 一个拐卖儿童的人口贩子被判处20年徒刑。A Syrian arms trafficker was arrested as he tried to...
今天我们要学的词是underscore。 Underscore, 是突出、强调的意思。美国加州八月份的失业率攀升到了70年来的最高水平。California's unemployment rate underscored the nation's slow economic recovery, 加州的失业率...
今天我们要学的词是better off。 Better off, 是境况更好的意思。The team is better off without the star center who is not a team player, 没有这个缺乏团队精神的明星中锋，球队反而更好。虽然经济不景气，但是...
今天我们要学的词是set the bar higher。 Set the bar higher, 意思是提高标准，严格要求。The web site set the security bar higher, 这家网站加强了安全防护措施。The school set the bar higher for providing healthy lunche...
今天我们要学的词是pronounced。 Pronounced, 做为形容词，意思是明显的。美联储前主席格林斯潘不久前表示，美国经济年底前就会走出衰退。He predicted 'a fairly pronounced recovery not only in the U.S.,' bu...
今天我们要学的词是payoff。 Payoff, 意思是回报、报偿。The lottery winner got a big payoff from a small investment, 乐透彩中奖者小小的投资得到了巨额回报。球队新老板花了好几千万美元，重新建设这次队...
今天我们要学的词是disadvantage。 Disadvantage, 劣势。美国总统奥巴马认为，美国学校应该延长教学时间。Obama says American students spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with kids in other cou...
今天我们要学的词是starting point。 A starting point, 起点、开端。美国总统奥巴马希望能重新启动中东和谈，但是分析人士说，Obama's first task is to get the two sides to agree on a starting point for negotiations...
