三、夏说晨读2016年3月30日【Wednesday】
Zhou Xiaochuan said high leverage made firms
prone to
macroeconomic
risk.
He told a conference of officials and international business leaders in Beijing that China needed “more
robust
” capital markets in order to
boost
equity
rather than debt finance.
Prone to:
有……倾向
Macroeconomic:
宏观经济的
Robust:
活力
Boost:
激活
Equity:
资本市场
四、夏说晨读2016年3月31日【Thursday】
A Russian court
handed down a
22-year
sentence
to Nadia Savchenko, a Ukrainian military pilot accused of directing
artillery fire
, which killed two Russian journalists. Asked if she understood the sentence, she stoodon a bench and sang the Ukrainian
national anthem
.
Ukraine and Westerncountries say Ms Savchenko was
abducted
, the charges are nonsense and the trial
farcical
.
Hand down a sentence:
宣布判决
Artillery fire:
炮火
National anthem:
国歌
Abducted:
被绑架
Farcical:
闹剧
五、夏说晨读2016年4月1日【Friday】
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide accepted an improved
takeover offer
, worth $13.6 billion in cash and shares, from Marriott,
reviving
a deal to create the world’s largest hotel group.
Last week Starwood, owner of St Regis, Westin and other brands, abandoned its original agreement with Marriott after Anbang, an
ambitious
Chinese insurer, led a group of investors bidding $13.2 billion in cash.
Takeover offer:
收购邀约
Revive:
恢复
Ambitious:
有野心的
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。