出国留学首选一诺留学

　　词汇学习

　　1.illuminate v.照亮;用灯装饰

　　Electric lights illuminate our houses.

　　电灯把我们的屋子照亮。

　　2.flickering adj. 闪烁的,摇曳的

　　She was reading by the flickering light of the candle.

　　她借着摇曳的烛光读书。

　　3.investigative adj.研究的,调查的

　　It was an accomplished piece of investigative journalism.

　　这是一个成功的调查研究报道。

　　4.resist v.抵抗，反抗

　　We should resist piracy.

　　我们应该抵制盗版。

　　5.diligent adj. 孜孜不倦的;勤勉的

　　John is more diligent than any other student in his class.

　　约翰比班上其他的同学用功。

　　6.foible n.弱点,缺点

　　Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

　　科学是他的长处，而无所不知则是他的小缺点。

　　7.signpost n. 路标

　　They reached a crossroads marked by a signpost.

　　他们到了一个设有路标的十字路口。

　　8.acclaim v.欢呼，喝彩;称赞

　　The whole city turned out to acclaim the winning team.

　　人们倾城而出为获胜的队欢呼赞叹。

　　9.grandeur n.伟大;高贵

　　He is wholly concerned with his own grandeur.

　　他只关心自己的显赫地位。

　　10.extraordinarily adv.非常，格外地

　　Neighbors are extraordinarily important people in our lives.

　　在我们的生活中，邻居是非常重要的人。

　　内容解析

　　1.You might have heard on this programme yesterday about the efforts of Pope Francis to clean up the financial mismanagement of the Vatican and about Nuzzi’s revelations of certain people resisting any change.

　　clean up清理;整顿

　　We should clean up the past-due bills.

　　我们应该清理逾期票据。

　　2.The simplest option might be to pull the plug on the whole saint-making business.

　　pull the plug on终止

　　The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project.

　　银行有能力让该工程终止。

　　3.After all, being a saint doesn’t depend on canonisation – that’s just the formal recognition of someone who has led as good a life as possible, despite all their faults and foibles.

　　After all毕竟

　　After all, I only discovered it.

　　毕竟，我只是发现了它。