万娘娘周末复习版｜E0327

三、夏说晨读2016年3月23日【Wednesday】

 

Vladimir Putin said Russia would start withdrawing the “mainpart” of its forces in Syria, saying their main objectives had been achieved. 

 

But Russia will keep its bases there and could quickly resume airstrikes. 

 

The Russian president’s statement came as Staffan de Mistura, the UN’s peace envoy, started preliminary peace talks in Geneva.

 

Withdraw: 撤回

Objective：目标

 

Resume：重新开始

 

Envoy：特使

Preliminary：初步的

 

四、夏说晨读2016年3月24日【Thursday】  

Investors led by China’s Anbang Insurance offered $12.8 billion in cash for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, owner of brands including Sheraton, Westin and W. 

 

The bid threatens to upset Marriott’s $11billion, cash-and-shares takeover, which would create the world’s biggest hotel chain. 

 

At the weekend Anbang agreed to buy Strategic Hotels & Resorts,which owns several American properties, from Blackstone, a private-equity firm.

 

Resorts: 休闲度假村

 

Bid：竞标

Upset：颠覆

Takeover：收购

Hotel chain：酒店连锁

 

Properties: 资产

Private-equity firm：私募基金公司

 

五，夏说晨读2016年3月25日【Friday】  

The European Space Agency and Russia launched a joint mission to Mars, with the lift-off of a Proton rocket in Kazakhstan. 

 

The spacecraft, comprising an orbiter, which will analyse methane and other gases in Martian atmosphere, and a lander, named Schiaparelli after an Italian astronomer, is due to reach the red planet in October.

 

Joint mission: 联合任务

Lift-off：发射

 

Comprise：由……组成

Orbiter：轨道器

Methane：甲烷

Martian：火星的

 

正确的晨读复习姿势：首先我会先把单词念一次；其次再把单词组成的句子念一次。你需要做的就是：

 

1. 听我的单词，看是否能回忆地起它们的意思

2. 听我紧接着单词之后，念出来的句子，然后问自己是否能明白句子的意思。

3. 以上两步都没有问题的，说明本周的晨读你有认真在学习；如果以上两步有问题, 你则需要回到每天的晨读内容，再多复习几次。

 

这里有个小提示：千万不要平时不打卡，就只听周末的复习版本，因为我的音频只会覆盖一部分的句子。