时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:英语角-圆桌会议


英语课

 Topic 1-Migrant worker wins readers' hearts with her article


 
An article written by a migrant worker called Fan Yusu about her family life has gone viral on Chinese social media.
 
Internet users are stunned 1 and impressed by the amount of literary talent displayed by a migrant worker. How can an ordinary migrant worker without much education write so well? Do you get a sense of arrogance 2 here?
 
Topic 2-Telemarketing scams in China
 
According to the Ministry 3 of Public Security (MPS), China solved about 83,000 telecom fraud cases in 2016.
 
It has become a daily ritual for some of us to receive a barrage 4 of unsolicited calls, some of which are nuisance calls from property agents or telemarketing sales people for financial institutions. But many calls are of a sinister 5 nature, offering unsecured loans or fake invoices 6 as bait. Some callers even impersonate law enforcement officers or government officials.
 
Topic 3-Student Creates Hilarious 7 PowerPoint to Ask Crush On a Date
 
Love will make people do crazy things—but who would have known those things could also be so professional?
 
A student at the University of Minnesota has gone viral for creating a detailed 8 PowerPoint presentation to convince her crush to date her. Lizzy Fenton—who must have picked up some skills while studying genetics, cell biology, and development—took to Twitter to share the six-slide argument she prepared for her crush Carter. 

1 stunned
n.傲慢,自大
  • His arrogance comes out in every speech he makes.他每次讲话都表现得骄傲自大。
  • Arrogance arrested his progress.骄傲阻碍了他的进步。
2 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
3 barrage
n.火力网,弹幕
  • The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage.进攻在炮火的掩护下开始了。
  • The fierce artillery barrage destroyed the most part of the city in a few minutes.猛烈的炮火几分钟内便毁灭了这座城市的大部分地区。
4 sinister
adj.不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的
  • There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
  • Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值,而且包藏祸心。
5 invoices
发票( invoice的名词复数 ); (发货或服务)费用清单; 清单上货物的装运; 货物的托运
  • Take the example of a purchasing clerk keying invoices into a system. 继续说录入员输入发票的例子,这个录入员是一个全职的数据输入人员。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Consular invoices are declarations made at the consulate of the importing country. 领事发票是进口国领事馆签发的一种申报书。
6 hilarious
adj.充满笑声的,欢闹的;[反]depressed
  • The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后,派对变得更加热闹起来。
  • We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停,因为那个节目太搞笑了。
7 detailed
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
学英语单词
864-T
Acanthocephala
adenoculture
administered before bed time
aerological observation
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automatic broadcast controller
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batimastat
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boberg
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Encinas, Cerro
Erkersreuth
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half one
Horowitz-Beadle method
imbedder
in all one's born days
incipiens phthisis
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kingsdowns
Kounou
leaching white
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male salve
Marais des Cygnes River
Mec-10
microprogrammable instrucion
misconducts
mitcherlich polarimeter
MSCD
nervo
noncoaxial
nuclei intralaminares
obligation stage
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radiation decay
ramiro
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reciteth
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spannell
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stream morphology
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update rights
Valtournanche
well geophone
Whistleblower Protection Act
woe is me
zdx
zirconite
zoidogamae