English Collection

  1. Sometimes it is not the content of the stories themselves but just knowing you have control by choosing to read or listen that provides the calming effect.

  2. universality and timelessness

  3. make believe 假装

  4. strand of = part of

  5. a tremendous appetite（a strong desire for sth…） for…

  6. Even photojournalist are experimenting cell phones because their near invisibility makes it easier to capture unguarded moment.[^①]

  7. the course of history

  8. Amid such geographic disarray ,the Grimms believed that shared language and cultural traditions could be the connective yarn[^②] of a people,their people.

[^①]:Something done in an unguarded moment is done when you think no one is watching.

[^②]:yarn 除了有（棉、毛等的）纱，纱线，纺线；（尤指难以置信的）还有故事，奇谈的意思，而Grimms 兄弟正好就是用故事来唤醒人们的民族意识，这个词在这里特别准确且双关。

  1. trivially == easily

  2. genie out of the bottle

    The idiom "the genie is out of the bottle" means that something has been done, said, revealed, or initiated that cannot be undone, taken back, or contained. Once the "genie" (which represents a force, idea, secret, technology, or action) is released, its effects are irreversible, and the situation cannot be returned to how it was before.

  3. bent on doing 一意孤行

  4. resolutely oppose 坚决反对

  5. The Chinese people do not provoke trouble, but they will not flinch from trouble either.

  6. It is one of the secrets in that change of mental poise which has been fitly named conversion, that to many among us neither heaven nor earth has any revelation till some personality touches theirs with a peculiar influence, subduing them into receptiveness.
    ——George Eliot, Daniel Deronda

  7. hop into/out of bed 一头钻进被窝，猛然起床

  8. Their mass transit system is unparalleled, especially their high speed trains, which are affordable, comfortable, and plentiful.

  9. I will be highly obliged if the undersigned could be informed about the outcome.

  10. Since I was competing with a global pool of applicants, I was forced to up my game.

  11. deck out == dress up

  12. par excellence; ( only used after the noun it describes仅用于所修饰的名词之后)better than all the others of the same kind; a very good example of sth最好的；最优秀的；典型的；卓越的; She turned out to be an organizer par excellence.结果表明她是一个非常出色的组织者。

  13. “Sense” in “in the sense that “ means “a way in which sth. can be ture or real” It is usually used to introduce an interpretation of a statement.

    e.g. The area is remote in the sense that few people live on the roads leading to it.

  14. Sth has been around since time began.自有时间以来就有……

  15. come to terms with 妥协

  16. xxx occupies a key role in… xxx很重要

  17. walk the talk

  18. show responsibility

  19. tackle == cope with == deal with == settle == address

  20. fulfill == achieve == complete

  21. core values of socialism

  22. pose a challenge

  23. smart power grids 智能电网

  24. in line with

  25. to that end 为此、因此

  26. favorable conditions

  27. carbon emission intensity 碳排放强度

  28. a white paper 白皮书

  29. surpass == exceed

  30. discard == discharge == 扔弃

  31. feasible report

  32. compromise(V.) == damage

  33. drastically

  34. mostly == mainly == principally == primarily == predominantly

  35. dramatic == drastic

  36. end product == 终端产品，成品

  37. parent product == 母产品

  38. end of pipe 管末处理法

  39. It goes without saying == It is no denying the fact 不言而喻

  40. retain/shoulder/bear/take the responsibility

  41. a win-win choice == mutually beneficial

  42. An increasing/raising/growing attention has been paid to

  43. in itself == in essence; lead to == cause 带来、导致； given == considering 考虑到、鉴于

  44. adopt/take/implement/introduce measures/regulations/policies

  45. loot == plunder == maraud =? sack

  46. flex one’s muscles

  47. The Great Schism was a huge blow to the Church.