20170225学习笔记
（1）East China hotel fire traps people中国东部旅馆发生火灾，多人被困
A fire breaks out in a hotel
construction workers建筑工人
decoration project装修工程
rushed to hospital被紧急送往医院
four-story 四层的
is connected to 与 相连
where people are also found trapped他们也被困了
fire trucks消防车
put out the fire扑灭火
（2）Chinese companies to fuel hiring growth in 2017: Survey调查显示，多数国内企业将于今年扩大招聘力度
fuel hiring growth 促进/激发招聘增长
take on staff 聘用员工
recruitment survey 招聘调查
More than half of firms超过半数的公司
Chinese mainland 中国大陆
global recruiters全球的雇主
surveyed nearly 1,000 employers采访了近1000位雇主
domestic firm 国内公司
set to 开始，着手进行
recruit more staff招更多员工
multinational corporations 跨国企业/公司
managing director总经理general director
be optimistic about 对于…感到乐观，看好
the economic outlook 经济前景
achieve a better performance 获得更好的业绩，达到更好的效果
reduce the labor costs 降低人工成本
The reason for the gap is that造成这种差距的原因是
be struggling to do sth努力做某事
Employment Outlook就业前景
will be offering salary increases of 6%将会
（3）Group Urges Obama to Run for President - of France法国一团体力劝奥巴马竞选法国总统
get sb to do sth让 做
run for president竞选总统
former president前任总统
run again for president再次竞选总统
a group of 一对，一组
upcoming election即将举行选举
be canvassed with充满，被说服
urge sb to do sth催促 做
visit a website登录/浏览网页
sign a petition for sb to do sth签一份让某人做某事请愿书
sign a petition for the former U.S. president to run.
（4）maternal bond母子关系
biological child亲生孩子
Developmental psychology发展心理学
a field of psychology心理学的一个领域
over time随着时间的过去
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
不偏离常规，就无法取得进步。
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