2009-09-23

紐時筆記 090915 Drought Puts the Spotlight on Inequality in Indian Society

Quantum Usage:


  1. weathered the storm vs witness green shoots
  2. sprout
  3. weed / grass / bush
  4. monsoon
  5. The rain splattered down onto the dry dirt.
  6. stillborn
  7. convulse
  8. wobble v. 使搖晃不穩定
  9. tumble over
  10. .. poised to resume its rapid economic expansion
  11. srupass
  12. almost the pace that established India as an emerging global economic power second only to China
  13. temper v. (右圖的綠點是動詞,紅點是名詞)
  14. ..that has underscored the fact that many people are largely...
  15. look to the sky for their livelihoods 看天吃飯
  16. represent v. (這個字做公司的數字簡報很好用)
  17. famine / feminine
  18. replenish
  19. shortfalls (這個字做公司的數字簡報很好用,但用出來要附加一堆why shortfall的解釋)
  20. .... better filter down to the poor
  21. resounding 回響 - a resounding victory
  22. irrigation 灌溉
  23. nuance
  24. staple (某國的)主要產品;支柱產品; U 形電線卡
  25. deceptive
  26. decimate 大量死亡
  27. cake v. (厚厚一層乾後即變硬的軟東西)覆蓋 --> cake in dirt
  28. cremate n./v. 火葬
  29. clamor v. 持續的叫喊,喧鬧;吵吵鬧鬧的要求
  30. dilapidate使荒廢;毀壞
  31. the false rumor
  32. stipend 養老金
Class Activity:
Name good usages in the article.