2013-text-4 1.On a five to three vote, the Supreme Court knocked out much of Arizona’s immigration law Monday—a modest policy victory for the Obama Administration. But on the more important matter of the Constitution, the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration’s effort to upset the balance of power between the federal government and the states. ①knock out [nɑːk aʊt] 击倒；淘汰 ②immigration [ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn]移民； ③modest [ˈmɑːdɪst] a.谦虚的；轻微的； ④defeat [dɪˈfiːt] v.击败；战胜 n.失败 ⑤upset [ʌpˈset ]v.打破；扰乱；a.沮丧的 2.In Arizona v. United States, the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona’s controversial plan to have state and local police enforce federal immigration law. The Constitutional principles that Washington alone has the power to “establish a unifo

2.Now utopia has grownunfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us,from asteroidstrike to epidemicflu and to climate change. You might even be tempted to assume that humanity has little futureto look forward to. ⑦utopia[juːˈtoʊpiə]n.乌托邦 ⑧appreciation [əˌpriːʃiˈeɪʃn]n.感谢；欣赏 ⑨asteroid[ˈæstərɔɪd] n.小行星 ⑩epidemica.流行的；传染性的 n.流行病 pandemic 全球性的大流行病 11tempt [tempt] v.诱惑temptation n.

2013-text-2 1.An old saying has it that half of all advertising budgets are wasted—the trouble is, no one knows which half. In the internet age, at least in theory, this fraction can be much reduced. By watching what people search for, click on and say online, companies can aim “behavioral” ads at those most likely to buy. ①budget [ˈbʌdʒɪt] n.预算 ②fraction [ˈfrækʃn] n.部分 ③click on 点击 ④behavioral [bɪ'heɪvjərəl] a.行为的 2.In the past couple of weeks a quarrel has illustrated the value to advertisers of such fine-grained information: Should advertisers assume that people are happy to be tracked and sent behavioral ads? Or should they have explicit permission? ⑤quarrel [ˈkwɑːrəl] n.争论 ⑥illustrate [ˈɪləstreɪt] v.说明 ⑦fine-grained [faɪn ɡ

2013-text-1 1.In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her. Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment. ①version [ˈvɜːrʒn] n.版本 ②scold [skoʊld] v.指责 ③descend [dɪˈsend] v.下降 ④department store 百货公司 ⑤bargain [ˈbɑːrɡən] v.谈价还价；n.便宜货 ⑥garment [ˈɡɑːrmənt] n.衣服 Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over 宾语从句 descend…from…to… the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the