8月24日近日，湖南永州的唐慧女士因“闹访”被劳教一案引发了全国舆论空前关注，劳教制度也引起社会各界的诟病。
来自北京、广东、河南、湖南、山东等10个省市的10位律师，联名致信司法部和公安部，建议对劳教制度进行调整。
中国日报报道：Prominent lawyers r joining those now calling on China to reform its controversial laojiao system, or re-education through labor system, which allows suspects to be sentenced to forced labor without 1st undergoing a trial.知名律师加入声讨大军，要求国家对劳教制度进行改革。
劳教制度可以在未经审判的情况下对犯罪嫌疑人作出强制劳动处罚。
Re-education through labor----劳（动）教（养），是一种行政处罚----administrative punishment, 无需法院审判定罪即可deprive freedom of a suspect----限制嫌疑人人身自由，re-educate suspect through forced labor----通过强制劳动进行再教育。
十位律师对公安部和司法部发出公开信----open letter，称劳教制度的intransparency—不透明性和lack of supervision—缺少监督会导致abuse of power—权力滥用。
8月30日1.Pedestrian overpasses人行天桥2.plazas 广场3.China is trying hard to revive interest in its ailing stock market, but some investors areinstead shell ing out big money on an asset they can hold in the palms of their hands----walnut s.中国正竭力挽回投资者对股市的兴趣，但一些投资者却开始将大笔资金投入可以在掌心把玩的资产----核桃。
（If you shell out for something, you spend a lot of money on it. 付(一大笔钱)）4.to stimulate blood circulation促进血液循环5.Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs), are to be deploy ed along China’scoastline to undertake remote-sensing marine surveillance, said an official of the State Oceanic Administration Wednesday. 国家海洋局官员29日透露，我国管辖海域将实施无人机遥感监测。
6.the National Meteorological Centre中央气象台7.state jets国有飞机8.formally accept the Republican presidential nomination正式获得美国共和党总统候选人提名9.American rapper and Black-Eyed Peas front man Will.i.m美国说唱歌手、黑眼豆豆乐队主唱Will.i.m10.Phonesia电话失忆症: a)拨通某个电话号码，等对方接电话时突然忘记你是在打给谁；b)按着机器应答帮助热线的提示一直往下听，结果忘记自己要做的操作是哪一个，然后不得不再把整个提示听一遍，有时甚至还得重新拨一边热线号码。
A) The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer. B) getting to the end of a list of options on a recorded helpline number, only to forget which option you wanted; forcing them to listen to the options again, and in some cases having to redial the number. E.g. I called my college teacher last night, thenI experienced a terrible phonesoia that I couldn’t remember her name. It was awful!11.排查：sweeping inspection eg. China’s Ministry of Transport has ordered asweeping inspection of long-distance bus safety after a fatal road accident Sunday.“8.26”延安特大交通事故之后，中国交通运输部宣布将对长途客运车的安全隐患展开全面排查整治。
8月31日12.Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains.----Jean Paul13. app abbr. 应用（Application）；14.critical illness危重病------reimbursement报销，偿付15.the All China Federation of Industry & Commerce全国工商联16.cut-off界限；断点17.hold one’s post for a lifetime----铁饭碗18.The 3rd party statistics show netizens’resentment of pre-video ads is in proportion tothe length of the ads.第三方数据显示，网民对于视频前贴片广告的反感程度会随着广告时长的增长而加剧。
in proportion to与……成正比19.ODI----Outbound Direct Investment对外直接投资20.唱歌：a) orry, I’m tone deaf.对不起，我五音不全。
B) ’d like to request a song.我想点首歌。
C) let’s sing a duet.咱俩合唱一首吧。
21.不速之客：gatecrasher e.g. A gatecrasher was forced out of the banquet hall bysecurity staff.一位不速之客被安保人员强行拉出了宴会厅。
9月2日22.Geek—极客，即智力超群，善于钻研但不懂与人交往的怪才。
A）He’s just a little bookish.他有点书生气。
B）Are you saying he’s a geek? C）--Are you some kind of nerd?---Not some kind of nerd, I’m the king of nerds.不是有点，我是书呆子之王。
23.Economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation have failed to slow Iran’s nuclearprogram; if anything, the program is speeding up.经济制裁和外交孤立并未让伊朗的核项目减速。
实际上，该项目正在加速。
24.CRI----China Radio International中国国际广播电台25.There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. ----Charles Dickens智者长于头脑，慧者敏于心灵。
----查尔斯·狄更斯26.Car owners in BJ may face congestion fees in a move to ease traffic flow, according tothe 12th 5-year plan released by the BJ Municipal Commission of Transport. 北京市交通委日前发布的“十二五”交通发展建设规划披露，为缓解交通拥堵，北京市或将向车主征收拥堵费。
27.IFCD----International Financial Centers Development国际金融中心发展28.The euro zone’s debt crisis is influencing the world pattern.欧债危机影响当今世界格局。
29.low-altitude airspace低空空域30.C-section surgery----cesarean section surgery剖宫产,剖腹产31.SUV—sports utility vehicles越野车（SUV的全称是SportUtility Vehicle，中文意思是运动型多用途汽车。
现在主要是指那些设计前卫、造型新颖的四轮驱动越野车。
）32.HP has cut 4,000 jobs in its fiscal 3rd year and will likely have shorn 11,500 jobs by theend of fiscal 2012.惠普公司第三财季的裁员人数达到4,000人，到2012年的财季末，裁员总数可能达到1.15万人。
33.“哪壶不开提哪壶”的表达：a)Anyhow, it’s difficult to always avoid conversationlandmines, so be sensible, watch your steps and try not to open a can of worms.总之，在谈话中往往难免触雷，所以头脑要清醒些，行事要注意些，尽量不要触及那些忌讳的话。
b) I really opened up a can of worms when I asked him how his marriage was.我真是哪壶不开提哪壶，问起了她的婚姻状况。