TE选文：非洲蝗灾 20200704

学习目标1：积累昆虫和灾害类主题词汇； 2 学习地道表达

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1 小词 another：a different person or thing 此类关联另一类灾害 covid-19

That’s the topic for another book. 下本书再聊这个话题了

2 at the gate: 关联影片《兵临城下》Enemy at the Gates, 此处比喻蝗虫是大敌

3 next：下一个轮到谁? Who's next? 注意没有冠词

4 昆虫类：locust 蝗虫，pest 害虫

灾害类： plague (昆虫或动物肆虐引起的)灾害

吃喝类：munch 大声咀嚼

食物类：crops 庄稼，作物

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1 vast 修饰 swarms of locusts 带来铺天盖地的观感

2 livelihood：民生，与 devastate 搭配

3 breed in their billions： 繁殖力超强（关联蟑螂），注意their 的用法

4 batter 可以看作是beat的升级版

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1 shake economic stablility 动摇经济的根本

2 drive up 抬高价格 prices

3 昆虫类 insect

  吃喝类 voracious 贪吃的

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1 句式：陈述一条规律，随后列出例外的情况

XX is particulary vulnerable to sth because YY. The only exception to this rule of thumb is ZZ.

2 diverse 经济的多样性

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1 light at the end of the tunnel 柳暗花明

We are not seeing the end of the tunnel yet. 还没看到希望的曙光

2 食物类：maize玉米，sorghum 高粱，millet 谷子, grass

吃喝类：chomp 大声地吃, eat

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1 put sb/sth to shame 使……相形见绌（形成一条鄙视链）

此处 put rabbits to shame 关联澳洲的野兔成灾

2 昆虫类：bug，pest, hopper(grasshopper)

吃喝类: feed

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1 a spraying campaign 喷洒农药，spraying 发音听上去跟spring 接近，注意区别

2 食物类：emergency food 应急粮

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1 dominate 主宰，此处指的是占出口的大头

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1 灾害类 infestation 蝗虫成群

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1 embattled 危机四伏的，处境艰难的

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1 pitch in 一起帮忙

2 昆虫类 pesticide 杀虫剂

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1 The best way to X is to Y. 最佳办法是……

2 take hold: start to have an effect 开始发挥效力

3 Early action is not happening. 没干成，也不受待见

not happening 1. an event, band, person or anything that is not cool, interesting, or attractive.