不择手段背单词(674):ballast压载物,压舱物

ballast, ['bləst] n 压舱物（放在船舱或热气球吊篮里的重物，以增加稳定性）；（性格上的）稳定因素 【记】ball球，last最后－最后的球－船最底层放了好多球－压舱物 【类】ballast:instability＝

Experts Discount Talk of North Korea Instability

By Kate Pound Dawson Recent rumors have prompted speculation that North Korea's government could be facing dangerous instability. While many experts say the speculation is overblown, they warn that Se

GRE英语单词记忆法的科学性探讨(1)

英语词源寻根的困难性 英语本身是变化的 语种的变化：英语属于印欧语系日尔曼语族的西部语支，词汇主要来源是印欧语系。 1.英国本土的语言原是凯尔特语(Celtic)。 2.公元五世纪，盎格鲁萨

SSS 2012-05-17

Turns out youre not just what you eat. Youre when you eat. Because a new study in mice suggests that, in the battle of the bulge, the timing of meals influences the piling on of pounds. In the experiment, researchers gave groups of mice either standa

裙子被缝进死老鼠 女子怒告ZARA

A woman has launched a lawsuit against fashion giant Zara after finding a dead rodent sewn into the hem of her dress. 日前，在购买的ZARA裙子中发现了一只死老鼠之后，一名女性将这家时尚巨头告上了法庭。 New Yorker Ca

全球股市下跌,中国经济担忧增加

AS IT IS 2015-08-25 Global Markets Fall as China Economic Fears Rise 全球股市下跌,中国经济担忧增加 Stock market shares in China fell sharply early Monday. The Shanghai Composite dropped 8.5 percent, marking the sharpest fall China has s

AS IT IS 2016-01-14 Venezuelan President, Legislators in Conflict

AS IT IS 2016-01-14 Venezuelan President, Legislators in Conflict Oil-rich Venezuela appears to be entering a time of political instability. The conflict between the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition-controlled Natio

VOA标准英语2009年-Thailand Tourism Recovers From 2004 Ts

Tourists have returned to Thailand's beaches but, the resort island faces political strife and the global financial crisis. Daniel Schearf | Phuket, Thailand 21 December 2009 Today, the Thailand's beaches show evidence that the tourists have returned

CCTV9英语新闻12月：采访：集会是一个政治上的分裂国家的症状

For more, lets talk to Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies in Bangkok. Q1. What options does Yingluck Shinawatras government have to end the crisis? Q2. Will the violence trigger further instability

UN Peacekeepers Predict Instability if Rwanda Sends Troops i

Cathy Majtenyi The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo predicts much instability in the area if Rwandan troops are sent into DRC to flush out Hutu rebels as was announced ove

每日一词【225】stamp out：消除，消灭

今天我们要学的词儿是stamp out。 Stamp out是消除，消灭的意思，一般用于不好的，或是危险的事物。To stamp out crime是消灭犯罪，to stamp out racism是消除种族歧视。 The companies vowed to stamp out piracy,

经济学人69:减肥商品 点肥成金不现实

Business 商业 Diet products 减肥商品 A big, bad business 点肥成金不现实 Medical firms struggle to profit from weight-loss treatments 制药公司试图从减肥治疗中获利 OBESITY is an epidemic to some and an opportunity to others. 肥

经济学人64:减肥商品 点肥成金不现实

Business 商业 Diet products 减肥商品 A big, bad business 点肥成金不现实 Medical firms struggle to profit from weight-loss treatments 制药公司试图从减肥治疗中获利 OBESITY is an epidemic to some and an opportunity to others. 肥

美丽新世界Brave New World 第17章(8)

You'd have a reason for chastity! said the Savage, blushing a little as he spoke the words. 你们有理由需要贞操！野蛮人说，说时有点脸红了。 But chastity means passion, chastity means neurasthenia. 但是贞操意味着激情，意

VOA常速英语2007年-Experts: Instability in Iran, Iraq Threatens Gu

By Mil Arcega Washington 03 December 2007 A panel of oil experts, including an ambassador from a producing nation, warned this week growing militancy in the Middle East poses a threat to world oil markets. The forum, hosted by a conservative think ta

2006年VOA标准英语-Africa's Expected Population Bulge Threate

By Catherine Maddux Washington 07 March 2006 watch Africa report While experts worry about a decline in much of the industrialized world's population, sub-Saharan Africa is among the few places where

经济学人336:心理 摇摇晃晃的家具让人在情绪上追求稳定

Science and technology 科学技术 Psychology 心理 Tall, dark and stable Wobbly furniture leads to a desire for emotional stability 摇摇晃晃的家具让人在情绪上追求稳定 CLEARLY, a persons decisions are determined by circumstances. 显

经济学人:明斯基的繁荣孕育泡沫破裂之种子(下)

To Minsky, this was an unfair and naive representation of Keynes's subtle and sophisticated views. 对于明斯基而言，这是对凯恩斯的精妙且成熟的观点的一种不公平且天真的表述。 Minsky's financial-instability hypothesis

留美老师带你每日说英文 第362期:遇到种族歧视

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是： This is an extremely emotionally-taxing process for me in terms of coming to terms with.... Maybe the nature of racism in my own life, in this country, in this world, If you wait until somebody's

新托福听力考试生词汇编

这些生词是需要大家把他们背住，转化成自己的托福听力词汇。 Incomplete缓考, meal plan食堂包月/周套餐, make-up test补考, guest speaker客座讲演者, section小班, on sabbatical 休假 Subsistence给养/食物, ki