NO.17.【2016.04.29】The Economist.docx

NO.17 The Economist (2016.04.23)Leaders Hillary Clinton’s plans for the economy: Can she fix it?1. Hillary Clinton has the Democratic nominationwithin her grasp. She needs bolder ideas on what to do with it2. SOMETIMES relief makes triumph all the sweeter. That is how Hillary Clinton must feel after this week’s Democratic primary in New York, when she broke a losing streak(连败场数 ; 连败纪录) by beating Bernie Sandershandily(adv. 方便地；敏捷地；灵巧地).3. After a 50-year slog through American politics, even the cautious Mrs Clinton was emboldened to declare that “Victory is in sight!”slog /sl?ɡ/ (slogging, slogged, slogs)1.V-T/V-I If you slog through something, you work hard and steadily through it. 苦干例：They secure their degrees by slogging through an intensive 11-month course.他们通过苦读11个月的强化课程而获得了学位。2.PHRASAL VERB Slog away means the same as. 苦干例：Edward slogged away, always learning.爱德华埋头苦干，总是在学习。3.N-SING If you describe a task as a slog, you mean that it is tiring and requires a lot of effort. 苦干例：There is little to show for the two years of hard slog.这两年的埋头苦干没有什么可展示的。同近义词同根词vt.猛击；步履艰难地行jab at / lash outvi.猛击；顽强行进drive / beltn.苦干；跋涉tug4. Mrs. Clinton is experienced. In an age of extremes she has remained resolutelycentrist. Yet, rather than thrilling to the promise of taking the White House or of electing America’s first woman president, many Democrats seem joyless.resolute /?r?z??lu?t/ TEM41.ADJ If you describe someone as resolute, you approve of them because they are very determined not to change their mind or not to give up a course of action. 坚定的例：Voters perceive him as a decisive and resolute international leader.选民认识到他是一位果断、坚定的国际领袖。2.ADV 坚定地 resolutely例：He resolutely refused to speak English unless forced to.除非被逼迫，他坚决拒绝说英语。同近义词同根词adj.坚决的；果断的determined / decidedcentrist /?s?ntr?st/ TEM81.ADJ Centrist policies and parties are moderate rather than extreme. 中间派的例：He had left the movement because it had abandoned its centrist policies.他离开了这场已放弃其中间派政策的运动。2.N-COUNT A centrist is s