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2024-08-15 Reading
08/15/24, 12:00 AM
2018_Text2
1. millennial n. 1980-1999 年的一代人 adj. 千禧一代的；一千年的
2. beef n. 牛肉 v. 提升、加强（beef up）
3. boast v. 吹牛
4. contribute v. 贡献
  
  contribute to 导致
  
  distribute v. 分配
  
  attribute v. 归因于（重音在 tr） n. 属性（重音在 at）
  
  attribute A to B
5. assume v. 假设
  
  assume responsibility 承担责任
6. reliance n. 依赖
  
  rely on v. 依赖
7. project n. 项目 v. 投影、投射；预测、预计、推想
8. more so 更是这样
9. cast doubt on 怀疑
10. lie in 位于
2018_Text 3
1. apply v. 应用
  
  apply for 申请
  
  application n. 应用申请
2. commissioner n. 委员会专员、委员长
  
  commission n. 任务；委员会；佣金；任命书；犯罪行为 v. 授权生产；使正常工作、调试；任命
3. damning adj. （罪证等）确凿的、导致定罪的；谴责的
4. verdict n. （陪审团的）裁定、裁决、裁断
5. give/hand over sb. sth.
  
  give/hand sth. to sb. 可变形为 give/hand to sb. sth.
6. take account of 考虑
7. mend v. 修理；修补
8. scrutinize v. 仔细检查
9. consent n. v. 同意
10. bit n. 小量、小块；比特、二进制位
11. merely adv. 仅仅
12. mal- 坏、不良、错误的
13. adapt vi. 适应 vt. 改编
14. monoply n. 垄断
  
  duopoly n. 双头垄断
15. feudalism n. 封建制度
16. latter adj. 后半的；后者的
Eli_IELTS13_Test1_Section2-2
08/13/24, 12:00 AM
答题
1. E
2. I (D)
3. B
4. E (G)
5. C
6. H
7. E (I)
知识点
1. junction n. （公路或铁路的）交叉路口、汇合处、枢纽站
2. 只有两个 one / the other
  
  三个以上 one / another
3. pedestrian n. 行人、步行者
4. cross v. 跨过 n. 人行横道
5. congestion n. 堵塞
  
  traffic congestion/jam 交通堵塞
6. park n. 公园 v. 停车
  
  parking n. 停车
7. by 介词旁边
8. forbid v. 禁止
  
  forbid doing
9. visit v. 参观
  
  vision n. 愿景
  
  visionary adj. 有眼力的、有创见的、有远见卓识的
  
  visibility n. 视线、可视性
10. bend v. 弯曲 n. 弯道、拐弯
11. disable v. 禁用（失去能力）
  
  disabled adj. 残疾的
  
  unable adj. 不能的
  
  able adj. 能的
12. lorry n. 大卡车
  
  pick-up track n. 皮卡
13. side road n. 辅路；支路；小巷子
14. pavement n. 路面；人行道
15. restriction on sth. 对于某事的限制
16. keep to sth. 保持对于某事（的安排）to 是介词
17. exist vi. 存在（不及物）
  
  existing adj. 现存的
听写
1. OK, so this slide shows a map of the central area of Granford with High Street in the middle and School Road on the right.
  - OK, so this slide shows a map of the central area of Granford with the High Street in the middle and (the) School Road on the right.
2. Now we already have a set of traffic lights in the High Street of the joinction with Station Road.
  - Now we already have a set of traffic lights in the High Street at the junction with Station Road.
3. But we plan it to have another site at the other end at the school road junction to regulate the traffic along the High Street.
  - But we’re planning to have another set at the other end, at the school road junction, to regulate the flow of traffic along the High Street.
4. We’ve decided we definitely need a pedestrian crossing we considerd putting this on School Road just outside the school.
5. But in the end we decided that could lead to traffic conjestion. We decided to locate on the High Street crossing the road in front of the Supermarket.
  - But in the end we decided that could lead to a lot of traffic congestion. So we decided to locate it on the High Street crossing the road in front of the Supermarket.
6. We’re proposing some changes to parking. At present, parking isn’t allowed on the High Street outside the library.
7. But we’re going to change that, allowing parking there, not the other end of the entry near School Road.
  - But we’re going to change that and allow parking there, but not at the other end of the High Street near School Road.
8. There’ll be a new “No Parking” sign on School Road, just by the entrance of the school, forbidden parking for 25 meters.
  - There’ll be a new “No Parking” sign on School Road, just by the entrance to the school, forbidding parking for 25 meters.
9. This should improve visibility for drivers and pedestrians, especially on the bend just to the north of school.
10. As far as disabled drivers are concerned, at present, by after parking outside the supermarket, the lorry also uses this spaces。
  - As far as disabled drivers are concerned, at present, they have parking outside the supermarket, but lorries also use those spaces.
11. So we’ve got two new disabled parking spaces on the side road off towards the bank.
  - So we’ve got two new disabled parking spaces on the side road up towards the bank.
12. We also plan to widen the pavement on School Road, we think we can manage to get next half meter on the bend, just before get to the school, on the same side of the road.
  - We also plan to widen the pavement on School Road, we think we can manage to get an extra half-meter on the bend, just before you get to the school, on the same side of the road.
13. Finally we’ve introduced new restriction on loading and unloading for the supermarkets, so lorries are only allowed to stop there before 8 a.m.
  - Finally we’ve introduced new restrictions on loading and unloading for the supermarket, so lorries will only be allowed to stop there before 8 a.m.
14. That’s the supermarket on school road. We kept to the existing arrangement with the High Street supermarket.
  - That’s the supermarket on school road. We kept to the existing arrangements with the High Street supermarket.
Eli_IELTS8_Test2_Section2-1
08/12/24, 12:00 AM
答题
1. B
2. forest
3. Fish Farms
4. Market Garden
知识点
1. open v. 打开；营业；开始 adj. 开的；开放的；营业的 n. 户外；公开赛
2. amongst = among
3. fascinate v. 迷住
4. exhibit （注意发音：iɡˈzibət） v. 展示；故意表现 n. 藏品、展品、陈列品
  
  exhibition （注意发音：ˌeksəˈbiSHən） n. 展览；展示；表演赛
5. complex adj. 复杂的 n. 建筑群
6. hectare n. 公顷（10000 平方米）
7. remit n. 职权范围 v. 汇款
8. a wide variety of 各种各样的
9. what 引导任何句子，1. 做主语；2. 做宾语
10. plan n. 计划；规划图、导览图
  
  wall plan 墙上的导览图、规划图
11. situate v. 使…处于
  
  situate A on B 让 A 在 B 上
  
  A be situated in B A 被放在 B 那
  
  locate v. 定位
  
  locate A at B 定位 A 在 B
  
  A be located in B A 被定位在 B
12. breed n. 品种 v. （动物）繁殖、生育
13. will -> would
  
  should -> shall
14. graze vi. 吃青草 vt. 放牧；擦伤 n. 擦伤
15. rear adj. 后面的、后部的 n. 后面；后部 v. 养育；（马或其它动物）用后腿直立（通常是受惊时）
16. marsh n. 湿地；沼泽；草本沼泽
17. immigrate v. 移民（移入）
  
  immigrant n. 移民
  
  emigrate v. 移出
  
  migrate v. 迁徙（无国家概念）
  
  migrant n. 迁徙者（外地打工） adj. 迁徙的
18. in the east 在（内部的）东边
  
  on the east 在（接壤的）东边
  
  to the east 在（不接壤的）东边
19. a great many = many
  
  many a + 单数名词
20. beyond prep. 在远端；超过；除了…之外；adv. 在另一端地；超过地 n. 未知、彼岸（尤指死亡后的生命）
听写
1. As you know, we’ve only been opened a week, so you are marked our first visitors.
  - As you know, we’ve only been open a week, so you are amongst our first visitors.
2. We have lots of facinating indoor and outdoor exerbates on our huge complex, hundreds of
  - We have lots of fascinating indoor and outdoor exhibits on our huge complex spreading hundreds of hectares.
3. Our remate is to give educational oppotunities to the wide public as well as offer wide varieties for agriculturists and other scientists.
  - Our remit is to give educational opportunities to the wider public as well as to offer research sites for a wide variety of agriculturists and other scientists.
4. As you can see, here, on our giant wall plan, we’re now situated in the Reception Block, here.
5. As you walk out for the main door into the park, it’s the park you can follow.
  - As you walk out of the main door into the park, there’s a path you can follow.
6. If you follow this route, you’d come into the Rare Breeds Section where we keep wide rare animals, which I should be telling you a little more about later.
  - If you follow this route, you’d immediately come into the Rare Breeds Section, where we keep a wide variety of animals, which I shall be telling you a little more about later.
7. Next to this, moving east, is the large Grazing Area, for the Rare Breeds.
8. Then further east, in the largest section of our park is the Forest Area.
9. And south of the grazing area, next to reception block is our experimental crop area.
  - And south of the Grazing Area, and in fact, just next to the Reception Block is our Experimental Crop Area.
10. In the middle of the park, this circular area, is our lake. these two small rectangular shapes here, fish farms where the rare fish for sale.
  - In the middle of the park, this circular area is our lake. these two small rectangular shapes here are the Fish Farms where we rear fish for sale.
11. To the east of those, is the Marsh Area which attract some great migrate of the birds.
  - To the east of those is the Marsh Area which attracts a great many migrant birds.
12. And in the south-eastern corner, beyond the Marsh, is our Market Garden Area growing vegetables and flowers.
2024-08-12 reading
08/12/24, 12:00 AM
2018_Text1
1. dismiss v. 不予考虑；摒弃；对…不屑一提
2. Among 开头，经常是倒装，因为主语太长
  
  Among many students are you who are smart and healthy.
  
  正常语序：You who are smart and healthy are among many students.
3. facing 面对的
  
  faced with 被面对的
  
  两个做非谓语都可以，因为面对是互相的
4. squeeze v. 挤、挤压；捏
5. disproportionately adv. 不成比例地
6. alarmist n. 危言耸听者 adj. 危言耸听的
7. upheaval n. 动荡、剧变
8. sb. benefit from sth. 某人从某事中受益
  
  sth. benefit sb. 某事对某人有益
9. loom n. 织布机 vi. 赫然耸现、（尤指）令人惊恐地隐现
  
  problems loom large 问题变得越来越大
10. subject n. 科目（非常大的概念，例如：数学、物理）
  
  major n. 专业（科目下的细分，例如：数学 subject 下的应用数学 major）
  
  curriculum n. 课程体系（一个专业需要修的一系列课程统称，例如应用数学专业大学 4 年要修数学分析、线性代数等等课程，所有课程统称 curriculum）复数是 curricular
  
  course n. 一门课程（一系列课程中的一门课，例如：高等数学或线性代数）
  
  class n. 一堂课（例如：高等数学这个 course 这学期有 40 堂 class）
11. complement n. 补充；（补充的）量；（几何）余角；（数学）补集；（语法）补语；（医学）补体 v. 补充；补完
  
  compliment v. n. 赞扬
  
  implement n. 器具 v. 实现；施行
  
  supplement n. 补充；补品、补剂；（几何）补角 v. 补贴；补充
  
  （complement 指补充完整，完美；supplement 指补充额外的数量）
12. underlie v. 奠定基础；在…之下
  
  underlying adj. 基础的（但不明显）；在下面的 v. uderlie 现在分词
  
  underline n. 下划线 v. 强调 = highlight v. 高亮
  
  undermine v. 破坏（根基）；削弱
  
  underscore v. 强调
  
  underway adv. 进行中；（船）在水中移动
13. drastic adj. 强烈或深远影响的、激进、极端的
14. smooth v. 通顺、使平整、使光滑 adj. 平整的、平坦的
15. tax credit n. 免税额度
16. upend v. 翻过来（物理上）
  
  overturn v. 翻过来（物理上）；推翻、废除（之前的发现、决定、情况等）
  
  subvert v. 推翻、颠覆（权力和统制）
17. be nuts 疯狂的、有病的
18. dispense v. 分配或提供（服务或信息）；摆脱
  
  dispense with 摒弃、不再需要
  
  dispensable adj. 可有可无的
  
  indispensable adj. 必不可少的
  
  expense n. 花费 v. （某项支出）抵减（应税收入）
  
  suspense n. 悬念；（法律上）暂停某事
19. groundless adj. 毫无根据的
Eli_Scientific-America_5
08/11/24, 12:00 AM
知识点
1. disturb v. 打扰、干扰
  
  disrupt v. 中断
2. worldwide adj. 全世界的（通常后置）
3. conservation n. 保护、节约
  
  conversation n. 对话
  
  convention n. 惯例、习俗；会议
  
  preservation n. 保护、保存原样
4. plus prep. 加（只在数字 A plus 数字 B 情况下使用） adj. 至少；正数（在数字前）；有正电荷 n. 加号；优势 conj. 此外、还 = furthermore/also
5. A be home to B A 是 B 的家（直接翻译成：“有”会更快，A 里面有 B）
6. necessity n. 必需品（重音在 ce）
  
  necessary adj. 必要的（重音在 ne）
7. log n. 原木；记录本 v. 伐木；记录
  
  timber n. 木材
  
  lumber v. 笨重地移动 v. 加工木材；增加负担 n. 木材（已粗加工为板或条状）；没用的家具、杂物
8. mine n. 矿 v. 采矿
9. temperate adj. 适度的、温和的、温带的
10. goods n. 商品（生产用来卖的）
11. incorporate v. 包含、吸收、使并入
12. extinct adj. 灭绝的
  
  extinction n. 灭绝
  
  extinguish v. 使熄灭
  
  extinguisher n. 灭火器
13. loss n. 损失
  
  lose（过去式、过去分词 lost） v. 失去、丢失、输
听写
1. Just 25 countries hold almost all of world’s undisturbed forest.
  - Just 25 countries hold almost all of world’s undisturbed forests.
2. More than half of that forest ? Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Russia, and the U.S.
  - More than half of that forest is in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Russia, and the U.S.
3. And only 22 percent of forestland worldwide is protected.
4. So what could be done to save the 13 million plus square kilometers untouched forests?
  - So what could be done to save the 13 million plus square kilometers of untouched forests?
5. After all, They are home to more than half of plants and animals, and povide necessaties like clean airs and clean waters for us humans.
  - After all, They are home to more than half of the world’s plants and animals, and povide necessities like clean air and clean water for us humans.
6. But there’re serious threat from logging, mining and farming.
  - But they’re under serious threat, whether from logging, mining or farming.
7. Such land use changed while? 3 percent of forests exist in the past still remain temperory parts of the globe.
  - Such land use change is why only 3 percent of the forest that existed in the past still remains in the temperate parts of the globe.
8. One suggestion for preservation is to make for part of international environment negotiations, like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has try to do.
  - One suggestion for preservation is to make forests a part of international environmental negotiations, like (what) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has tried to do.
9. The goods in services for us should be incorprated in the economic assessment as well.
  - The goods and services forests provide should be incorporated into economic assessments as well.
10. And world’s governments should avoid further forest loses to slow climate change and current extinction.
  - And the world’s governments should avoid further forest losses to slow climate change and the current rate of extinction.
2024-08-11 reading
08/11/24, 12:00 AM
2017_Text3
1. ly 结尾但不是 adv. 的词
  
  timely adj. 及时的
  
  costly adj. 贵的
2. matter/count vi. 重要（不及物）
  
  sth. matter/count
3. shed light on 阐释、解释
  
  shed（过去式与过去分词同原形） n. 棚屋（木或金属的） v. 把（车）停在车库 v. 洒落、掉落
4. rounded adj. 圆形的；全面的、丰满的
  
  comprehensive adj. 综合的
5. bud n. 花蕊
  
  budding adj. 新兴的、萌发中的
  
  nip sth. in the bud （在是花蕊时就掐掉）防患于未然、扼杀在摇篮
  
  nip v. 猛烈地捏、挤、咬；以微弱形式落败；喝一小口酒 n. 猛烈的捏、挤、咬；一小口酒
6. economy n. 经济
  
  economies n. 经济体
  
  economic adj. 经济的
  
  economical adj. 实惠的
  
  economist n. 经济学家
7. defy v. 公开违抗、蔑视、不相信
8. enlighten v. 告知、启发
2017_Text4
1. unanimous adj. 一致同意的（发音是 yo͞oˈnanəməs）
2. overturn v. 推翻、翻转
3. conviction n. 定罪（法庭语境）；信念
4. ethic n. 道德
5. jury n. 陪审团
6. concrete n. 混凝土 adj. 具体的
7. sound v. 听起来 n. 声音 adj. 合理的
8. bribery n. 行贿
  
  bribe v. 贿赂；收买 n. 贿金
9. prosecution n. 上诉
10. compact adj. 紧密的 v. 压实；达成协议 n. 化妆粉盒（有镜子和粉扑）；紧凑型、袖珍款；压塑（冶金）；协议、合同
11. representative government 代表性的政府（通过选举出的人来代表自己的权益）
12. constituent adj. 部分的；有选举权的 n. 部分；（选区的）选民、选举人
  
  constituency n. 选区（的全体选民）
  
  constitute v. 构成；依法设立
  
  constipation n. 便秘
  
  constitution n. 宪法；组成；体质、健康状态
  
  constitutional adj. 宪法的；体质的
13. integrity n. 正直；完整性
14. favoritism n. 偏袒
  
  favorite adj. 最喜欢的 n. 受欢迎的事物 v. 收藏（记录网址以便快速访问）
  
  favor n. 赞同、支持、喜欢（with favor）；善意行为、帮忙 v. 赞同、支持、喜欢；给予（帮助）（常用于礼貌请求帮助，Please favor me with sth.）；轻柔地对待（受伤的肢体）
15. conscience n. 良知（注意发音：ˈkänSHəns）
  
  conscientious adj. 有良知的、尽责的（尤指在工作上）（重音在 en）
  
  conscientiousness n. 尽责（重音在 en）
  
  conscious adj. 有意识的（注意发音：ˈkänSHəs）
  
  consciousness n. 意识
Eli_Scientific-America_4
08/10/24, 12:00 AM
知识点
1. a pile of 一堆
2. desert n. 沙漠
  
  dessert n. 甜点
3. doughnut/dounut n. 甜甜圈
4. seem 系动词 + adj./to (do/be)
5. easy adj. 简单的
  
  ease vt. 缓解（变容易）
  
  alleviate v. 缓解
  
  relieve v. 缓解
6. up 表示动作做完了（除了固定搭配外，如固定搭配 make up，give up 不适用此规则）
  
  eat up 吃掉、吃完
  
  drink up 喝掉、喝完
  
  mop up 拖净、打扫完
7. burst v. 爆炸；弄破、冲破
  
  burst the bubble 冲破泡泡（打破舒适区）
8. shake n. 摇出来的饮料
  
  milkshake n. 奶昔
  
  milktea n. 奶茶
  
  smoothie n. 思慕西
9. package n. 行李
  
  pack v. 打包
10. sausage n. 香肠
  
  biscuit n. 饼干
  
  gravy n. 肉汤
11. cholesterol n. 胆固醇
  
  insulin n. 胰岛素
  
  metabolism n. 新陈代谢
  
  hormone n. 荷尔蒙、激素
  
  diabetes n. 糖尿病（天生有 s）
12. Turns out that 结果是
13. accumulate vt. vi. 积累
  
  accumulate sth. vt.
  
  sth. accumulate vi.
14. mellow adj. 愉悦、柔软（味道、听感、颜色）；（性格）成熟、柔软；（土地）肥沃 v. 使成熟
15. psychiatry n. 精神病学
  
  psychology n. 心理学
16. habitual adj. 习惯性的（发音重音在 bi）
听写
1. Sometimes, after a long, hard day, all you want is a big cheese burger, a pale of fries, and maybe a dessert donut.
  - Sometimes, after a long, hard day, all you want is a bacon cheeseburger, a pile of fries, and maybe a dessert dounut(doughnut).
2. After all, the stress that seems be eating you up can be ease by what you eating up, right?
  - After all, the stress that seems to be eating you up can be eased by what you eat up, right?
3. Sadly, it’s time to burst bubble in your confort food milk shake.
  - Sadly, it’s time to burst the bubble in your comfort food milkshake.
4. Researchers asked women about things that has recently stressed them out.
  - Researchers asked women about things that had recently stressed them out.
5. The women will then given a fat in calory pat meal of eggs, turkey saucege, and biscuts gribby.
  - The women were then given a fat and calorie packed meal of eggs, turkey saucege, and biscuts in gravy.
6. The researchers then measured the women’s metablism, blood sugar, calastero, incilents, and stress hormines.
  - The researchers then measured the women’s metabolism, blood sugar, cholesterol, insulin, and stress hormones.
7. Turns out that the most stressed women had higher levels of insulin, which slows down metabolism and causes the body to store fat.
8. And that fat, if not burned off, accumulates in the body.
9. The women who had reported feeling stressed or depressed in the day before eating the meal burned a hundred and four fewer calories than women who follow more
  - The women who had reported feeling stressed or depressed in the day before eating the meal burned a hundred and four fewer calories during the seven hours following the meal than women who felt more mellow.
10. If eating high calorie confort food to eliviate stress become habitual, the result could be average we gain 11 pounds per year.
  - If eating high-calorie comfort food to alleviate stress becomes habitual, the result could be an average weight gain of 11 pounds per year, which brings its own stress, like spending money on new clothes.
2017_Text2
08/10/24, 12:00 AM
1. reign v. 统治
  
  monarch n. 君主、帝王
  
  sovereign n. 君主 adj. 有主权的、有至高无尚的权力的
2. astronomy n. 天文学（重音在 t）
  
  astronomer n. 天文学家（重音在 t）
  
  astronautics n. 航天（重音在 n）
  
  astronaut n. 宇航员（重音在 n）
3. esteem v. n. 尊重、敬重、崇敬
  
  revere v. 尊敬、景仰
  
  reverence n. 尊敬、景仰
  
  这两个词比 respect 程度更深
  
  respect n. 尊重；体贴；方面 v. 尊重，遵守
  
  deference n. 尊重
  
  deferential adj. 恭敬的
  
  prestige n. 名望
  
  prestigious adj. 德高望重的
  
  worship v. 崇拜、敬仰、礼拜
4. -rupt 词根后缀破裂
  
  abrupt adj. 唐突的
  
  bankrupt v. n. 破产
  
  corrupt v. 腐败
  
  disrupt v. 干扰
  
  erupt vi. 爆发；突发
  
  interrupt v. 打断
  
  rupture n. 断裂
5. observatory n. 观测台、天文台、天文观测站、气象台
6. cosmos n. （尤指被视为有序体系时的）宇宙
7. 介词短语不能当主语，当介词短语处于主语位置时很可能是倒装，因为主语太长。
  
  At issue is sth. that…
  
  正常语序是 Sth. that … is issue.
8. dormant adj. 休眠的；蛰伏的；暂停活动的
  
  a dormant volcano 休眠的火山
9. bulk n. 大部分 v. 占据大部分；夸大
  
  a bulk of 一大部分
10. vocal adj. 发声的、声音的；大声表达的、直言不讳的
  
  vocalist n. 歌手
11. sacred adj. 上帝的、神的、神圣的
  
  holy adj. 与神（或宗教）有关的、神圣的
  
  holiness n. 神圣
12. prioritize v. 优先
13. fragile adj. 脆弱的
14. inhabitant n. 居民
15. relic n. 遗物、遗迹
  
  cultural relic
  
  heritage n. 遗产（国家或社会长期形成的历史、传统和特色）
  
  cultural heritage
  
  Natrual heritage
16. renaissance n. 文艺复兴
17. assemble v. 组装
  
  assembly line 生产线
  
  dissemble v. 拆卸
18. primal adj. 原始的
19. compromise n. 妥协、折中、和解
20. remark n. 言论、说得话
21. feat n. 壮举、功绩
22. deem v. = regard/view
  
  deem/see/view/regard A as B
  
  be deemed/seen/viewed/regarded as sth.
23. humiliate v. 羞辱、侮辱 humiliating adj. 屈辱的
24. uncover v. 揭示
25. passive adj. 被动的
Eli_BBC-News_6
08/09/24, 12:00 AM
知识点
1. cap n. 软扁帽；顶；上限
  
  icecap n. 冰盖
2. say says said 三个发音不一样
3. expedition n. 远征；探险、考察
  
  expedite v. 加速
4. making sth.后置大概率修饰前面一句话
5. vulnerable adj. 脆弱的
  
  be vulnerable to sth. 对于某事脆弱（即易受某事伤害的）
6. community n. 群体
7. beverage n. 饮料
8. record 名词重音在前，动词重音在后
9. inundate v. 淹没
  
  be inundated with sth. 被某事淹没
10. scores of 量词很多
11. mop n. 拖把 v. 清理
12. underway adj. adv. 进行中
13. appeal v. 呼吁、上诉；被吸引
  
  sth. appeals to sb. sb. 被 sth. 吸引
  
  they’ve appealed to the government 他们向政府呼吁
14. the all-time record 有史以来
15. devastate v. 严重破坏、彻底摧毁
  
  sb. is devastated 某人被摧毁了（某人很难过）
听写
1. Researcher ice in north pole has found melted quickly Arctic Ocean in this ten years.
  - Research into the icecap of the north pole has found that it’s melting so quickly that the Arctic Ocean could lose most of its ice during summer time in as little as ten years.
2. Scientists at Cambridge University have recent expedition to like Pen hadow found much thin than it expected making it vunerable to rapid melting.
  - Scientists at Cambridge University say recent expedition to the Arctic led by the explorer Pen hadow found the ice was much thinner than expected and less dense making it vulnerable to rapid melting.
3. Mr Hadow’s has a founding that should have a wake up call.
  - Mr Hadow says the findings should act as a wake-up call.
4. The long-term view for the global communities this is definitely not a good news.
  - The long-term view for the global community is this is definitely not good news.
5. But if we can see this for what it is which is the biggest visual cue the way we’re gonna get to beverage our planet better, then that is a good thing.
  - But if we can see this for what it is which is the biggest visual cue that we’re gonna get to manage our relationship for the planet better, then that is a good thing.
6. At one point, the water in the central part of Venice is 1 meter and 56 centimeters at sea level.
  - At one point, the water in the central part of Venice was 1 meter and 56 centimeters above sea level.
7. It hasn’t bet heights since 1986.
  - It hasn’t been that high since 1986.
8. Then this gets regular flooding on this time of a year, but this was the forth deeper on record.
  - Venice gets regular flooding at this time of the year, but this was the forth deepest on record.
9. Dozens of homes and businesses were inunbate, scores of people have to move out, there’s no report of serious injuries.
  - Dozens of homes and businesses were inundated. Scores of people had to move out, though there’re no reports of serious injuries.
10. With malping up still on the way, the authority say they don’t yet know the final cost of repairs.
  - With mopping-up still underway, the authorities say they don’t yet know the final cost of repairs.
11. They’ll built to the government for the money from special fund help in the clear-up.
  - They’ve appealed to the government for money from a special fund to help in the clear-up.
12. The all-time record for high water was in 1966, when it reached nearly 2 meters.
2017_Text1
08/08/24, 12:00 AM
1. time-consuming adj. 耗时间的
2. in return for 作为…的回报
3. drag v. (费力地) 拖 n. 阻碍、拖沓
4. infuriate v. 激怒
  
  infuriating adj. = very angry
5. undercover adj. 卧底的、秘密调查的
6. sneak v. 偷偷地走 n. 鬼鬼祟祟的人 adj. 偷摸的、鬼鬼祟祟的
7. steep adj. 陡峭的
  
  steep increase
8. screen n. 屏幕 v. 筛查、检查
  
  screen out 筛选出
  
  screener n. 筛选器、检查器（如安检那种）
9. lane n. 小路；车道
10. dispute v. 质疑、对…提出质询
11. remodel v. 改造、翻修
12. expedite v. 加速
13. sticker shock 标签震惊（表示价格贵）
  
  price tag 价格标签
14. finance n. 金融 v. 融资
15. divert v. 转移、改变（资金、材料等）的用途
  
  convert v. 转化
16. It is long past time to do sth. 早该做某事了
17. reluctance n. 不情愿