Chapter 6 Crisis? What crisis?
1. tulipomania
郁金香狂热
The tulip bubble in 17th-century Amsterdam
1. alluvial
（土壤）冲积的，淤积的 Alluvial soils are soils which consist
of earth and sand left behind on land which has been flooded or
where a river once flowed.
2. bulb
a round root of some plants from which the plant grows 球茎，
鳞茎
•tulip bulbs 郁金香球茎
3. outgrowth
a growth on the outside of an animal or plant 长出物；旁枝
•Antlers are the bony outgrowths on the heads of deer.鹿角是鹿
的头部长出的骨状物。
4. Promissory notes
期票
5. contract note
买卖单据；买卖合同
6.aloof
describes an unfriendly person who refuses to take part in things
不友善的；冷漠的
•She seemed rather aloof when in fact she was just shy.她看似
孤傲不群，可实际上只是腼腆。
not interested or involved, usually because you do not approve
of what is happening （通常因为对所发生的事情不赞同而）
漠不关心的，无动于衷的，不参与的
•Whatever is happening in the office, she always remains aloof.
不管办公室发生了甚么事，她都一概不闻不问。
7. cobblers
木匠
Crises of the 19th century
1.Communist Manifesto
《共产党宣言》
The Great Depression in the 1930s
2. Eric Hobsbawm
埃里克·霍布斯鲍姆认
From postwar boom to new crisis
1.mistime
to do something at the wrong moment with the result that it is
unsuccessful or has an unwanted effect 在不当的时候做；选
错…的时机
•She mistimed her stroke and the ball went into the net.她击球的
时机不对，球打到了网上。
