来搭个学英语的小楼，欢迎大家来添砖加瓦
这半年多实习一直都用德语，再过一阵要写论文了，英语生疏了很多。最近在网上看new york times，觉得有些生词和单词的用法应该总结下来。至少自己写一遍就更熟悉了。从楼下慢慢开始。。。
[ Last edited by annieingermany on 2005-5-19 at 10:52 ]
[ 本帖最后由 annieingermany 于 2005-7-18 09:52 编辑 ] $支持$$支持$
先读了一篇
由于美元的inflation而引起物品的surging pricesa bout of...一场(...风波)
clip 查了verb.是‘剪短’，这里应该是说美元缩减吗?
seed 名词用的多，其实当动词‘埋下...(的根源)’也很有用
volatile ‘变化无常的’，在别的文章里看过，但是自己用的少
elated ‘欢欣鼓舞的’，竟然把这个词忘了，我傻死了
kindle '引起，激发‘，知道意思，但是也是自己写文章的时候想不到用
streak '短时间’，a streak of ‘一阵子的...'
snap '咬住，攫夺’，当然在文章里指好消息使投资者从gloomy spell(还能写得这么生动)走出
vigorous '精力充沛的'，唉，以前很熟的词呀
ascend '登上(皇位)'，我想文章里的意思应该是说价格变化的升级
dent '使出现凹槽'，文章里说的是使经济的增长出现萎靡的状况
startle '使大吃一惊'，对应的surprise反而应该更有惊喜的意思吧
squelch '个个支支的声音'，象声词一直是我的弱点
aggressive 原来除了有'侵略的'的一组意思之外，还有‘有闯劲的’的意思
recession '衰退，后撤'，这个词不熟
inexplicable '不可解释的'，看着眼熟，但是猜不出什么意思
mute 这个大家肯定都熟，用在自己的文章里也很生动的
plausible '似乎有理的'，知道，没用过 $加油$$加油$
再一篇，中间被叫去干了点活儿
关于中国发展减慢阻碍了人民币的升值ebb '退潮'，这里说的就是高速发展的减慢
deterrent ’制止‘，就是题目里的阻碍了升值的那个词
revaluation ’升值‘，被这个词害了，一开始看成了revelation’泄露‘，我说怎么半天没看明白，所以把他写出来，容易看混淆的词
indicator ’指示者，指示物‘，多简单的词呀，经常用的，一开始竟然没想起来
temper ’软化，缓和‘，讲中国减缓了经济增长和通货膨胀
reluctant ’勉强的，不愿意的‘
appease ’姑息‘，和上面一个词在一个句子里，讲中国这种做法可能将更慢的回应Bush政府希望的人民币马上回升的愿望
tension ’紧张，不安(的状态)‘，很实用的小词，以后要用
impose ’征税，把...强加于‘，和介词on连用，我这个词应该很熟的，检讨
quotas ’配额，限额‘，很常见吧，是不是德语里有时也用这个词
denounce ’谴责‘，这个词中国外交部门的工作人员肯定熟死了，动不动就是谴责XX的行为，从来不动真格的
iron ore ’铁矿石‘，这个除了iron还真是不知道
rein ’驾驭‘，本来是说骑马的事情，引申成对事物的。。。明白吧
soar ’高涨，猛增‘，我没用过这个词，肯定是用同意词代替了
virtue 以前就知道是’美德‘的意思，其实还有’功效，效力‘的意思
bond ’契约‘
credit-starve 意思都知道吧，这是国际上中国企业的形象
wary ’谨慎的，小心的‘，也是，经常用他的同意词
stake ’赌注‘，其实想记住的是个词组 at stake，’得失悠关，在危险中‘
acute ’厉害的，敏锐的‘，这个词认识，但是经常用的后一个意思
poise ’平衡‘，我只用balance
steep ’陡峭的，不合理的‘，后一个意思是不太正式的用法
muscle 名词大家都知道是’肌肉‘的意思，但是文章里用的是动词，不明白
coyote 没查出来
cliff ’悬崖‘
lull ’使安静，变平静‘，其实文章里用的是名词’间歇‘的意思
rumination ’反刍‘，想象一下是说什么的吧
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又读了一个
说的是那个叫Greenspan老爷爷的mortgage ’抵押，抵押单据‘
thriving ’繁荣发展的‘，说的是housing market
hedge ’树栅栏，障碍‘，主要是保护自己的障碍，比如a hedge against inflation
rival 竞争对手
liquidation 和液体没什么关系，是’清算人‘的意思
ingredient 配料，混合物中的成分
accuse ’控告‘，认识，但是比较生疏
derivate ’衍生的，派生的‘，查词典的时候碰 到过 才看到~~ 狂感动ing~~!!~!!
谢谢大家对偶版的支持~~~
有空常来坐坐~~~~
学学英语,看看照片~~~~~ 呵呵，难道楼主这么感动，还给了我一个大拇指 因为晚上要看德语和休息，所以每天就是上班有空的时候读读nytimes了 Originally posted by annieingermany at 2005-5-20 01:11
呵呵，难道楼主这么感动，还给了我一个大拇指
摔倒~~ 是斑竹感动~+分的~~呵呵
楼主不是你自己嘛~~:lol::lol::lol: Originally posted by little~fly at 2005-5-20 09:44
摔倒~~ 是斑竹感动~+分的~~呵呵
楼主不是你自己嘛~~:lol::lol::lol:
。。。。。。。。。对呀，我也晕了:mad:
日本公司希望员工夏天的时候脱掉黑西装，节省空调保护环境
debut ‘首次演出’，读音是按法语的，正好最近在学promenade ‘(为散心或炫耀服饰的)散步’，日本男性员工一向习惯工作的时候一身黑西服的装扮，觉得这样才够专业
cajole ‘哄骗，勾引’，用的时候+into，呵，听起来色色的，其实是说日本公司在力图以各种理由说服员工
shed ‘脱落’，还是说脱掉衣服，但是更强调摆脱原来的太正规的行头
blatant ‘脸皮厚的，炫耀的’，用的是前面那个意思啦，说的是公司和政府
bid ‘(拍卖中的)喊价，命令’，用的是后面的意思，这回公司要制定规则了
swelter ‘酷热’，但是是动词耶，文章里加了-ing当形容词用的
glacial ‘冰河时期的’，这个挺逗，因为男员工夏天穿的很多，所以公司的空调都开得很冷，苦了女员工了，象待在冰窖里一样
syndrome ‘综合症侯’，其实是在说‘热岛效应’-heat island syndrome
vaguely ‘模糊地’，这个词认识，就是没看懂文章里到底要表达什么
sniff ‘以鼻吸气，闻到’
plot ‘阴谋’，和上面的词和起来是说员工慢慢的猜到了公司要耍什么手段来说服他们
wardrobe ‘行头，衣服；衣柜’，基本上是说所有衣服都是一个样子
augment ’增大，增多‘，很正式的用法
crumble ’弄碎，破碎‘，还是说那种形式上的破坏
catchy ’容易记住的‘，原来不知道动词可以变成这样用
cringe ’畏缩，卑躬屈膝‘，用的是前面的意思，说的是员工很怕几十年前那种短衫短裤的打扮，认为没风度
unveil ’除去(面纱，幕布)，揭露’，实在是忘了讲什么的了
emission ‘散发，发射物’，高中就学过吧
deviate ‘偏离，背离’
norm 其实是想记住一个词组 social norm，社会准则
protocol ‘外交礼节，协议’，总和portfolio混
mortify ‘使侮辱，伤害感情；克制’
conservative ‘保守的，保守主义’，这个词忘了，不可原谅
panic ‘惊慌，受惊’
improvise ‘即兴创作，临时凑成’，还是说衣服的搭配
anonymity ‘无名的，匿名的’
clan ‘氏族’，说日本男人穿衣服要体现民族气质
ethic ‘伦理’，也是忘记的词
wean ‘使断奶，使戒掉’，+from，还是说改掉穿西装的习惯
cuff ‘护腕，袖口’
brace ‘支住，撑牢；振作’，我咋记得是手腕的意思呢，可能是作名词的意思吧
legion ‘众多，大批’，本来是说古罗马军队的
raid ‘突袭，搜捕；侵入’ 今天公司事情比较多，晚上再来
不知来处的几个单词
我忘了是什么时候在哪里看到的了，不过也贴在这里吧interven '(事件)插入，介入，干涉，(时间)介于'
ceiling 大家都知道'屋檐'的意思，不过也是'金额的最高限度'
peg 本来是'木钉'，在商业用语中表示'固定，限定价格等'
pour '灌，注;人流流出，拥入'，+out倾吐
vehicle 最普遍的意思是'汽车'，其实还是'传递信息的工具'的意思
大型媒体推进匿名消息限用的活动
Scott McClellan，白宫出版发行秘书，利用白宫每日新闻发布会的时间抨击了刊载来自匿名消息来源人提供的消息的刊物，但曲高和寡，现在只有少数几家新闻媒体支持。因为采用匿名消息来报道新闻事件几乎已经成为了新闻工作者们一个默认的新闻采集方式。single 动词噢，+out表示'挑出'
retract '撤回'，这词总也记不住
interrogator '审问者，讯问者'
Koran '古兰经'
assail '攻击，抨击'
informant '提供消息的人'
critique 动词，'批评'
throttle '掐死，截流，减速'
hamper '妨碍'
rampant '繁殖，蔓延;不能控制'
hothouse '温室'
horde '游牧部落，一群...'，说一群球迷可以用这个
mint '铸造'
jeopardize '使受危害，使陷困境'
pendulum '钟摆'
coax '劝诱，哄出，说服'
reluctant '勉强的，不愿的'
affiliate '使加入，接受为分支机构或委员'
reflexive '反身代词'，不知道作者想表达什么
revelation '揭露，泄露'
fabricate '捏造;装配，制造'
plagiarize '抄袭'，讲的是前一阵nytimes的一个记者写假新闻的事情
stringent '严密'
enforce '实施(法律)'
outright '断然的，确实的，明白无误的'
coward '胆小者，懦夫'
judicious '有见识的，明智的'，很正式的用法
tack '钉住，改变航向'
repercussion '反响，影响'
scoop '独家新闻'，不正式的用法
partisan '党人，敌后游击队员'
uproar '吵闹，骚动'
accuracy '准确性，精密性'
ubiquitos '普遍存在' very good 被夸了，呵呵 要是附上原文就完美了 好吧，那我以后附上原文好了，大家也可以看看
Report Says China's Currency Policy Poses Risk of Inflation
PARIS, May 24 - China's fixed exchange rate for its currency against the United States dollar is increasing the risk of inflation and overheating in Asia's second-largest economy, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned today.But the stimulus provided by China's economic expansion should continue to underpin strong growth in Asia, offsetting a slowdown in the United States and sagging confidence in much of Europe, the organization said in a report on the outlook for the global economy.
The pegging of the yuan to the dollar has already resulted in a 3 percent drop this year in its effective exchange rate against the currencies of all China's trading partners, the O.E.C.D., a Paris-based think tank, said.
In the United States, interest rate increases by the United States Federal Reserve appeared to have put the economy on track for a ``soft landing," according to Jean-Philippe Cotis, the organization's chief economist. Monetary policy would have to tighten further, he said, ``but they are back on trend."
``We see subdued recovery and underlying inflation slowing considerably," Mr. Cotis said.
Projections in the report showed United States growth slowing to a 3.3 percent rate in 2006 from 3.6 percent this year and 4.4 percent in 2004. The expected growth rate for this year was revised up from a 3.3 percent rate forecast in December.
The report showed United States inflation dipping to 2.2 percent next year from 2.4 percent in 2005, in response to a tightening in short-term interest rates, measured in three-month deposit terms, to 4.9 percent by the fourth quarter of 2006 from 2.3 percent at the end of 2004. But for that to happen, the Federal Reserve, which early this month raised its benchmark by a quarter point to 3 percent in the latest of a series of upward moves, must tighten more, the report said.
In contrast, facing flaccid growth in the major economies of the euro zone, the European Central Bank should cut rates, the organization said. Its latest forecasts showed growth in the euro area sagging to a 1.2 percent rate this year, revised down by more than half a percentage point from 1.9 percent projected in December, and recovering to no better that 2 percent in 2006.
The report said that the yuan exchange rate, and the flood of textile exports from China after the ending of international textile quotas on Jan 1, will keep China's trade surplus expanding this year and next , it said. The current account, a broad measure of trade in goods and services, is likely to bring in net inflows of $100 billion in 2005 and $101 billion in 2006, after an inflow of $68.7 billion last year.
``The depreciation of the effective exchange rate has both accentuated inflationary pressures and driven actual inflation higher," the report said.
The Chinese government has tried to curb a real estate boom and other signs of overheating by a range of regulatory and administrative measures this year. Despite those efforts, ``the economy is accelerating again," Mr. Cotis said in an interview on Monday. ``The problem is still to contain activity," he said.
Forecasts in the report showed China's gross domestic product growing at a 9 percent rate this year and accelerating to a 9.2 percent rate in 2006, with inflation picking up to a 4 percent rate this year and next from 3.9 percent last year and only 1.2 percent in 2003.
Elsewhere in Asia, the report projected growth in Japan slowing to a 1.5 percent rate this year, down from 2.6 percent in 2004 and below the 2.1 percent rate forecast by the O.E.C.D. in December. The organization also said it expected Japan's consumer price deflation to continue into 2006. Still, Mr. Cotis said, Japan's economic state is ``fairly benign."
``They went through a soft patch, but then there were strong exports and investment in the first quarter, " he said. ``There is still some deflation, but we think that, with recovery, deflation will go away by the end of 2006. That's a bit delayed compared with earlier prognostications, but the forward-looking indicators are relatively good."
In particular, he said, a recent improvement in the job market, where employers are increasingly offering secure, long-term contracts, should lead to a recovery in consumer confidence.
underpin '加强...的基础，巩固，支撑'
sagging '下沉的，松懈的'
pegging '固定外汇价格，固定证券价格'
subdued '被抑制的，柔和的，减弱的'
underlying '潜在的'
revise '修正，校订'
dip '调整'
deposit '存款，押金，保证金'
flaccid '软弱的，无活力的'
surplus '盈余'
depreciation '贬值，减价，跌落'
curb '路边'，文章里用的是动词
benign '良好的'
prognostication '预言'
[ Last edited by annieingermany on 2005-5-30 at 16:49 ] 字小了点，看得我眼花～～～～～ 主要文章比较长 Originally posted by annieingermany at 2005-5-24 22:51
主要文章比较长
$支持$$辛苦$，
一点建议，
这个版面的主题少，可以多开几个～～:lol:
[ Last edited by little~fly on 2005-5-24 at 21:51 ] Originally posted by peak at 2005-5-24 15:18
$支持$$辛苦$，
一点建议，
这个版面的主题少，可以多开几个～～:lol:
~~~ 谢谢提出宝贵意见~~~
偶会虚心接受~~~
不过大家也要积极~~发贴啊~谢谢大家合作~~ 谢谢楼主置顶!!! 今天天气不错，下了班去逛街:lol:
[ Last edited by annieingermany on 2005-5-25 at 14:09 ] 看第一句我就晕了，句子还真长啊 Originally posted by ReggieJ at 2005-5-25 13:57
看第一句我就晕了，句子还真长啊
是纽约时报上的文章，作者都是文笔犀利的高手
Steep Rise in Prices for Homes Adds to Worry About a Bubble
Home prices rose more quickly over the last year than at any point since 1980, a national group of Realtors reported yesterday, raising new questions about whether some local housing markets may be turning into bubbles destined to burst.With mortgage rates still low and job growth accelerating, the real estate market is defying yet another round of predictions that it was on the verge of cooling. The number of homes sold also jumped in April, after having been flat for almost a year.
Nationwide, the median price for sales of existing homes, which does not factor in newly built ones, rose to $206,000 last month, up 15.1 percent over the last year and breaking the $200,000 level for the first time, the National Association of Realtors said. Adjusted for inflation, the median price - the point at which half cost more and half cost less - has increased more than a third since 2000.
"We've had robust markets before," said Maurice J. Veissi, the president of a real estate agency in Miami, who has been a broker for 30 years. "But this one is so much broader and deeper."
Even before this surge, housing prices had risen more steeply over the last 10 years than during any such period since World War II. A growing number of economists worry that real estate is to this decade what technology stocks were to the 1990's, with many people assuming that home values will rise forever.
Over all, home prices have never fallen by a significant amount, and Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Friday that a national drop in price remained unlikely. But they have sometimes fallen sharply in certain locations, including New York and Los Angeles, and Mr. Greenspan, in his strongest warning to date, stated that some metropolitan areas were clearly showing signs of "froth."
Having been sanguine about real estate in recent years, Mr. Greenspan began to change his tone in March, when he cited some analysts' concern that the housing market might "implode."
Prices continue to rise most rapidly in the places where they are already highest, including Florida, the Boston-Washington corridor and along the West Coast. In the late 1980's, a typical house in San Diego cost about as much as two typical houses in Syracuse, according to the Realtors' association; today, someone could buy six Syracuse houses for the price of one in San Diego.
Prices have jumped most sharply over the last year in the West - up 21 percent in April from a year earlier, compared with an increase of 14 percent in the calendar year 2004. Price increases also accelerated in the Midwest, to almost 13 percent, while they remained roughly similar in the Northeast at 16 percent, and the South, where they are up about 8 percent compared with a year earlier.
In a separate report, the Census Bureau said Tuesday that the percentage of homes worth at least a million dollars had almost doubled from 2000 to 2003. California had the highest share of million-dollar homes in 2003, with more than 4 percent valued above that amount. It was followed by Connecticut; Washington, D.C.; Massachusetts; and New York, where an estimated 2.1 percent of the homes were valued at more than $1 million. Nationally, 1 percent are worth more than that.
"There's clearly speculative excess going on," said Joshua Shapiro, the chief United States economist at MFR Inc., an economic research group in New York. "A lot of people view real estate as a can't lose."
Until the April surge, the overall housing market had seemed to have reached a plateau. Economists, even some working for real estate lobbying groups, predicted that sales would decline a little in 2005 and prices would rise more modestly.
But even as the Fed has steadily lifted its benchmark short-term interest rate, mortgage rates have remained low. The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed loan is now 5.71 percent, down from 6.30 percent a year ago, according to Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage buyer.
Mortgage rates are closely tied to the market for long-term government bonds, which are benefiting from purchases by foreign governments, particularly in Asia, that continue to buy Treasury bonds, as well as from investors looking for a haven from risky corporate securities.
As the economy has gained strength this year, the still low rates and creative financing arrangements appear to have wooed a new group of homebuyers into the market. Some are trading up to larger houses, while others are buying a vacation homes or putting money into real estate simply as an investment.
"Mortgage rates are doing this," said David A. Lereah, chief economist of the Realtors' association. "They're near historic lows."
The number of existing homes that changed hands in April increased 4.5 percent, the biggest monthly gain since early 2004. Sales of condominiums, particularly popular among real estate speculators, rose faster than sales of free-standing homes. Condo prices rose faster, too.
To economists worried about a bubble, the growing gap between house prices and almost everything else - rents, incomes, population growth - is the surest sign of trouble. A typical apartment, for example, costs less to rent than it did five years ago, taking inflation into account, according to the National Real Estate Index, which is published by Global Real Analytics, a research company based in San Francisco.
The last time that house prices increased more than 15 percent over a 12-month period was in 1980, according to the Realtors' group. But overall inflation was also high at the time, helping to drive home values higher as well. Inflation has been modest in recent years.
Mr. Shapiro of MFR said that even a moderate rise in mortgage rates now had the potential to cause a price decline in some expensive markets. A rate increase would change the calculation for people buying residential real estate as an investment, he said, and could make other buyers realize that the recent price jumps could not continue.
But other economists predict that powerful demographic forces will keep prices increasing in most of the country. Many baby boomers are buying second homes, and their children - like many immigrants who have arrived in the last generation - are destined, in this view, to buy their first, continuing to stoke demand.
Construction companies have also avoided the kind of overbuilding that plagued some regions during the real estate downturn of the early 1990's. Fewer than 2.5 million homes remained on the market in April, equal to only about four months' worth of home sales, and that is near a record low.
"Obviously, there are some local bubbles," said Mr. Lereah, of the Realtors' group, who called last month's price increase unsustainable. "But I tend to think that with most of the bubbles, the air will come out slowly, rather than popping."
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Steep Rise in Prices for Homes Adds to Worry About a Bubble
和中国的上海和北京一样，美国的房地产泡沫也是房价一涨再涨，如同1980年美国房产市场一样。同时也造成了不同地域房价的巨大差异等问题。。。http://www.quovadimus.org/sf/fortmason/400/03-g1-001-084-fortmasionsanfrancisco.jpg
mortgage n.抵押 v.抵押
defy vt.不服从, 公然反抗, 藐视, 挑衅, 违抗, 使...难于 n.挑战
robust adj.精力充沛的
surge n.巨涌, 汹涌, 澎湃 vi.汹涌, 澎湃, 振荡, 滑脱, 放松 vt.使汹涌奔腾, 急放
assuming adj.傲慢的, 不逊的, 僭越的
sanguine adj.有望的, 乐天的, 面色红润的, 血红色的, 满怀希望的, 指望的 n.血红色, 红腊笔 vt.以血沾污, 血染
implode vi.向内破裂, 爆炸
cite vt.引用, 引证, 提名表扬
corridor n.走廊
speculative adj.投机的
plateau n.高地, 高原(上升后的)稳定水平(或时期、状态)
woo v.求爱, 追求, 恳求, 招致
condominium n.共管, 共同统治权；公寓房。词根是condo不是condom，呵呵
demographic adj.人口统计学的
plague n.瘟疫, 麻烦, 苦恼, 灾祸 vt.折磨, 使苦恼, 使得灾祸
popping n.爆音[裂](收音机障碍), 汽船声 adj.间歇(振荡)的
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