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5。It is difficult to overestimate the contribution made by glucose measurement to the management of patients with diabetes and the reliance now placed on the test by clinicians.

报纸上看到滴。非常不会这种“反着”说话。

6。A U.S. soldier was killed and two were unaccounted for Friday after they came under attack at a traffic checkpoint in Yusufiya, about 20 miles southwest of Baghdad.

7。The soldiers were officially listed as "whereabouts unknown," which means they could have been captured or killed or could be hiding out.

8。Some proverbs :

"A journey of one thousand miles begins with the first step." 

Small streams make big rivers.

Little by little, the bird makes its nest.

9."I just had a chili dog for my dinner!" "Apparently, you got dinner on your face."

这里的apparently有点类似，exactly,absolutely,definately的用法。

10。游泳的招式：自由泳--free style，蛙泳---breast stroke，仰泳---back stroke，蝶泳---butterfly 。

11. ...to be a bit too brusque, domineering, or downright abrasive....

看到这句话，几乎晕菜了，单词都不认识

brusque  唐突的，直率的

domineering  跋扈的

abrasive 粗暴的

12. throw (or toss) one's hat into the ring

挑战

Susan is seriously considering throw her hat into the ring this time.

起源于拳击比赛。Whenever someone throws his hat into the boxing ring, he is willing to fight the person in the ring.

13. play second fiddle

当二把手

fiddle   小提琴 

14。 cash the chip

把筹码兑现

15。quid pro quo

a favor for a favor. 就是这次我帮了你，下次你的帮我

这个典故很有意思阿~

16. The index of leading economic indicators fell 0.3% in May.

TIME上的。

indicator-----指标

经济指标大概有三种：leading indicators 领先指标；coincident indicators同时指标，lagging indicators落后指标

常见的指标有，jobless rate/unemployment rate. factory order, wholesale price index

17. Big Three

汽车业big three:GM,FORD, Chrysler  

电视业：CBA,ABC,NBC