时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:留美老师带你每日说英文


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   Silicon 1 Valley isn't going anywhere. And if its relative decline heralded 3 the rise of a thriving web of rival tech hubs, that would be good news. Unfortunately, the Valley's peak looks more like a warning, that innovation everywhere is becoming more difficult.


  硅谷没什么展望了。如果硅谷的相对衰落预示着全球范围内科技中心兴盛,竞争对手的崛起,那就值得庆祝一番了。不幸的是,硅谷的“触顶”似乎更像是一个警告:世界各地的创新正寸步难行。
  学习重点:
  1.decline 下降、下跌
  decline (v.) 下降、下跌
  incline (v.) 使倾斜、心里倾向
  2.herald 2 宣布、预示……的来临
  herald (v.) 宣布、预示……的来临
  3.thriving 欣欣向荣
  thriving (adj.) 欣欣向荣
  thrilling (adj.) 令人兴奋的;颤动的
  4.hub (兴趣、活动的) 中心
  hub (n.) (兴趣、活动的) 中心
  tub (n.) 桶
  5.peak 高峰、顶端
  peak (n.) 高峰、顶端
  peacock (n.) 孔雀;爱炫耀的人

1 silicon
n.硅(旧名矽)
  • This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
  • A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
2 herald
vt.预示...的来临,预告,宣布,欢迎
  • In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
  • Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。
3 heralded
v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 );宣布(好或重要)
  • The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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alkyl boranes
alpha-emitting level
amino acid residue contact
analog display
antidyons
arborize
augure
auxiliary work groups
base classes
batrachiolin
be well bred
bind sb out
biofeedback training
bixafen
born with a silver spoon in ... mouth
botany
bottom stitching machine
box nut
browding
card counting sortor
cholera peptotoxin
cobalt recovery circ
cockeysville
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deamidases
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diffracted wave vector
double mechanical seal
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equipment flowsheet of coal preparation
European call option
fainest
flavouring extract
front cut combine
Gavāter
graphic analytic method
helpers and laborers
Huntly
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hypertensions
in unreserved agreement
incautiously
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interior display
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Kashirskiy Rayon
Laugiidae
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load the dice
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maybelline
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Opochetskiy Rayon
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pakefields
Pelovo
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radionecrotic
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regulation of school charges
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rights holder
romanopexy
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simple hypertrichosis
slide pad
spanish - american war
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sweet basil oil
tenonometer
tripod feed regulator
two-way charging chute
verruca necrogenica
vingtaine
Votice
zone of rock-flowage