学个词

第760课
今天我们要学的词是next-to-impossible。 Next-to-impossible几乎不可能。"The loud music in the bar makes table conversation next-to-impossible," 这家酒吧里音乐太吵，根本听不见同桌人在讲什么话。七月四号是美国独立日，首都华盛顿热闹非凡。"Finding a parking spot in downtown DC on July 4th is next-to-impossible," 七月四号想在华盛顿特区市中心找到停车的地方几乎不可能。美国历史上最大的投资诈骗案主犯麦道夫被判150年徒刑。有分析认为，"That so much could have been stolen for so many years seems next-to-impossible without the aid of others," 他能坚持这么多年，骗这么多钱，没人帮忙几乎是不可能的。好的，今天我们学习的词是next-to-impossible...
第759课
今天我们要学的词是overdose。 Overdose是用药过量的意思。佛罗里达州政府的最新报告显示，"Fatal overdoses of prescription drugs jumped again in 2008," 过量服用处方药致死的人数2008年再次上升。与此同时，"Deaths from cocaine overdoses declined by 23% to 648 in 2008," 可卡因服用过量致死的人数2008年下降23%，为648人。泰诺Tylenol是美国最常见的去烧止痛药。然而，美国食品和药物管理局的一个专家小组对其主要成分对乙酰氨基酚提出警告。"Acetaminophen overdoses send an estimated 56,000 people to the emergency room each year," 官方数据显示，美国每年估计有五万六千人因为对乙酰氨基酚服用过量被送进急诊室。好的，今天我们学习的词是overdose...
第758课
今天我们要学的词是discharge。 Discharge有出院的意思。"The H1N1 patient was discharged from the hospital after recovery," 这位H1N1甲型流感患者康复后出院。"Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was discharged from the hospital after an operation on her arm," 前英国首相撒切尔夫人手臂接受手术后出院。 Discharge还有勒令退伍的意思。"A military panel recommended that a National Guard officer who publicly announced that he's gay should be discharged for violating the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy," 美军一个小组委员会建议开除一名国民警卫队官员，因为他公开宣布自己是同性恋，违反了军方“不问不说”的政策。好的，今天我们学习的词是discharge...
第757课
今天我们要学的词是normalcy。 Normalcy正常状态。美国著名流行歌星迈克尔.杰克逊突然去世后，"The Jackson family is trying to give Michael's three children a sense of normalcy," 杰克逊的家人努力让迈克尔三个孩子的生活保持正常。美国南卡罗来纳州州长桑福德为情出走，跑到阿根廷去会情人的丑闻上星期曝光。"As her husband's affair exploded nationwide, Jenny Sanford and their four sons stayed on Sullivan's Island, striving for normalcy," 丈夫的婚外恋丑闻在全国曝光后，桑福德的妻子詹尼带着四个儿子待在所罗门岛上，设法维持生活的常态。好的，今天我们学习的词是normalcy...
第756课
今天我们要学的词是coup。 "Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a coup," 洪都拉斯总统塞拉亚在政变中被赶下台。"It was the first successful military coup against a president in Central America since the Cold War," 这是冷战结束以来中美洲地区首次成功推翻总统的军事政变。不久前，土耳其媒体报料说，土耳其军方正在策划政变。"Turkey's army chief went on the counter-offensive last Friday, denouncing the coup allegations as a smear campaign," 土耳其军方最高领导人上星期五发动反攻，批评有关军方策划政变的指责是造谣中伤。好的，今天我们学习的词是coup...