这楼记录单词,主要关注新闻热点或者口语常用之类的.如果有MM一起参加,每天最先提出10个单词的,我会更新记录在这里.

Aug 17:From this article, A Quest to Make the Morgan Seaworthy( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/science/17ship.html?ref=science )

--She brought home thousands of barrels(一桶的量, 大量) of whale oil that lighted homes and cities. She also delivered tons of baleen(鲸须), the horny material from the mouths of certain whales that was made into buggy whips(鞭子) and corset(紧身胸衣) stays.
--In a more sweeping(广泛的) assessment(评估), specialists have sent laser beams racing across the Morgan, inside and out, seeking to record inconspicuous(难以觉察的) details and form a digital archive of exact measurements.
--The results are pretty spectacular(令人惊叹的) to look at.
--Near a remote Pacific isle(小岛), the crew took up firearms to fend off canoes(独木舟) full of cannibals(食人者).
--Dry humor marked her entries.“We have two live pigs, one rooster, four cats and almost twenty canary bird — no fear of starving for a while.”
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Aug 18:From this article, An Honor for Dr. King That Leaves Few Satisfied( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/us/18mlk.html?ref=us ) and, Step 1: Post Elusive Proof. Step 2: Watch Fireworks( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/science/17proof.html?ref=technology ).

--Spruce(赤松) and birch(桦树) trees line both sides.
--an influx(涌进) of migrants arriving from Asia and Africa
--Men like to pursue an elusive(难捉摸的) woman, like a cake of wet soap in a bathtub- even men who hate bath.
--As with earlier grand math challenges — for example, Fermat’s last theorem — there is a lot at stake(在危险中, 处于成败关头), not the least of which is a $1 million prize.
--because modern cryptography(密码术) is based on the assumption,
--An outsider to the insular(岛特有的) field, Dr. Deolalikar set off shock waves because his work appeared to be a concerted(协定的, 一致的) and substantial(substantial) challenge to a problem that has attracted intense scrutiny(周密的调查, 细看) since it was first posed in 1971 by Stephen Cook.

跟clearsky(snape教授)又学了几个,今天收获很大!!!
leaky boat 破船~ mosquito netting 蚊帐~ caucasian man  白人~ single breasted (suit) 单排扣~ syphilis 梅毒~
resolution 分辨率。。。the resolution breaks down quickly 分辨率很低~
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Aug 19: Simplifying the Lives of Web Users( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/technology/personaltech/19pogue.html?_r=1&ref=business )

--fairly arcane(鲜为人知的) topics
--It’s a convenient crutch(拐杖, 支柱, 帮助) for you, the human with limited brain capacity.
--That, in a nutshell(简单地说), is how D.N.S. works.
--I was gnashing(咬（牙切齿）) my teeth with rage.
--Phishing(网络钓鱼) is the Internet scheme where you get a fake e-mail note from your bank about a problem with your account.
--...and block your choice of 57 categories of Web sites, including Pornography(色情文学), Nudity(裸露), Lingerie(妇女贴身内衣), Instant Messaging, File Sharing, Game and Humor.
--One of the man insulted another, whereupon(然后, 于是) a fight broke out.
--Teenagers often subscribe to mailing lists that publish the addresses of proxies(proxy,代理) and anonymizers(anonymize,使匿名)...

clearsky(snape教授)滴:
fag 苦工/男同性恋~  corpse 尸体~ mean surly nasty rude 一堆形容烂人的词~ hillbilly 乡巴佬~ fella 小伙子
what are your turn-ons/turn-offs?你对啥有兴趣？
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Aug 20: New Facebook Location Feature Sparks Privacy Concerns( http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/new-facebook-location-feature-sparks-privacy-concerns/?ref=technology ) & Good Cellphone Service Comes at a Price( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/nyregion/21celltower.html?_r=1&ref=technology )
--advocates(主张, 提倡;提倡者, 拥护者) raised flags over online privacy.
--The early stirrings(渐起; 萌芽) of concern are reminiscent of(回忆的) the Facebook privacy debacle(崩溃) that erupted(爆发) a few months ago after the company revised its platform that encouraged members to make personal details accessible more broadly on the Internet. After a string of frustrations, the company simplified its privacy settings in an effort to make the controls easier to navigate(航行, 驾驶, 操纵).
--Are you an owner-occupier(<英>业主居住者) or a tenants(房客)?
--He was proud of his impeccable(无过的,无瑕疵的) pedigree(家谱, 系谱, 血统).

clearsky(snape教授)滴:
profound mind 深远的智慧~ come along 快点，跟上~ parish 教区~ abide 容忍(abide by 有坚持,遵守的意思)~
decorum 端庄得体~ wary 机灵的~ personage 名人~ sanctity 圣洁~ canker 溃疡~
sth is indispensable to my happiness   幸福之源~
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Aug 21: 复习上面的单词~

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Aug 22: More than 127,000 people were evacuated(疏散) in northeastern China over the weekend after torrential(奔流的) rains battered(打坏, 猛击) the area...
--massive(大规模的, 大量的) mudslides(泥流)
--Sinuiju forms a vital lifeline for the North’s impoverished(贫困的, 赤贫的) economy.
--North Korea’s agricultural sector has often been devastated(毁坏, 使震惊) by both floods and drought.
--After decades of denuding(剥光, 剥蚀) its hills for firewood, North Korea remains vulnerable(易受伤害的) to landslides and flash floods(山洪暴发). A chronic lack of fuel and equipment has curtailed(缩减, 削减) its ability to prevent or fight floods.
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 Aug 23: At Least 4 Dead in Philippine Bus Standoff(僵局,疏远)( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/world/asia/24phils.html?_r=1&ref=world )
--...police commandos(突击队, 民兵) stormed the bus
--Live video from the scene showed police commandos, their rifles(步枪) drawn, surrounding the bus, slamming(猛然(撞击, 关上, 放下)) windows with sledgehammers(长柄大锤) and opening an emergency exit as emergency vehicles converged in the rain. Gunshots were heard as they swarmed(云集、充满) the bus.
--...he had extorted(勒索, 敲诈) money from a hotel chef accused of using drugs.
--Officer Mendoza was picked up the by the police and shoved(推挤, 放置) into a police car, his relatives wailing(痛哭) behind him.
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这楼放结构,用词比较好的单句.每天一句,争取记下来~

Aug 17: 今天一个简单的励志句:The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Aug 18: ...the emergence of these new collaborative tools is paving the way for a second scientific revolution in the same way the printing press created a demarcation between the age of alchemy and the age of chemistry.

来自clearsky MM(snape教授)很棒的比喻句:victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan. 成功人人都爱，失败谁都不喜欢。

Aug 19: 绝望的主妇中的结束语~

Temptation comes to all of us, whether or not we succumb depends on our ability to recognize its disguise, sometimes it arrives in a form of an old flame, flickering back to life, or a new friend who could end up being so much more, or a young child who wakens feelings we didn't know we had. And so we give in to temptation all the while knowing come morning, we'll have to suffer the consequences.

　　每个人都会受到诱惑，我们是否屈服与诱惑决定于我们识破其伪装的能力。有时它们以闪回的火花形式出现；有时是一个意义深远的新朋友；有时是一个触发我们不曾有过的感觉的婴 儿。不过如果我们屈服于诱惑，那么第二天我们必须承担后果。

Aug 20: 绝望的主妇中的结束语~

Now and then we all need a little help, so we ask for small favors. But it's always best to be wary of those eager to come to our rescue. Because even the smallest of favors carries a price tag. Yes, everyone has an agenda, no matter what they may tell us...and in those rare instances where there is no ulterior motive; we're so taking aback that we may fail to recognize the truth - that a loving friend has just done us an enormous favor.

　　偶尔我们总会需要帮助，所以我们请别人帮点小忙。不过对那些急切想拯救我们的人最好要带着 一颗机警的心。因为哪怕是最小的恩惠都是有价格的。是的，每个人心里都有一本帐，不管他们告诉我们什么。别有用心的人太多了，像好朋友帮了大忙这样的情况 真是少之又少。我们过分的警觉导致我们失去了对真相的判断力。

Aug 21: Education makes a people easy to lead,but difficult to drive;easy to govern,but impossible to enslave.

教育使一个民族易于引导，难于驾御；易于管理，但不能奴役。

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这楼就留给口语了,我想跟着这个BLOG( http://rachelsenglish.com/blog )进行练习,每天一个小小的练习,重在积累!

Aug 17: 2个单词的练习, Work vs. Walk( http://rachelsenglish.com/work_walk )

Aug 18: 这个是模仿练习,出自"Mad Man", Imitation Exercise: What's going on?( http://rachelsenglish.com/im_whats_going_on )

Aug 19: 比较简单的, Word Stress: Questions vs. Statements( http://rachelsenglish.com/questions_statements )

Aug 22: 讲的是不发音的辅音,Stop Consonants( http://rachelsenglish.com/stop_consonants )

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偶 有兴趣。。。。不过偶英文也不咋地。。咋执行呢，MM？

mark!!!!!!!

我的英语很烂,好多单词都忘记了...要不我们每天读一篇文章,把其中有不认识单词(针对比较常见的,只要是自己不认识的)的句子摘出来,10个单词就OK啦~

MM可以放在某一楼里,我把那些汇总在2楼,我们一起学习~像我刚刚那样更新的2楼,MM觉得咋样呢?

欢迎各种意见~~~~

MM别光MARK,多来一起学习呀~~

其实也不能保证每人每天都能做到,不过我会尽量每天更新的~

 这个好，这个不错～～～嘿嘿