2018-01-03 The lonelyMr Trudeau(dec-12)
Trudeau 特鲁多现任加拿大总理
amid : it happens while the other things are happening)
He resigned amid allegations of financial impropriety.
他在财务作假的质疑声中辞职了
speculation :
If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
precedent :
If there is a precedent for an action or event, it has happened before, and this can be regarded as an argument for doing it again.
setback: A setback is an event that delays your progress or reverses
China wants to gain better access to Canada’s commodities and technology and to set a precedent for talks with other G7 countries.
withdrew V.
I told him if he withdrew it was on his own account.
我告诉他,如果他退出,责任自负
snag : A snag is a small problem or disadvantage.
backlash:V.
A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
comprehensive:
Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
Some of what has happened is plain - vanilla protectionism – raising barriers to imports.
其中有些是典型的保护主义措施——提高进口壁垒.
unyielding:
when they have very strong, fixed ideas about something and are unlikely to change their mind.
assessment:
a consideration of someone or something and a judgment about them.
receptive:
suggestions is prepared to consider them or accept them.
indigenous:(土生土长)
Indigenous people or things belong to the country in which they are found, rather than coming there or being brought there from another country.
preferential (优待地)
If you get preferential treatment, you are treated better than other people and therefore have an advantage over them
superseded:
it is replaced because it has become old-fashioned or unacceptable
suitor
A woman's suitor is a man who wants to marry her.
可以用来聊天的句子:
Things look good for the moment: GDP is expected to grow by 3% this year and unemployment is 5.9%, near a ten-year low.
The industries of the future probably include food, hydro-electricity and artificial intelligence, but none matches the importance of cars and oil.(说美国工业的未来)
Mr Trudeau thinks one way tocounter a backlash in the West against globalization would be to make trade agreements include strict standards for labour, the environment and human rights
Canada’s prime minister,set off for China on December 2nd amid speculation that the two countries
would start free-trade talks.
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