A term coined by George Will to describe a media driven knee-jerk reaction to a public policy debate designed to increase public interest, and hence, ratings (and government funding for the various entities established to confront the "problem") by framing an issue in eschatological (i.e., biblical, end-of-the-world) language. Examples would include the current effort to raise the debt ceiling as well as global cooling , DDT, the population explosion (1970's), acid rain, nuclear winter, radon and dioxin (1980's), Y2K and global warming (1990's). Eventually, even the dimmer bulbs on the marquee sense that they are being taken for a ride.
> Telling us that failing to raise the debt ceiling another couple of trillion dollars (that our grandchildren will have to pay back) will be the end of the world as we know it is guaranteed to produce apocalypse fatigue.

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今天我们要学的词是fatigue。 Fatigue, 是疲惫的意思。 The soldiers suffered from physical and mental fatigue after the battle, 战役结束后,士兵们身心交瘁。在道路安全方面, Driver fatigue is a deadly problem, 驾驶疲

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Angel The 69 Eyes Nothing's left here but the sun The human race is on the run The ancient god's should have told The earth has never felt this old Countdown has begun Apocalypse has got a son Angels Flying over the land of blood Angels Warriors that

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为了不辜负这美好的天气(呵呵哒),今天给大家整一整:除了its so hot以外,还有哪些英语可以形容热得飞起?! Its ridiculously hot. 简直热得离谱。 ridiculously [ri'dikjul?sli] adv.可笑地,荒谬地,

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I'm waking up to ash and dust, I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust, I'm breathing in, the chemicals, gahh ahhh. I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus. This is it, the apocalypse, woah. . I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones

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I'm waking up to ash and dust, I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust, I'm breathing in, the chemicals, gahh ahhh. I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus. This is it, the apocalypse, woah. . I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones

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Whoa oh oh Whoa oh oh Whoa oh oh Whoa I'm waking up to ash and dust I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust I'm breathing in the chemicals I'm breaking in shaping up Then checking out on the prison bus This is it the apocalypse whoa I'm waking up I feel i

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In late December, we sometimes talk to people who've had a very big year. Well, science-fiction author N.K. Jemisin has had a very big three years. In 2016, she became the first African-American writer to win the Hugo Award for bes

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发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(199) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

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Things are better. The world is better. Just because we're not at war doesn't mean there's peace. He's coming. Some call him Apocalypse. He was some kind of god. For thousands of years, he has been ______1______ to take their powers. He always had fo

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