今天我们要学的词是 consumption. Consumption 名词，有消耗，消费的意思。A recent study on news consumption habits of American adults shows that most people don't get their news from social media. 一项就美国成年人新闻消费...
今天我们要学的词是 bipartisan. Bipartisan 形容词，跨党派的。House Republican and Democratic leaders began bipartisan talks to address growing gun violence in the country. 美国国会众议院共和民主两党领袖开始跨党派会...
今天我们要学的词是 preliminary. Preliminary 形容词，初步的。A British judge has set July 19 for a preliminary hearing of the first legal attempt to prevent Brexit. 英国一位法官确定7月19号初审，听取第一个旨在防止英...
今天我们要学的词是 protectionism. Protectionism 名词，保护主义。IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned that Donald Trump-style protectionism could hurt the global economy. 国际货币基金组织总裁拉加德警告说，川普...
今天我们要学的词是 deploy. Deploy 动词，部署。South Korea and the United States announced their plan to deploy an advanced American missile defense system on the Korean peninsula. 韩国和美国宣布，计划在朝鲜半岛上部署先...
今天我们要学的词是 unapproved. Unapproved 形容词，未经批准的。Researchers found that there are 570 clinics in the United States that offer unapproved stem cell therapy to patients. 研究人员发现，美国各地有570家诊所在未...
今天我们要学的词是 backlog. Backlog 作为名词，有积压的意思。A latest report says the backlog at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has skyrocketed 1400 percent since 2011. 最新报告显示，美国移民局的积压案...
今天我们要学的词是 trial. Trial 作为名词，有选拔赛的意思。Michael Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. swimming trials, earning a trip to his fifth Olympics Games. 菲尔普斯在美国游泳选拔赛上赢得了200米蝶...
今天我们要学的词是 malnutrition. Malnutrition 营养不良。The United Nations Children's Fund said nearly 250,000 Nigerian children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. 联合国儿童基金会说，尼日利亚有将近25万儿童严...
今天我们要学的词是 date back. Date back 追溯到。An Australian commission is investigating complaints about students at a military academy being sexually abused that date back to the 1970s. 澳大利亚一个委员会就一所军校学生被...
今天我们要学的词是 orderly. Orderly 形容词，有序的，有条不紊的。President Obama said that Britain is committed to an orderly transition out of the European Union. 美国总统奥巴马说，英国决心要有条不紊地过渡脱...
今天我们要学的词是 genocide. Genocide 名词，种族灭绝。Pope Francis called the Ottoman-era slaughter of some 1.5 million Armenians a genocide and urged the world never to forget it. 教宗方济各称奥斯曼时代150万亚美尼亚人...
今天我们要学的词是 overturn. Overturn 动词，推翻。The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell. 美国联邦最高法院推翻了前维吉尼亚州长麦克唐纳贪污受贿的判决...
今天我们要学的词是 flash flooding. Flash flooding 名词，骤发洪水。President Obama declared a major disaster in West Virginia after flash flooding left at least 24 people dead. 西维吉尼亚州骤发洪水造成至少24人丧生，奥...
今天我们要学的词是 mistreatment. Mistreatment 名词，有虐待的意思。Pope Francis said Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from gays for previous mistreatment. 教宗方济各表示，基督徒和罗马天主...
