背了單字不會用嗎？這個紐時筆記讓你 - 背了會「用」英語更「勇」
看一下讓你「會用會勇」的量子用法
Subject：Warming Poses Threat to Security
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/science/earth/09climate.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=warming%20poses%20threat%20to%20security&st=cse1. to pose profound strategic challenges
2. to raise the prospect of ~ intervention
3. to topple government = to fall over, to tumble
4. to face the prospect of ~ ＝有~的前景
5. to stream into : http://www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en%7Czh-TW&q=stream&hl=en&aq=f
6. touch off : to activate, to trigger
7. much of the public and political debate on global warming
8. proponent : (opposite to opponent)
9. to loom : ( 如果喜歡這樣的背單字方式，go to my favorite dictionary. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ )
10. to sway
10. catastrophic : ruinous
11. in a strained readiness posture 在一個一觸即發的態勢
Subject：The hard work of Happiness
冷Dawn花枝丸：Happiness is not the destination, but lies in our determination. If we decide to distill our mind and dilute the so-called problems, we will be happy.
1. hollow promises
2. an elusive goal = a goal hard to define
3. to shed light on the subject = to illuminate ; to make clear
4. laugh off ~/ laugh ~ off =http://www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en%7Czh-TW&q=laugh+off&hl=en&aq=f
5. be prone to= be likely to do sth
6. bliss seekers
7. hold up = to remain strong
8. job dismissal
9. spousal rejection
10. to distill four pillars into a measurable Gross National Happiness index : pillar= supports / leading lights ; distill 在這有沒有用的很美呢？
11. espouse = to give the support to ~ (Student: 那跟spouse有何關係呢？Dawn: eh, spouse 不是互挺的嗎？）
12. flit about = to move here and there rapidly. ex：a thought flitted through my mind (Dawn: flea away 是逃跑，聽起來有沒有很像？）
13. in the cultural ether: 文化的穹蒼
14. to draw a contrarian: 逆向操盤手
Subject：At Uighurs’ Expense, Chinese Moved West
「勞改、勞動」是時代下的產物，不管那些人是被騙或被強迫去的，現在會去開懇的人應該不多了，不管歷史是殘酷還是有智慧，我們要做的就是感恩前人的耕耘。
1. propelled
2. empty promises
3. to lure
4. toil = hard work
5. conglomerate
6. Xinjiang has been steadily diluted
by migration from China’s densely populated east.7. ..was forced to set aside personal ambition
8. grievance=complain
9. repression 鎮壓
10. to marginalize 這個字就是邊緣化，很神吧。
Subject：Have a drink, but stay professional
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/jobs/02career.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Have%20a%20drink,%20but%20stay%20professional&st=cse
1. all the trappings of a party
2. stay sharp
3. You are always scrutinized by colleagues. : http://www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en%7Czh-TW&q=scrutinize&hl=en&aq=f
4. If you wound up overdoing it,…. = nervous, tense angry
5. ..others are urging you to have a drink.
6. to soldier on : 阿兵哥不是都站得很挺嗎？soldier on就是堅持；硬挺着
Subject：Rethinking Evolution of Wolf to Dog
1. ..to cast a new light on ~
2. ..to discovered A from B
3. call into 調入
Subject：A Titan of fashion puts on a show of determination
1. gaiety = happiness (其實gay這個字是happy的意思，gaiety也是)
2. a knee-jerk (用knee思考的人是怎樣的人呢？ Well, 是不經大腦思考的人)
Subject：On TV Contest, a tough Reality
1. aspiring : 渴望做的
2. account for
3. It can make for a miserable experience but compelling entertainment.
4. ~ encourage wild behavior
5. bottomless glasses of wine
6. the bread and butter
