Top 3 words & 2 quotes this week 1. 突然戒掉、突然停止某習慣: go cold turkey: Ex: He went cold turkey off social media for a month as a social experiment 2. 死亡率: mortality rate/risk: Ex: The mortality risk associated with not running was greater than mortality risk associated with being overweight. 3. 仙丹: miracle drug
Ex: Exercise is a miracle drug in many ways "When you look at hours you spend in workplace, it's often more than at home." "Happiness comes from moving toward what you want, not from getting it."
1. 日益嚴重的: escalating = growing Ex: In America's food basket, the escalating stakes are laid out clearly. 2. 一團糟的、拙劣的(工作): botched Ex: The royal couple had already survived a botched bombing attempt that morning. 3. 整整 (形容很大量): whopping Ex: Ford sold a whopping 167,000 Mustangs.
Top 3 words this week 1. 直言不諱的: vocal Ex: Strong personalities make us more vocal and confident. 2. 首要的、優先的: paramount Ex: Knowing the purpose of why we do things is paramount to success 3. 難應付的、棘手的 tricky =difficult Ex: What about that tricky impromptu speech?
1. 到最後一刻(才揭曉或完成): down the wire = come to the last minute Ex: Preparations for the 2004 Olympics in Athens went down the wire. 2. 緊迫的；迫切的: pressing =urgent Ex: Let's begin with the obvious and most pressing question 3. mind-boggling: 難以置信的、驚人的 = hard to imagine Ex: It is home to a mind-boggling amount of history. 4. Spectator和audience的差別: spectators for sports event; audience for concerts 下面是這周的單字集，點選標題可以看原文報導 藍色單字是我喜歡或覺得常用的單字， 標在中文表示可以直接翻譯和中文做連結 標在英文表示從英文記會比較好
