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2011-08-09来源:CNN
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词汇讲解:
1. fund vt. 为…提供资金, 给…拨款
例句:The company is funding another scheme.
这个公司正为另一项计划拨款。
2. snap vt. 突然折断;拉断
例句:Shoppers crowded into downtown stores, snapping up once-rationed consumer goods.
顾客们拥入市中心的商店,抢购曾是计划供应的消费品。
3. concern n. 关心的事,重要的事
例句:That's no concern of mine.
那不关我的事。
4. jobless adj. 没有工作的;失业的
例句:Jobless and penniless, he had to sleep rough in the fields for several months.
他既无工作又无钱,只好在野外露宿数月。
5. post vt. 宣布; 公告
例句:They have posted the ship (as) missing.
他们已宣布那艘船失踪。
6. curious adj. 好奇的,渴望知道的;爱探究的
例句:The boy was curious about everything he saw.
那男孩对所见的一切都感到好奇。
7. mention vt.提到, 说起
例句:Don't mention this problem this evening.
今晚别提这个问题。
8. whisper n. 传闻, 谣言; 低语, 耳语, 私语
例句:I've heard a whisper that he's going to resign.
我听到了一个传闻说他准备辞职。
9. stimulus n. 刺激物; 激励物; 促进因素
例句:Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.
光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
10. benefit n. 益处, 好处
例句:The new hospital will be a great benefit to the town.
新建成的医院将给全城带来莫大好处。