每日一句初级口语第243期: 新一轮华人移民潮
日期:2012-09-17 09:47
(单词翻译:单击)
今天我们要学的每日一句的内容是:
A new wave of Chinese migration is afoot, fuelled by
ever-younger students for whom English is not a piece of
knowledge to be learnt but a living language able to
unlock the intricacies of the wider world.
新一轮的华人移民潮正在进行时,而其背后的推动者则是一群越来
越年轻的莘莘学子。英语对这一代人来说不再只是一门知识,而是
解开大千世界纷繁奥秘的一门鲜活的语言。
【Vocabulary】
1. afoot:徒步的;在准备中的;在进行中
Example:Maybe something deeper is now afoot too.也许还有其他事情也正在酝酿之中。
2. fuel:刺激,激起
Example:Fuel economic growth 刺激经济增长
3. unlock:开锁;开启;揭开;显露
Example:She fail to unlock the safe in spite of all her exertion.她虽然费尽力气,仍未能将那保险箱的锁打开。
4. intricacy:纷乱;错综复杂
Example:The intricacy of software systems has increased significantly.软件系统的错综复杂程度大大增加了。