经济学人下载:列克星顿专栏--搅乱德克萨斯州(1)

Now everybody sing! I'll take the lead.
现在大家唱歌，我起头。

2.tantamount to 等于，相当于

What Bracey is saying is tantamount to heresy.
布里斯正在说的无异于异端邪说。

3.strike down 击倒，杀死

He was struck down by cancer at the age of thirty.
他三十岁那年被癌症夺去了性命。

4.hand down 传下去，下发，宣布

Tougher sentences are being handed down these days
现如今宣判的裁决比以前严厉了。