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 s...
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phenomenon。 Phenomenon, 杰出人物，奇才。A new album by Susan Boyle, the Scottish singing phenomenon, won't be released until Nov. 24, but it has already hit No.1 on Amazon's Music Best Sellers list, 苏格兰歌唱奇...
今天我们要学的词是hunch。 Hunch, 直觉。I have a hunch that he won't show up, 我的直觉告诉我他不会来。His reaction reinforced my hunch, 他的反应进一步加深了我的直觉。Call it a hunch, but I am sure he was lying, 也...
