流利阅读(一)

1、EU agrees 'best possible' Brexit deal, urges Britons to back May

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agree with/on 同意、批准      Brexit ——Briton exit 脱欧    urge sb to do 敦促做...   Briton(s) 英国人   back 支持

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seal a deal 达成协议    a warning to sb not to do 对不要做...的警告    European Commission 欧盟委员会   

endorse 支持、赞同    treaty 条约    withdrawal 退出    outline 概述    news conference 新闻发布会   

sales pitch 推销的话   condemn sb to 迫使忍受    make the/a case for 为...阐明理由    rubber-stamp （不加考虑）通过    

2、1,000 pieces of plastic found inside dead whale in Indonesia

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You reap what you sow.

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assorted 各种各样的    sperm whale 抹香鲸    flip-flop 拖鞋    decompose 腐烂    shore 海岸    conservation 保护

resonate 回响    reckon with 考虑到    spread over 分布    ingest 摄取    nutrient 养料    vulnerable to 易受...的伤害

be susceptible to 易受...影响    pierce 刺穿    digestive system 消化系统

3、Malaysia bets on durian as China goes bananas for world's smelliest fruit

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You bet.

durian 榴莲    go bananas 发疯    

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stinky 难闻的    spiky 带刺的    rush to 急于    cash in 从中牟利    orchard 果园    make forays into 初次尝试、进军

4、American is killed by bow and arrow on remote Indian island

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Draw not your bow before your arrow is fixed.    三思而行

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kayak 小艇    set foot on 进入    enigmatic 神秘的    tribe 部落    sentinel 哨兵    bestow 授予

5、Trump pulls punches at global summit, making nice with foes and avoiding feuds

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pull punches 留有余地    make nice (虚伪地)对某人友好    foe 敌人    feud 纷争

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curtail ambition 克制野心    be hostile to 对...有敌意    assent 同意    compromise 妥协    commitment 承诺    critique 评论

6、Obituary: George H.W. Bush died on November 30th

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obituary 讣告    

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clumsy 笨拙的    Watergate 水门事件    throw up 呕吐    ambassador 大使    salve 慰藉   nutty 傻里傻气的   

forte 特长    coincide 同时发生    heady 令人振奋的

7、'Comfort women': anger as Japan paper alters description of WWⅡ terms

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Comfort women 慰安妇    

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peninsula 半岛    brothel 妓院    revise 修订 （revision）    rightwing 右翼的    outrage 愤怒    rebuke 谴责

8、Lab-grown meat of the future is here—and may even sustainably fill demand

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Lab-grown 实验室培养的    sustainable 持续的

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a bunch of 大量、许多    give rise to 引发    startup 初创公司    voracious 贪吃的、求知欲强的    harvest 收割、收获

hurdle 阻碍     contentious 有争议的    joint 联合的    swell 肿胀、增长    make a few bucks 赚钱

9、Is a cure for Aids within reach

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within reach 触手可及

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stubborn 顽固的    out-and-out 十足的、完全的    latent 潜在的    once and for all 彻底地    pinpoint 确定(位置或时间)

10、Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk

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feed sb sth 喂养

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mammal 哺乳动物    substance 物质    spiderling 幼蛛    mimic 模仿    droplet 小滴(液体)    offspring 后代    forage 觅食