趣味青春英语电台 第247期:Pull your weight

 　　Idiom:

　　Pull your weight ( try your best )

　　Hit the book：

　　Fitness

　　Gossip

　　Bat an eyelash

　　Hard-earned money

　　Demise¹

　　Transaction

　　Magazines used to be covetable². They cover any and every topic under the sun. There are travel magazines, fitness magazines and gossip magazines. There are magazines dedicated³ to food, fashion, an activity, a destination, a product. People before never really thought twice, nor batted an eyelash when grabbing one to buy from the newsstands. But with the internet, is it still worth it to spend our hard-earned money on these glossies⁴? If video killed the radio star, will the internet be the print media’s demise? Is the magazine business dwindling⁵ down?

 

1 demise   

n.死亡；v.让渡，遗赠，转让

参考例句：

• He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.他赞扬协会的目标，但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
• The war brought about the industry's sudden demise.战争道致这个行业就这么突然垮了。

2 covetable   

adj.值得渴望的可羡慕的，值得渴望的

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3 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 glossies   

用亮光纸印刷的杂志( glossy的名词复数 )

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5 dwindling   

adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句