English Learning Day 12-13

Time 2023.3.4

1.单词

[1]     famine n. 饥荒

[2]     blockade v. 封锁、包围 n. 封锁

[3]     maslin ['mæzlɪn] n. 小麦和混合麦的细粉

[4]     cereal n. 谷类食品

[5]     clampdown n. 严禁，制止，取缔（非法活动）

[6]     stunt v. 遏制；妨碍发展

[7]     deteriorate v. 变坏、恶化；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；加冕典礼

[9]     anoint [əˈnɔɪnt] 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 抹大拉的玛丽亚修道院

[11]  Monastery of the Ascension 耶稣升天修道院

[12]  Archbishop 大主教

[13]  concoction n. 混合

[14]  cinnamon n. 肉桂

[15]  ambergris n. 龙涎香

2.短语

[1]     Arduous-March 苦难行军 指1994-2004年在朝鲜发生的的大面积饥荒灾难。死亡人数约在24-48万人不等。

[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 格杀勿论[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；扼杀

[5]     Ministry of Unification 大韩民国统一部

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. 韩国有个统一部，这就像Macey's百货里有个圣诞老人，可以拿来哄小孩。出自www.ftchinese.com [今日笑点]

3.词根词缀

[1]     补充mal-：malnourished 营养不良的

Time 2023.3.9

1.单词

[1]     footage n. 镜头

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

[3]     poll n. 投票；民意调查；计票；投票数 v. 使投票 e.g. Nigeria is not new to poll delays.

[4]     challenge v. 质疑；提议，邀请 n. 质疑 Opposition vows challenge as Tinubu wins Nigerian presidency.

[5]     upside n. （不好情况中）光明的一面

[6]     blight v. 妨害；损害 n. 枯萎病；疫病 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. 官方认证；授权；把…归于；委任

[8]     allegation n. 指控；说法 【alleged v. 断言，声称；指称 adj. 宣称的 Justice Brett Kavanaugh was targeted with an alleged assassination attempt last summer.】

[9]     thwart v. 反对，阻碍，阻止；使受挫 thwart Democrats’ legislative agenda [议程]

[10]  margin n. (获胜者在时间或票数上领先的)幅度，差额，差数 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. 两党的

[12]  funnel n. 漏斗；烟囱

2.短语

[1]     National Assembly elections 国民议会选举

[2]     vote rigging 投票操纵

[3]     in the wake of 紧紧跟随；在…后面；随着…而来；作为…的结果 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.翻译

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.

翻译：在生活中，我们与其管中窥豹，不如开阔眼界，做我们想做的，应用我们的理智去创造事物。

翻译2：与其把人生看做是一条越来越窄的路，不如认为它是越走越宽的，做我们想做的，实战我们的才华，开创一番事业。