English Learning Day 10

Time 2023.3.2

1.单词

[1]     deliver v. 交付 e.g. The company delivered just over 1.3 million cars in 2022.

[2]     deride v. 嘲笑 e.g. He derided the broad offerings of competing automakers as simply a “shuffling” of many similar models.

[3]     plant n. 工厂 e.g. To qualify for the tax credit, the cars must be assembled in North America, so the eventual output from the plant in Mexico should qualify.

[4]     congenital [kənˈdʒenɪtl] adj. 先天的；天生的

[5]     syphilis [ˈsɪfɪlɪs] n. 梅毒

[6]     neonatal adj. 新生儿的

[7]     intubate v. 把管子插进

[8]     intravenous adj. 注入静脉的 e.g. Venus was whisked off[轻轻地掸去；飞奔至] to the neonatal intensive care unit[婴儿重症监护所], where she was intubated and treated with round-the-clock[夜以继日的] infusions of an intravenous antibiotic[静脉抗生素]for the next 10 days.

[9]     feisty [faɪsti] adj. 精神健硕的 Now a feisty, taco-loving 18-month-old, Venus has recovered from the initial infection

[10]  stillbirth n. 死产

[11]  genitals n. 外生殖器

[12]  mimic v. 模仿 Syphilis is sometimes called the great pretender because its symptoms can mimic those of many other diseases.

[13]  fatigue n. 疲劳；厌倦 v. 使疲乏

[14]  uneven adj. 不均衡的

[15]  Medicaid n. 医疗辅助金；公费医疗补助制

[16]  transactional adj. 交易的 transactional sex

[17]  perinatal adj. 临产期的

2.短语

[1]     with…destined for 目的地是…  But 90% of the cars it builds are exported, with 76% destined for the United States.

[2]     cling to life 坚持活下去；艰难地活下去 Venus Johnson entered the world clinging to life. She stopped breathing shortly after delivery[分娩].

[3]     whisk off 主动：轻轻地拂去 被动：被送至

[4]     skin sores 皮肤溃疡

[5]     congenital syphilis 先天性梅毒

[6]     fall through the cracks [严重的事情]被遗忘；被忽视 But increasingly, people are falling through the cracks during pregnancy, not getting tested or treated in time to stop transmission from mother to infant.

[7]     Substance abuse 药物滥用