2015-3-30最新英美报刊选读Headline.pptVIP

relief (救济) income maintenance (维持性收入) Welfare unemployment benefit (福利) being bloody-minded (怠工) working to rule (按制度工作) burglary (夜盗) surreptitious entry (秘密进入) prison (监狱) a house of correction (教改所) prostitute (妓女) call girl, (应召女郎) B-girl, (吧女) sexworker (性工作者) illegitimate child (私生子) love child (爱的结晶) pronographical movie (黄色电影) adult film (成人电影) venereal disease (性病) social disease (社会病) area with low employment (低就业区) grey area (灰色地区) 掩盖侵略战争实质 that ordinary people use: Official euphemisms: aggression (侵略) invasionPinvolvement (进入或介入) attack (进攻) pacify the area (绥靖) war (战争) armed conflict (武装冲突) air strike (空袭) air operation (行动)Pair support (空中援助) ground war (地面战争) ground operation (地面行动) neutron bomb (中子弹) clean bomb (清洁子弹) destroying crops (毁灭庄稼) defoliation (落叶) retreat (撤退) adjustment of the front (战线调整) hijack (劫机) redirected flight (转向飞行) Department of Defense (国防部) Department of War (作战部) radiation release (辐射释放) energy release (能量释放) 掩盖政治丑闻的 that ordinary people use: Official euphemisms: telling a lie (撒谎) misspeak (口误) less than truthful (不太真实) prevaricate (搪塞) untrue (不真实) inoperative (不生效) concealing information (隐瞒信息) containment (抑制) wire trapping (窃听) sutech1(技术监 poll (民意测验) ballooning (释放气球) noninterference (不干预) benign neglect (善意的忽视) top-secret papers (绝密) eyes only (仅供传阅) off the record (不准记录) distorted account (歪曲报道) managed news (新闻操纵) unsolved problem (老大难问题) Ongoing situation (持续态势) Newspaper Reading Skills—Euphemism 委婉语 E.g. adult film—erotic/pornographic film pro-choice—abortion cohabitation—trial marriage/married but not churched regime change 政权更替—overthrow or topple displaced persons 无家可归的人—refugee misspeak—speak insolently 出言不逊 or lie conflict—war revenue gap 岁入差—deficit 赤字 take industrial action 采取工业行动/withdraw one’s services拒绝服务/ walkout 退出—go on strike 罢工 Patronage 赞助 inflict on sb 强加于,使承担(苦痛、负担等) Have an aversion to 讨厌、