[雙語][考研英語]外刊學習筆記 7-02

✸✸ A hefty U.S. import tax on goods produced in China could accelerate a trend already well under way: Chinese companies setting up factories and expanding in the U.S.

1）hefty 英 [ˈhefti] 美 [ˈhɛfti] adj.重的;健壯的;異常大的 n.健壯的人

英英解釋：adj.of considerable weight and size

She was quite a hefty woman

她是個身材高大的女子。

✸✸ Manufacturers in China face a host of pressures. Wages have risen substantially, whileland and electricity prices are up. This challenges China』s decadeslong orthodoxy of producing massmarket goods at extremely low cost.

1）a host of 英 [ei həust ɔv] 美 [e host ʌv] adj.許多 一大群

A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel

可能推遲英吉利海峽隧道開通的問題一大筐。

1）orthodoxy 英 [ˈɔ:θədɒksi] 美 [ˈɔ:rθədɑ:ksi] n.正統;正統性;正教，信奉正教;正統派的觀念[學說，做法等]

英英解釋：n.the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) n.a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards

It is rooted in the orthodoxy of the Bundesbank.

這植根於德國央行的正統理念。

✸✸ 「Many Chinese firms have become so dominant in their domestic market that they are now forced to look beyond the Chinese borders,」 said John Ling, Georgia』s managing director for investment in China and president of the Council of American States in China. Mr. Ling helps attract and faciltate expansion by Chinese companies in the state.

1）look beyond 往更遠處看;展望未來

You must look beyond for signs of change.

你們應該把目光放遠，看到變化的跡象。