Title:The Arctic: A silk road through ice

Topic:China wants to be a polar power

生詞

1.mythical adj.

P:existing only in ancient myths.? ? ? ?

2.exploit? v.

P:to develop or use sth for business or industry? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? E:Many countries exploit oil under the sea.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? A:The natural resources in this tegion planned to exploit.

3.rustbelt? n.

P: ( especially US) a region that used to have a lot of industry, but that has now decreased in importance and wealth, especially parts of the northern US where there were many factories that have now closed.

4.allay? v.

P:to make sth, especially a feeling, less strong? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? E:The report attempted to educate the public and allay fears.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? A:I manage to allay my worries about the math exam.

5.pristine? adj.

P:not developed or changed in any way; left in its original condition.? ? ? ? ? E:And these are some of the most pristine waters of any ocean.

6.clout? n.

P:uncountable power and influence.? ? E:? Their clout will continue to be limited: they cannot speak or vote.

7.diplomat? n.

P: a person whose job is to represent his or her country in a foreign country, for example, in an embassy.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? E:He's a U.S. diplomat assigned to the embassy in London.

8.bilaterally? adv.

P:so as to involve two sides or parts.? E:In response, America often pushes back bilaterally rather than in Geneva, according to a former American trade negotiator.

9.think-tank? n.

P:a group of experts who provide advice and ideas on political, social or economic issues.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? E:and she told the Washington think-tank get time to finish the job.

10.good-neighbourliness? n.

P:good relations that exist between people who live in the same area or between countries that are near each other.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

詞組短語

1.be keen to 熱衷于

E:Foreign investors might not be too keen to buy such a low-yielding asset in a depreciating currency.

2.rare earths稀土

3.state-linked firms國有企業(yè)

4.Malacca Strait馬六甲海峽

5.the North-West Passage西北通道

6.play by遵守

E:It makes sure everybody plays by the same set of rules.

7.gas plant天然氣加工廠

8.divvy up分?jǐn)?，平?/p>

E:There have been few spoils to divvy up.

句子

In the coming decades such routes could cut several thousand kilometres off journeys between Shanghai and Europe.

在接下來的的幾十年里，這些航線可能會減少上海與歐洲之間數(shù)千公里的航程。