[筆記] BBC Words in the news (3)
Words in the news
[the secrets of giraffe's long necks] 長頸鹿長頸之謎
1. spindly: long and thin 細長的
2. modestly proportioned: smaller sized
3. sticking one's neck out: take a risk
4. use CT scan to make 3D models of fossil harvestmen
使用電腦斷層掃瞄做出蜘蛛的3D模型
5. in prominent XX street location 在主要(人來人往)的街道上
6. compete for eyeballs with major consumer brands
可以和大品牌相抗衡，吸引注意。
7. So strong is my sense that I stick out my neck to say that …. 我敢說……
8. Cerebral palsy 腦中風
9. disability is no hindrance to achieving her dream of making it big in
Bollywood.
殘障並未阻止他追求在寶萊塢大鳴大放的夢想。
[ivory protest] 象牙爭議
1. beautiful ornaments from an ugly trade 醜陋交易下的美麗裝飾品
2. the trade of ivory was made illegal 1989 在1989年就被視為非法
3. the trader's profits should be crushed and people shouldn't buy ivory
應中止其利益並且不該購買
4. criminals involved in the illegal supply of medical products through
the Internet 透過網路來非法提供非法藥物供給的人
5. by stealing your bank details 藉由竊取你的帳戶明細
6. looted by the Nazis 被納粹所掠奪的(國寶之類)
7. confiscated 沒收
8. rhinos were slaughtered for their horns / elephants were ~ for their ivory
犀牛/大象因角/象牙被掠殺
9. this bloody conflict is fuelled by the mistaken belief in Asia that rhino
horn cures cancer 此衝突起因於犀牛角能治癌症的迷思
10. the conflict is growing more intense 衝突愈演愈烈
11. a person of wealth and status 富有且有身份的地位的人
12. Instead of allowing his spirit to be crushed and giving up
不讓其精神被粉碎及放棄
13. instead of allowing himself to be filled with anger and frustration
不讓自己充滿憤怒和挫敗
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