流利阅读(八)

1、Your bedtime pattern changes as your age, but is that a sign of trouble?

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pattern 模式

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stiffen 变得僵硬    aggravating 令人恼怒的    snoozes 打盹    benign 没有危害的    depression 沮丧、抑郁

document 记录、记载    function 工作、运转

2、Bloody brilliant: new emoji to symbolize menstruation welcomed

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bloody 非常    symbolize 代表、象征    menstruation 月经

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make waves 掀起浪潮    crimson 暗红色的    unveil 介绍、推出    droplet 小滴    poetically 有诗意地

transplant 移植    revolutionary 革命性的、完全创新的    stigma 耻辱    delicate 脆弱的、微妙的    

sensibility 感情    accepting 易接受的、开放的    sanitary pad 卫生巾

3、Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature’

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plummet 暴跌    threaten 预示凶兆    collapse 崩溃、瓦解

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hurtle 猛冲    catastrophic 灾难性的    endangered 濒危的    mammal 哺乳动物    reptile 爬行动物

pollinate 给...授粉    nutrient 养分    loathe 憎恨    intensive 密集的    driver 推动因素    pesticide 农药

adaptable 适应性强的    gravely 严重地    sobering 令人清醒的    collation 核对    halt 停止    dreadful 糟糕的

4、Karl Lagerfeld,  designer who defined luxury fashion, dies at 85

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prolific 作品丰富的    prototype 原型    yacht 游艇    estate 住宅    couture 高级时装    calling 职业    

orchestrator 策划者    ponytail 马尾辫    dismiss 解雇    repurpose 重新利用    opportunistic 投机的

5、Duke University apologizes over professor‘s email asking Chinese students to speak English

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step down 下台    dean 学院院长、系主任    perpetuate 使...永久    wrongful 不公正的、不合法的、不道德的

combat 打击    normalization 正常化    flatten 使...变平    

6、China's Forbidden City opens to the general public at night for the first time in 94 years

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dignitary 显要人物    gasp 喘息    complex 建筑群    on occasion 偶尔    dazzling 精彩的    spectacle 壮观场面

illuminate 照亮    beam 投影    virtual 虚拟的    stampede 热潮    collapse 崩溃    strain 压力    flock 聚集

7、Turn down the volume: WHO takes aim at harmful smartphone use

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turn down 减少、降低

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excessive 过量的    bid 出价、尝试    safeguard 保护    uniform 统一的    fit 安装、适合

8、Trump declares a national emergency, and provokes a constitutional clash

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declare 宣布    constitutional 宪法的

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confrontation 冲突    momentum 势头    grinding 毫无起色的    incite 刺激    condemnation 谴责    abuse 滥用

overturn 推翻    divert 转移    precedent 先例    

9、Lipstick in kindergarten？South Korea‘s K-beauty industry now aims for super young

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cosmetic 化妆品    powerhouse 权势集团    rigorous 严格的    exacting 苛求的    plastic surgery 整容手术

routine 惯例    unbox 开箱    kit 成套工具    stripe 条纹    pore over 钻研    conform with 遵守    instigate 煽动

10、How sky-high rents forced people into imaginative alternative

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alternative 可供选择的解决办法、另一种可能

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bleak 悲观的、无望的    spiral 急剧增长    disposable 可支配的    deposit 存款、定金    scheme 方案、计划

mutually 相互地、共同地