每日一句口语 227(在线收听

今天我们要学的每日一句的内容是:

A new wave of Chinese migration is afoot, fuelled by 

ever-younger students for whom English is not a piece of 

knowledge to be learnt but a living language able to 

unlock the intricacies of the wider world.

新一轮的华人移民潮正在进行时,而其背后的推动者则是一群越来

越年轻的莘莘学子。英语对这一代人来说不再只是一门知识,而是

解开大千世界纷繁奥秘的一门鲜活的语言。

【Vocabulary】

1. afoot:徒步的;在准备中的;在进行中

Example:Maybe something deeper is now afoot too.也许还有其他事情也正在酝酿之中。

2. fuel:刺激,激起

Example:Fuel economic growth 刺激经济增长

3. unlock:开锁;开启;揭开;显露

Example:She fail to unlock the safe in spite of all her exertion.她虽然费尽力气,仍未能将那保险箱的锁打开。

4. intricacy:纷乱;错综复杂

Example:The intricacy of software systems has increased significantly.软件系统的错综复杂程度大大增加了。

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