2024-02-17 闲话

2018-12 CET4-1 （不是 CET6 的原因是手上存货太多先清仓）

• Vocabulary

  durable adj. 耐用的
  sophisticated adj 1.复杂的/先进的 2.水平高的/在行的 3.见多识广的/老练的
  deserted adj. 被弃用的/无人居住的
  renovate v. 翻新 renovate the local neighborhood
  shrink v. 收缩 shrink potato farming
  diminish v. 1.减少/降低 2.贬低/轻视
  tedious adj. 乏味冗长的 Life can be tedious in some place
  authentic adj. 逼真的 try authentic Indian food
  undermine v. 逐渐减少/暗中损害
  consciously adv. 有意识的/自觉地
  exclusively adv. 独有的/仅仅

  Air pollution costs the global economy more than 5$ trillion annually in welfare costs, with the most serious damage occurring in the developing world.

  这里的 with 表示“而”，大概是“而对发展中国家的影响最为严重”

• Translation

  With the rapid development of communication network, the number of Chinese smartphone users in China is increasing astonishingly now. This which largly changed the way many people read. Nowadays they are frequently often reading newspaper and articles on smartphones at present instead of buying newspapers traditionally. People tend to read novels and other typesforms of literature works on phone due to the emergent of plenty of mobile fapps. Therefore,the salingsales of paper books was influenced have been affected. But it was shown by the survey that although the market of phone reading is incresing modestlysteadily, more than half adults still prefer reading paper books.

  以惊人的速度增长 increase at a(an) astonishing/remarkable/phenomenal rate(grow with surprising rapidty)

  传统报刊 traditional newspaper and periodicals 这里报刊是报纸和期刊，所以答案这么写

  稳步增长 in a state of steady growth

  极大地改变 greatly/significantly/enormously changed

• Writing

  task: the challenge of living in a big city

  The challenges of living in a big city
  It is acknowledged that living in a big city provides people with better job oppertunities and health resources. But we should admit that there are countless challenges of living in a big city. Here are a few of them.
  Firstly, the cost of houses, eating and transportation in a big city is significantly higher than that in a small city. The more advance the city you are in, the more you cost on the essential needs.
  What's more, there are fierce competition on high paid jobs. Most of the candidates are so talented that good positions are hard to get.
  Last but not least, it's not easy to overcome the loneliness emergent from the lack of true friends and family.
  In conclusion,we should clearly notice the challenges living in a big city.

  写的太拉了。std 有几个关键词，我在这里记录一下。

  urbanization 城市化 second-tier city 二线城市

  just name a few 仅举几例

  the traffic congestion during rush hours 在早晚高峰时期的交通拥堵

  large population -> find a peaceful place

  fast pace 快节奏

  intensifies(加剧) the inadequacy of high-quality medical and educational resources 优质教育资源的短缺