第三十五课:
今天要学的词是snag。Snag的原意是暗礁。一艘船碰到暗礁就搁浅了。所以, snag也就是障碍;什么东西卡住了,动不了了。一个新电影在华盛顿首次演出,来了许多电影明星。报纸报导说:"Then there was the traffic snag for the premiere," 电影首次演出造成交通堵塞。
共和党想通过国会正式任命John Bolton为驻联合国大使,但是受到阻挠 -- Republican efforts to confirm Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations hit a snag。一个年轻人看见一辆他梦寐以求的跑车,但是,His plan to buy that dream car hit a snag,因为银行不给他贷款。I run into a snag while shopping last night,昨晚我买东西没买成,因为忘了钱包。今天学的一个词是snag...
第三十六课
我们今天要学的词是mourn 。Mourn的意思是哀悼,悼念。在9/11袭击周年之际,《纽约时报》说:"Bush mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. remembers," 布什总统在世贸大楼旧址和纽约民众一同悼念9/11死难者。
但是对于一些死难者家属来说,失去亲人是永远的伤痛:"Some of the victims's families will never stop mourning their loved ones." 对于我们来说,最好的悼念方式让世界更安全:"One way to mourn victims of terrorist attacks is to try ourselves to make this world a safer place." 我们今天学的词是mourn...