1. span [spæn]
n. 跨度,跨距;范围
【注】short attention spans注意力时间短
【真题例句】In these activities, it is important to remember that the young teens have short attention spans. 在这些活动中,需要记住的是青少年的注意力持续时间非常短。
2. argument ['ɑ:ɡjumənt]
n. 论证;论据;争吵;内容提要
【注】buzzword流行词
【真题例句】The “mommy wars” of the 1990s are still going on today, prompting arguments about why women still can’t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, whose title has become a buzzword in its own right.上个世纪90年代的“妈咪战争”今天依然在继续,这使得女性为何不能兼得(工作和生活)两者的争论高涨;同时推动了诸如谢丽尔·桑德伯格的《向前一步》的书籍的兴起,该书的书名本身已然成为流行一时的时髦词汇。
3. embarrass [im'bærəs]
vt. 使局促不安;使困窘;阻碍
【真题例句】Though the participants didn’t expect a positive experience, after they embarrassed with the experiment,“ not a single person reported having been embarrassed”. 尽管参与者并没有期望获得积极的体验,但在他们完成实验后,“没有一个人说遭遇了尴尬。”
4. truth [tru:θ]
n. 真理;事实;诚实;实质
【真题例句】Nine Old Truths to Help You Overcome Tough Times.九个古老真理帮你度过艰难时期。
5. logic ['lɔdʒik]
n. 逻辑;逻辑学;逻辑性adj. 逻辑的
【真题例句】In dreams, a window opens into a world where logic is suspended and dead people speak.在梦中,窗户通向的世界里,逻辑暂时失去了效用,死人开口说话。
6. participate [pɑ:'tisipeit]
v. 参与,参加;分享
【注】online communities在线社区
【真题例句】If you have no friends or relatives, try to participate in several online communities, full of people who are always willing to share advice and encouragement.如果没有朋友和亲人,那就试着加入几个在线社区,这里面有很多人随时愿意鼓励我们,给我们提供建议。
7. Obamacare
n.奥巴马医改
【真题例句】The Good News About Obamacare in the June Jobs Report.六月就业报告中有关奥巴马医改方案的好消息。
【Obamacare】患者保护与平价医疗法案(英语:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,简称PPACA),又称为奥巴马医改(Obamacare),是美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马于2010年3月23日签署的联邦法。PPACA为第111届美国国会关于医疗改革的主要立法。法案要求所有美国公民都必须购买医疗保险,否则将需要缴纳一笔罚款,除非因宗教信仰或经济困难的原因而被豁免。法案还对私人医保行业与公共医保项目进行了改革,将3000万没有医保的美国公民纳入了医保的覆盖范围,该法案的施行会增加国家医疗开支,同时减少联邦医保(Medicare)开支。
8. epidemic [,epi'demik]
adj. 流行的;传染性的n. 传染病;流行病
【真题例句】Asked what will happen when epidemics return, she said, “Don’t worry, scientists will find some way of using computers.”当被问到传染病爆发怎么办时,她说,“不用担心,科学家会找到一种方法,用计算机来解决问题”。
9. recession [ri'seʃən]
n. 衰退;不景气;后退;凹处
【真题例句】Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000(7.9 percent) from its year ago level. 非自愿从事兼职工作的人数还远高于经济衰退前的水平,但与去年相比,已经减少了64万(7.9%)。
10. investment [ɪn'ves(t)m(ə)nt]
n. 投资;投入;封锁
【真题例句】New ways of organizing the workplace -- all that re-engineering and downsizing—are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy, which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technology, and investment in education and training.企业重组的新方法--所有那些重新规划和缩小规模的做法--只能对一个经济的整体生产力做出一方面的贡献,而生产力的发展还受到许多其它因素的驱动,如设备机械上的联合投资、新技术、以及教育和培训上的投资。