Time 2023.3.4

1.單詞

[1]???? famine n. 饑荒

[2]???? blockade v. 封鎖、包圍 n. 封鎖

[3]???? maslin ['m?zl?n] n. 小麥和混合麥的細粉

[4]???? cereal n. 谷類食品

[5]???? clampdown n. 嚴禁，制止，取締（非法活動）

[6]???? stunt v. 遏制；妨礙發(fā)展

[7]???? deteriorate v. 變壞、惡化；退化 e.g. This is a chronically malnourished population for decades, high rates of stunting and all signals point to a deteriorating situation.

[8]???? coronation n. 加冕；加冕典禮

[9]???? anoint [??n??nt] v. 涂（圣水）e.g. Holy oil to anoint King Charles III on his coronation, has been consecrated in Jerusalem

[10]? Monastery of Mary Magdalene 抹大拉的瑪麗亞修道院

[11]? Monastery of the Ascension 耶穌升天修道院

[12]? Archbishop 大主教

[13]? concoction n. 混合

[14]? cinnamon n. 肉桂

[15]? ambergris n. 龍涎香

2.短語

[1]???? Arduous-March 苦難行軍 指1994-2004年在朝鮮發(fā)生的的大面積饑荒災難。死亡人數(shù)約在24-48萬人不等。

[2]???? ramp up 提升 Various experts say the root problem is years of economic mismanagement and that Kim’s efforts to ramp up state control further will only make things worse.

[3]???? shoot on sight order 格殺勿論[的命令] e.g. There’s been shoot on sight orders (at the border) that were put in place in August 2020.

[4]???? strangle off 勒死；扼殺

[5]???? Ministry of Unification 大韓民國統(tǒng)一部

South Korea has a Ministry of Unification in the same way that Macey's has a Father Christmas. It is something nice to tell the children. 韓國有個統(tǒng)一部，這就像Macey's百貨里有個圣誕老人，可以拿來哄小孩。出自www.ftchinese.com [今日笑點]

3.詞根詞綴

[1]???? 補充mal-：malnourished 營養(yǎng)不良的

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Time 2023.3.9

1.單詞

[1]???? footage n. 鏡頭

[2]???? reconfigure v. 重新配置. 【configure v. 配置；裝配 e.g. an electronic voting machine configured with fingerprints and facial recognition features】

[3]???? poll n. 投票；民意調(diào)查；計票；投票數(shù) v. 使投票 e.g. Nigeria is not new to poll delays.

[4]???? challenge v. 質(zhì)疑；提議，邀請 n. 質(zhì)疑 Opposition vows challenge as Tinubu wins Nigerian presidency.

[5]???? upside n. （不好情況中）光明的一面

[6]???? blight v. 妨害；損害 n. 枯萎?。灰卟?e.g. The apple crop was wiped out by blight.? INEC’s Bimodal Voter Accreditation System was at the center of the controversy that blighted the February 25 polls.

[7]???? accredit v. 官方認證；授權；把…歸于；委任

[8]???? allegation n. 指控；說法 【alleged v. 斷言，聲稱；指稱 adj. 宣稱的 Justice Brett Kavanaugh was targeted with an alleged assassination attempt last summer.】

[9]???? thwart v. 反對，阻礙，阻止；使受挫 thwart Democrats’ legislative agenda [議程]

[10]? margin n. (獲勝者在時間或票數(shù)上領先的)幅度，差額，差數(shù) e.g. His hospitalization this week comes as the Senate is narrowly divided, with Democrats controlling the chamber by a 51-49 margin.

[11]? bipartisan adj. 兩黨的

[12]? funnel n. 漏斗；煙囪

2.短語

[1]???? National Assembly elections 國民議會選舉

[2]???? vote rigging 投票操縱

[3]???? in the wake of 緊緊跟隨；在…后面；隨著…而來；作為…的結(jié)果 e.g. ?Also raising questions about the justices’ safety were the protestors that demonstrated outside the justices’ homes in the wake of a leaked draft opinion last spring that would go on to overturn national abortion rights protections.

3.翻譯

1. Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we’ve learned and created something.

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翻譯：在生活中，我們與其管中窺豹，不如開闊眼界，做我們想做的，應用我們的理智去創(chuàng)造事物。

翻譯2：與其把人生看做是一條越來越窄的路，不如認為它是越走越寬的，做我們想做的，實戰(zhàn)我們的才華，開創(chuàng)一番事業(yè)。