每日一句初級口語第243期: 新一輪華人移民潮
今天我們要學的每日一句的內容是:
A new wave of Chinese migration is afoot, fuelled by
ever-younger students for whom English is not a piece of
knowledge to be learnt but a living language able to
unlock the intricacies of the wider world.
新一輪的華人移民潮正在進行時,而其背後的推動者則是一羣越來
越年輕的莘莘學子。英語對這一代人來說不再只是一門知識,而是
解開大千世界紛繁奧祕的一門鮮活的語言。
【Vocabulary】
1. afoot:徒步的;在準備中的;在進行中
Example:Maybe something deeper is now afoot too.也許還有其他事情也正在醞釀之中。
2. fuel:刺激,激起
Example:Fuel economic growth 刺激經濟增長
3. unlock:開鎖;開啓;揭開;顯露
Example:She fail to unlock the safe in spite of all her exertion.她雖然費盡力氣,仍未能將那保險箱的鎖打開。
4. intricacy:紛亂;錯綜複雜
Example:The intricacy of software systems has increased significantly.軟件系統的錯綜複雜程度大大增加了。