20170318学习笔记
（1）Apple Inc invests on research centers in China苹果公司拟投资了中国研究中心
invest on投资
research centers
local elite universities当地精英大学
Peking University北大
Tsinghua University清华
gain market share and influence in the domestic market获取国内市场的市场份额里市场影响
gain market share and influence in the domestic market获取国内市场的市场份额里市场影响
dominate the smartphone market占领智能机市场
high-end market高端市场
（2）Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott dies aged 87 in St Lucia曾获诺贝尔奖的诗人Derek Walcott于St Lucia去世，享年87岁
Nobel laureate poet诺贝尔获奖诗人
Caribbean island加勒比海岛
after a long illness久病不愈
local media. reports say当地媒体报道说
collection收集，收录，作品集
epic work史诗级作品
draw on引用，借鉴
Homer荷马
Iliad 伊利亚特
Odyssey奥赛罗
Nobel Prize for Literature诺贝尔文学奖
the TS Eliot Prize for poetry艾略特诗歌奖
throughout someone's lifetime
在某人的一生
announce sb.'s death 公布某人的讣闻
literary awards文学奖
many other许多其他的
（3）Rodin Marble Masterpiece "Andromeda" up for Auction in Paris罗凡的大理石雕塑杰作Andromeda将在巴黎拍卖
Auction house拍卖行
be up for…打算，准备好
be up for sale将被交易
of importance=important
of particular importance重大意义
it has remained in the hands of the same family for roughly 130 years在同一个家族里流传了130年
impressionist n.a.印象主义者，印象派
modern art department现代艺术部
be on exhibition被展览
be on display
（4）The ecological impact of spiders蜘蛛的生态学作用
excel at doing sth擅长做
in check受控制
keep pests in check
prey upon insects in vast quantities捕食大量昆虫
for the most part在极大程度上
in mass总数in total
spiders might kill prey equivalent in mass to all of the people then living in Britain蜘蛛捕食的猎物总数可能与当时的英国总人口数是相等的
Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
做一些事，让将来的自己会感谢今天的自己。
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