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今天我们要学的词是unthinkable. Unthinkable 意思是无法想象的。U.S. companies are preparing for the once-unthinkable, that Greece might leave the eurozone. 美国公司为希腊可能离开欧元做准备，这本来是无法想象的事情。美式足球NFL的很多后卫球队一贯以大块头著称。然而如今，体重对身体的压力让很多球员难以承受。Many super-sized NFL players are…
今天我们要学的词是top-tier. Top-tier 意思是一流的。The University of Iowa’s football team is looking to return to the top-tier teams in the Big 10…
今天我们要学的词是 eject. Eject 是赶走, 逐出的意思。At the GOP convention last week, two people were ejected for throwing peanuts at a black…
今天我们要学的词是infringe. Infringe 是侵权的意思。A Japanese court ruled that Samsung’s synchronizing technology that allows media players to share data with personal computers…
今天我们要学的词是disgruntled. Disgruntled 是“不满意的，不高兴的”。A disgruntledformer employee opened fire near New York’s Empire State Building, leaving two dead and nine injured. 一名心怀不满的下岗职员在纽约帝国大厦附近开枪，导致两人死亡，九人受伤。The…
今天我们要学的词是forfeit. Forfeit 有“丧失，被没收”的意思。一直被美国反兴奋剂机构USADA调查的自行车手阿姆斯特朗宣布放弃与该机构的斗争，随后，The USADA said Lance Armstrong must forfeit his seven consecutive Tour de France victories. 该机构宣布，阿姆斯特朗必须放弃他连续七次取得的环法自行车手总冠军头衔。美国马里兰州八月中旬有一周的时间免收消费者的消费税，The state of Maryland…
今天我们要学的词是overtake. Overtake 是“超过”的意思。China is projected to soon overtake Germany and the US as the country that has the most outbound…
今天我们要学的词是ridden. Ridden是形容词，意思是“满是的”，通常跟在名词的后面。比如，debt ridden就是负债累累的意思。In a move that wasted $1.2 million in printing costs, the already debt-ridden U.S. Postal Service produced 1…
今天我们要学的词是realistic. Realistic的意思是“现实的”。A senior UN official recently said the two-state solution was the best available and most realistic option for the…
今天我们要学的词是brave. Brave当动词，意思是“勇敢地面对，冒着危险”。四肢截肢的法国人菲利普•克鲁瓦宗在白令海峡中从一座美国小岛游至俄罗斯小岛，He braved strong currents and near-freezing temperatures in a roughly four-kilometer swim. 他不畏湍急的洋流和几乎达到零度的低温，游了近四公里。上周二在美国拉斯维加斯，Several thousand republicans braved triple-digit heat to…
今天我们要学的词是skirt. Skirt当动词，意思是“躲避，逃避”。美国媒体报道, Iraq has been using financial institutions and oil smuggling operations to help Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed by…
今天我们要学的词是bold. Bold 的意思是“大胆的”。美国共和党总统候选人罗姆尼挑选威斯康辛州联邦众议员保罗.瑞安为他的竞选伙伴，评论认为：Romney’s choice of Ryan was bold; whether it turns out to be brilliant or not remains to be…
今天我们要学的词是 see something coming. See something coming是预料到某事会发生。I wasn’t surprised when the company closed down. You could see it coming. 公司关门我并不吃惊。这是意料之中的事。研究发现，美国的二氧化碳排放量降到了近20年来的最低点，Many…
今天我们要学的词是 death toll. Death toll是死亡人数。美国德州的达拉斯县西尼罗病毒肆虐，Texas officials say the statewide death toll so far is 17. 德克萨斯州官员说，全州目前已有17人死于这种病毒。Iraqi officials said the death…
今天我们要学的词是 homage. Homage的意思是“敬意”。Thousands of mourners gathered to pay homage to the six people killed during a shooting rampage at a…