流利阅读(十三)

1、Amazon to shut down part of its Chinese e-commerce business

Title:

e-commerce 电子商务

Body:

retreat 撤退    cross-border 跨越边境的    portal 门户网站    setback 挫折    retail 零售    weather 经受住    

contend with 处理问题    go public 上市    cater to 迎合    

2、Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to emulate China's WeChat, but can it ?

Title:

emulate    模仿

Body:

sketch out 勾勒、概述    pursuit 追求    push 促使、推动    norm 规范    restraint 克制    philosophy 理念、哲学

luxury 豪华    pull off 完成

3、“The Godfather” turns 50

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Body:

reputed 据说的    competently 胜任地    folklore 民间传说    Mafia 黑手党    dispense 提供    insidious 潜伏的

4、Face mask craze creates Korean billionaire with Goldman backing

Title:

craze 狂热    backing 支持

Body:

flagship 旗舰    luminous 发光的    diversify 多元化经营    infrastructure 基础结构    stake 股份    undisclosed 未公开的

5、Americans are going bankrupt from getting sick

Title：

bankrupt 倒闭的、破产的

Body： 

unfathomable 不可理解的    file 正式提出    bizarre 怪诞的    loophole 漏洞    stillbirth 死胎    incur 招致

plunge into 使陷入    imminent 即将发生的    

6、The unstoppable love of the snowplow parent

Title：

snowplow 扫雪机

Body：

hover 盘旋    affluent 富足的    bribe 向...行贿    pay off 贿赂    humiliation 屈辱    acquire 获得、养成

7、Apple expected to close iTunes after 18 years

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Body:

supersede 替代、取代    launch 推出    rip 拷贝、撕开    demonstrate 表现、显露    sophistication 老练    

ephemeral 短暂的    radically 根本地、彻底地    rumour 流言    circulate 循环    mould 类型、模具

8、China is a nation of tea-drinkers, but coffee is taking off

Title:

take off 起飞、开始走红

Body:

outlet 专卖店    avid 极度渴望的    take to 开始喜欢上    portal 门户网站    rival 竞争对手    scope 范围    striking 惊人的

renown 声望    sip 小口喝    cater to 迎合    gossip 闲聊    viral 病毒的    

9、Want a visa for the U.S.? You'll have to hand over your social media handles

Title:

hand over 交出    handle 把手

Body:

impose 推行    scrutiny 监督    terrorist 恐怖分子    consequence 结果    platform 平台    sentiment 看法、情绪

screen 检查、筛选    problematic 产生问题的    chill 寒冷    misconstrue 误解

10、The truth about expired food: how best-before dates create a waste mountain

Title:

expire 到期     best-before date 保质期

Body:

inadvertently 无意地    mould 霉菌    regulation 规定    confront 面对    implication 可能的影响    bin 丢弃