每日速度越障学习帖 - 精读+背词

SarahOrange

20120819 <第四期5-19经管> The joy of the nudge Olympics

by any measure不论以哪种标准
sceptical ['skeptik?l] adj. 怀疑的
draw to接近
BY ANY measure Britain has shown the world—and its own sceptical population—that the country can stage a brilliant Olympics. As the games draw to a close on August 12th, David Cameron, the prime minister, will be delighted that the predicted “feel good factor” of hosting the event did indeed emerge. Even the sun has (mostly) shone.

shunt [??nt] vt. 回避讨论
dissident ['d?s?d(?)nt] n.意见不同的人
missile ['m?sa?l] n. 导弹；投射物
In 2008 China staged a command-and-control games, shunting dissidents and other undesirables out of Beijing, ordering locals not to drive and even launching 1,100 cloud-seeding missiles before the opening ceremony to make it rain somewhere other than over the main stadium.

nudge [n?d?] n. 推动
coax [k??ks] vt. 哄诱
coerce [k??'??s] vt. 强制，迫使
By contrast, the London games have been a “nudge” Olympics, where locals and visitors have been coaxed rather than coerced.

coalition [,k???'l??(?)n] n. 联合
behavioural [bi'heivj?r?l] adj. 行为的
subtly ['s?tli] adv. 巧妙地
steer [st??] vt. 引导
In 2010 the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition set up a behavioural insight unit to consider how government might subtly steer people’s decisions.

trudge [tr?d?] n. 长途跋涉
grin [gr?n] v. 露齿而笑
once-in-a-lifetime千载难逢（的好机会）
The long trudge from Stratford station to the Olympic Park is lined with grinning volunteers, many shouting cheery messages reminding people that this is a once-in-a-lifetime event.

SarahOrange

20120820 <第四期5-20文史哲> Romney Announces Ryan as VP Running Mate

decent ['di?s(?)nt] adj. 正派的
stuck with 无法摆脱
"My dad died when I was young. He was a good and decent man. There are a few things he would say that have just always stuck with me.

bold [b??ld] adj. 大胆的
At 42, Ryan brings youth to the Republican ticket and strong support from conservatives for his bold budget proposals to cut the size of government.

embark [?m'bɑ?k; em-] vi. 上车
Romney and Ryan embark on a campaign bus tour through key battleground states in advance of the upcoming Republican convention in Florida, where both men will be in the national spotlight.

commissioner [k?'m??(?)n?] n. 理事；委员；行政长官
Human Rights Commissioner Laurence Korbandy says some states have particularly poor records when it comes to protecting the rights of women and girls.

dropout ['dr?pa?t] n. 中途退学
The research findings establish that early pregnancies and early marriages are key because of the high dropout rate for the girls from schools.

activist ['ækt?v?st] n. 激进主义分子
overdue [??v?'dju?] adj. 过期的
Human Rights activist and Secretary General of the South Sudan civil society alliance, Biel Boutros Biel, said human rights activist and Secretary General of the South Sudan Civil Society Alliance, Biel Boutros Biel, has welcomed the new report by the South Sudan Human Rights Commission but says it is long overdue.

arbitrary ['ɑ?b?t(r?)r?] adj. 武断的；专制的
Biel said arbitrary arrests are far too common in South Sudan.

wildcat ['wa?l(d)kæt] n. 野猫
lynx [l??ks] n. 猞猁
ocelot ['?s?l?t; '??s-] n. 豹猫
bobcat ['b?bkæt] n. 山猫之类
When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat.

humanitarian [hj?,mæn?'te?r??n] n. 人道主义者
ANTAKYA, Turkey — Some Western and Arab Gulf powers say they are increasing humanitarian and support aid to the Syrian opposition.

conduit ['k?ndj??t; 'k?nd?t] n. 沟渠
smuggling ['sm?ɡl??] n. 走私
At the Turkey-Syria border, the main conduit for foreign aid to rebel fighters, there are signs the aid trail also may include covert arms smuggling.

confiscate ['k?nf?ske?t] vt. 没收
Almost all our weapons are confiscated from the defeated regime army.

allegedly [?'led?idli] adv. 依其申述
rifle ['ra?f(?)l] n. 步枪；来复枪
ammunition [æmj?'n??(?)n] n. 弹药；军火
Opposition supporters have posted videos on social media sites allegedly showing big caches of weapons - mainly Kalashnikov rifles - and ammunition.

red-handed ['red'hændid] adj. 正在作案的；手染血的
The FSA's foreign supporters are attempting to tip the scales of the conflict towards the rebels in Syria while avoiding being caught red-handed, says analyst Eyal.

SarahOrange

20120822 <第四期6-9科技> First Evidence Discovered of Planet's Destruction by Its Star

devour [d?'va??] vt. 毁灭
stellar ['stel?] adj. 星球的
The evidence indicates that the missing planet was devoured as the star began expanding into a "red giant" -- the stellar equivalent of advanced age.

elliptical [?'l?pt?k(?)l] adj. 椭圆的
radius ['re?d??s] n. 半径
The astronomers also discovered a massive planet in a surprisingly elliptical orbit around the same red-giant star, named BD+48 740, which is older than the Sun with a radius about eleven times bigger.

trigger ['tr?g?] vt. 引发，引起；触发
spiral ['spa?r(?)l] vt. 使作螺旋形上升
"In the case of BD+48 740, it is probable that the lithium production was triggered by a mass the size of a planet that spiraled into the star and heated it up while the star was digesting it."

gravitational interaction 引力相互作用
peculiar [p?'kju?l??] adj. 特殊的
boomerang ['bu?m?ræ?] n. 回飞棒
Because gravitational interactions between planets are responsible for such peculiar orbits, the astronomers suspect that the dive of the missing planet toward the star before it became a giant could have given the surviving massive planet a burst of energy, throwing it into an eccentric orbit like a boomerang.

semen ['si?m?n] n. 精子
ovulation [,??vj?'le???n] n. 排卵
An international team of scientists led by Gregg Adams at the University of Saskatchewan has discovered that a protein in semen acts on the female brain to prompt ovulation, and is the same molecule that regulates the growth, maintenance, and survival of nerve cells.

accessory [?k'ses(?)r?] adj. 副的
gland [glænd] n. 腺
Male mammals have accessory sex glands that contribute seminal fluid to semen, but the role of this fluid and the glands that produce it are not well understood.

hormonal [h?r'monl] adj. 荷尔蒙的，激素的
hypothalamus [,ha?p?(?)'θæl?m?s] n. 下丘脑
pituitary gland 脑下垂体
OIF/NGF in the semen acts as a hormonal signal, working through the hypothalamus of the female brain and the pituitary gland.

susan55z

收藏了~谢谢

susan55z

刚看完第一篇，准备再看一遍原文，加油！

SarahOrange

20120825 <第四期6-12科技> UK insect numbers 'very low' after

aphid ['e?f?d] n. [昆] 蚜虫
wasp [w?sp] n. 黄蜂；[昆] 胡蜂
Mr Shardlow said the damp conditions have resulted in fewer aphids for wasps to feed on, which has reduced their numbers. It is likely to take two more years for their numbers to recover, he added.

nectar ['nekt?] n. [植] 花蜜
pollen ['p?l?n] n. [植] 花粉
He also said the approximately 250 species of bees in the UK need high temperatures to gather nectar and pollen.

bizarre [b?'zɑ?]  adj. 奇异的（指态度，容貌，款式等）
"This has been the most unusual, bizarre beekeeping year because of the weather. Most beekeepers I've spoken to have written this year off as an interesting experience, and one they hope not to have again for a while."

Inquisitive [?n'kw?z?t?v] adj. 好奇的
What could be going on in your brain to make you so inquisitive?

tittle-tattle ['titl,tætl] n. 杂谈；闲聊
We humans have a deeply curious nature, and more often than not it is about the minor tittle-tattle in our lives.

utterly['?t?li] adv. 完全地
Our curiosity has us doing utterly unproductive things like reading news about people we will never meet, learning topics we will never have use for, or exploring places we will never come back to.

trait [tre?t; tre?] n. 特性
neoteny [ni?'?t(?)n?] n. 性早熟
The roots of our peculiar curiosity can be linked to a trait of the human species call neoteny.

retention [r?'ten?(?)n] n. 保留
juvenile ['d?u?v?na?l] n. 青少年
This is a term from evolutionary theory that means the "retention of juvenile characteristics".

algorithm ['ælg?r?ð(?)m] n. [计][数] 算法
An important result is that even the best learning algorithms fall down if they are not encouraged to explore a little.

SarahOrange

刚看完第一篇，准备再看一遍原文，加油！

-- by 会员 susan55z (2012/8/25 18:28:13)

希望这帖子能对你有帮助，欢迎补充噢！
Fighting~！

SarahOrange

20120826 <第四期6-13文史哲> Atheism Growing disbelief

pervade [p?'ve?d] vt. 遍及；弥漫
public sphere公共领域
Religion pervades the public sphere, and studies show that non-believers are more distrusted than other minorities.

unconstitutional [,?nk?nst?'tju??(?)n(?)l] adj. 违反宪法的
These rules, which are unconstitutional, are never enforced, but that hardly matters.

atheist ['eiθiist] n. 无神论者
Over 40% of Americans say they would never vote for an atheist presidential candidate.

fivefold ['fa?vf??ld] adj. 五倍的
pollster ['p?ulst?] n.民意调查人
Yet the past seven years have seen a fivefold increase in people who call themselves atheists, to 5% of the population, according to WIN-Gallup International, a network of pollsters.

startling ['stɑ:tli?] adj. 令人吃惊的
Such a large drop in religiosity is startling, but the data on atheists are in line with other polling.

secularist ['sekjul?rist] n. 世俗论者
Earlier this year he spoke at the “Reason Rally”, a gathering of thousands of secularists on the Mall in Washington, DC.

exalt [iɡ'z?:lt] vt. 提升
savior ['seivj?] n. 救世主
When Democratic convention-goers arrive in Charlotte, North Carolina, they will be greeted by a billboard sponsored by a group called American Atheists that claims Christianity “promotes hate” and exalts a “useless savior”.

wreckage ['rekid?] n. （失事船或飞机等的）残骸
totem ['t?ut?m] n. 图腾
The beam, found in the wreckage of the World Trade Centre, was a totem for rescuers.

mingle ['mi?ɡl] vt. 使混合
The atheists see its inclusion as an unconstitutional mingling of church and state.

hand out 分发
flyer [flai?] n. 传单
IT’S a show about friends who hate each other!” declares a woman handing out flyers.

peddle ['pedl] vt. 叫卖；兜售
wares [w??z] n. [贸易] 商品；货物
clutch [kl?t?] n. 紧急关头
It is August in Edinburgh, when more than 25,000 artists and performers from around the world come to peddle their wares at a clutch of famous festivals, among them the counter-cultural Fringe.

titillate ['t?t?le?t] vi. 感到兴奋
Some Scottish protesters in “Free Palestine” T-shirts outside the building lent a titillating air of controversy to the otherwise bland proceedings.

lure [lju?] vt. 诱惑
schmooze [?mu?z] n. 闲谈
The summit was his idea, as he realized the world’s culture ministers would already be in Britain for the Olympics and might be lured to the “Athens of the North” for some high-minded schmoozing.

hotbed ['h?tbed] n. 滋长地，温床
Edinburgh’s role as a cultural hotbed dates from the 18th and early 19th centuries, when Adam Smith, David Hume, Walter Scott and others capitalists on the city’s concentration of printers to write some of the wisest and most widely read books of their day.

SarahOrange

20120827 <第四期6-14文史哲> Science Fiction: 'A Princess of Mars' by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Part 3)

condemned [k?n'demd] adj. 已被定罪的
But others discovered her secret and she was condemned to die in the games.

ammunition [,æmju'ni??n] n. 弹药；军火
I was able to slow them for more than an hour. But then I had no more ammunition.

SarahOrange

20120830 <第四期6-17经管> China's Talent War

hidebound ['haidbaund] adj. 死板的；墨守成规的
Except in the most hidebound state-owned enterprises, corporate loyalty barely exists.

melee ['melei, mei'lei] n. 混战
A job-hopping melee — in particular for the best and the brightest — does.

corruption [k?'r?p??n] n. 贪污，腐败
Corruption is ever present.

bread-and-butter ['bred?n'b?t?] adj. 实用的，基本的
But for companies across industries, what should be a simple bread-and-butter issue — retaining skilled employees like Wang — is possibly the biggest headache they have.

counterintuitive [,ka?nt?r?n'tju??t?v] adj. 违反直觉的
populous ['p?pjul?s] adj. 人口稠密的；人口多的
churn out  大量炮制
Part of the frustration is rooted in a basic if counterintuitive reality: China may be the world's most populous nation, churning out roughly 7 million college graduates every year, but elite companies — whether high-profile domestic firms or multinationals — find the pool of talent to be thin.

confront [k?n'fr?nt] vt. 面对
The problem doesn't confront just foreign multinationals — far from it.

discriminate [dis'krimineit, dis'krimin?t]  v. 歧视
"China's talent wars, " says Wayne Wang, chairman and CEO of CDP Group, a Shanghai-based human-resources consultancy, "don't discriminate on the basis of [corporate] nationality or by industry.

poaching ['p?ut?i?] n.物色人才
Of course, some people just don't work out, but that's not the main issue; poaching is.

pharmaceutical [,fɑ:m?'sju:tik?l] n. 药物
At some companies, in industries such as biotech and pharmaceuticals, HR executives say turnover rates among managers and skilled employees approach 50%.

prevalent ['prev?l?nt] adj. 普遍的
So prevalent is the problem that some CEOs more or less throw up their hands and acknowledge this as a market reality that companies simply have to accept rather than try to change.

inextricably [,inik'strik?bli] adv. 逃不掉地
That's hardly a coincidence. The two issues are inextricably linked.

brazenness [breiznis] n. 厚颜无耻
But the brazenness of the theft and the reality of China's uneven enforcement record is what lingers for many top executives.