社会新闻

Question 0

Queen Elizabeth II was trending on Twitter on Sunday night as she attended her 90th birthday celebrations.

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trend on …上热搜

Question 1

she looked “thoroughly bored” and “disinterested”, despite the star-studded line-up that had flown in from around the world to entertain her.

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Star-studded 明星云集的
line-up 阵容
充满 
be studded with
be strewn with
be replete with
be awash with

充满不好的东西
x-ridden 
be fraught with
be infested with
be seething with

Question 2

alumi who

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毕业3年以内的往届生

Question 3

make do with takeouts for all the meals

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吃饭时用外卖凑活应付

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smooth-talker

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能言善道的人

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heart-throb

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少女杀手

Question 6

defraud/swindle/cheat the girls out of a lot of money

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骗钱

con artist

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target the residents living on higher floors

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主要盯上高层住户

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repeat offender

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惯犯

Question 9

hyaluronic acid

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玻尿酸

Question 10

botched plastic surgery

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失败的整容手术
botched 
bungled
abortive
unsuccessful

Question 11

EDD(expected date of delievery)/EDC(confinement)/due date

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预产期

Question 12

crank calls

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骚扰电话

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be caught short

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内急

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narrow down the list of suspects to 1 to 2 people

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目标锁定1-2名嫌疑人

Question 15

the price has been bid up to HKD4000

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票价炒到了

Question 16

His cooking puts mine to shame.

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put sb/sth to shame

使…相形见绌

Question 17

carbonated beverages

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碳酸饮料

Question 18

multiple organ failure

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多脏器衰竭

Question 19

people develop diabetes from an early age

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糖尿病低龄化

Question 20

forge a governmnet document

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伪造文件

Question 21

friend request

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加好友请求

Question 22

step up the vigilance

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提高警惕

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large flow of people

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人流量大

Question 24

fall for that trick

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受骗

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stay alert to

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警觉

Question 26

labor room

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产房

Question 27

obstetrics and gynecology department

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妇产科

Question 28

The club will not pay over the odds to retain his services.

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pay over the odds 多付钱

Question 29

the price has been bid up to HKD4000

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票价炒到了…

Question 30

Old people are easily targeted

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老年人容易上当。

Question 31

She kept her cool and won the argument.

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keep one’s cool 保持冷静

Question 32

put money up for grabs

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发红包让人抢

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MI(myocardial infarction)

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心肌梗塞

Question 34

invigilate/proctor

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监考

Question 35

cut in line/jump the queue

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插队

Question 36

hyaluronic acid

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玻尿酸

Question 37

botox

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肉毒素

Question 38

lose one’s sight

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失明

Question 39

shelf life

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保存期

Question 40

facelift

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拉皮

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liposuction

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抽脂

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Breast augmentation/lift

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隆胸

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ill-gotten gains

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非法所得

Question 44

A second policeman cut off his escape.

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cut sb off=stop sb from running away/driving

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gain petty advantages

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占小便宜

Question 46

lure the parents to fill in the information

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引诱家长填表

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telephone fraud

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电话诈骗

Question 48

chip in

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凑钱

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repeat offender

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惯犯

Question 50

good Samaritan

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好心人

源自《圣经》,一个撒玛利亚人向一个受伤但无人给予帮助的人伸出援助之手。

Question 51

put belongings within reach

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把随身物品放在能看到的地方

Question 52

leave her bag unzipped

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