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一、新闻热词
- 跨海高铁：sea-crossing high-speed railway
8月30日上午，随着最后一组钢轨顺利铺设，我国首条跨海高铁在福建省全线铺轨贯通。新建福厦铁路设计时速350公里，正线全长277.42公里，全线共设8座车站。铁路建成通车后，福州、厦门两地将实现“一小时生活圈”。
Track-laying work on the country's first sea-crossing high-speed railway was completed on Tuesday morning in east China's Fujian Province.The 277-km railway links Fuzhou, the provincial capital, with Xiamen, a port city. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour.
我们坚持创新引领，高铁、大飞机等装备制造实现重大突破，新能源汽车占全球总量一半以上，港珠澳大桥、北京大兴国际机场等超大型交通工程建成投运，交通成为中国现代化的开路先锋。
Convinced of the need for innovation, we have achieved major breakthroughs in equipment manufacturing like high-speed trains and large aircraft. We have more than half of the world’s new energy vehicles. Mega transport projects like the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and Beijing Daxing International Airport have been completed and put into operation. Transport has become a frontier in China’s modernization drive.
——2021年10月14日，习近平在第二届联合国全球可持续交通大会开幕式上的主旨讲话
- frontier：/ˈfrʌntɪə(r)/ [n.] 边境，前沿 [adj.] 边境的
- 相关词汇
- Track-laying work：钢轨铺设
- marine hydrological environment：海洋水文环境
- a country with great transport strength：交通强国
二、词汇积累
来自：Tennis great Roger Federer announces retirement after illustrious career
- announce：/əˈnaʊns/ [v.] 宣布，通告
- retirement：/rɪˈtaɪəmənt/ [n.] 退休；退役
- illustrious：/ɪˈlʌstriəs/ [adj.] 著名的，杰出的；辉煌的
- career：/kəˈrɪə(r)/ [n.] 职业，事业；职业生涯；<古>速度，行程 [adj.] 就业的，职业的；终身从事的 [v.] 猛冲
- competitive：竞赛的。例句：Swiss champion Roger Federer announced today he is stepping away from competitive
tennis.- comparative：比较而言的
- interview：/ˈɪntəvjuː/ [v.] 面试，面谈；采访，访问；讯问，审问；接见，会见 [n.] 面试，面谈；采访，访谈；问讯，口头审讯；接见，会见
- consecutive：[adj.] 连续的
- surgery：[n.] 外科手术
- take its toll：造成损失 (或危害、伤亡)
来自：Friends Best Moments From Season 2
- scare：惊吓
- spare：备用的
- beverage：饮料
- butter：[v.] 涂黄油于...
- paleontologist：[n.] 古生物学家
- periodontist：[n.] 牙周病医师
- as different as A and B：像A和B一样不同
