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2010/03/05 下午 04:41

读了American health-care reform：The die is cast（URL  http://goo.gl/GBTO），其中有很多地道词汇以及用法，很多是我之前没有看到的，所以总结一下，加深一下记忆。 So declared President Barack Obama 就像 said the witness After a year of dithering  leap into action 采取行动 proposal  解释：A proposal is a plan or an idea, often a formal or written one, which is suggested for people to think about and decide upon. forge ahead 解释：make progress, especially quickly gamble  [ˈgæmbəl ]vi./ vt./ n.(on)(打)赌；(in)投机，冒险 The opposition remains unbowed.  最后一个单词： 不低头（状态） incorporate  [inˈkɔ:pəreit] vt.包含，加上，吸收；把…合并，使并入 bipartisan  [baɪp'ɑːrtɪzən] adj.两党的 side·car /ˈsaɪdkɑː US -kɑːr/ n [C] 就是二战史德军的那种摩托车的侧面附加小车 snag /sn'æg/ (snags snagging snagged) 小问题，小障碍 provision v.t. 规定 scupper  /ˈskʌpə US -ər/ v [T] BrEto ruin someone's plans or chance of being successful - used especially in news reports problematic 不用说了，不过没想到有这么一个变形 cynical /ˈsɪnɪkəl/ adj unwilling to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something at stake 在危急关头，在危险中 think—tank 智囊团