文档介绍：Quarantine 隔离检疫 contention 争论,争夺 outstrip 超过 fastidious 挑剔的
reticent 沉默的,有保留的
eschew 逃避,远离 idiosyncratic 特质的,异质的
gravity 严肃的 capricious 任性的,反复无常的 counter
id 松弛的treacherous 背叛的,奸诈的 mechanism 机制 veiled 隐藏的
boisterous 狂暴的,喧闹的innuendo 含沙射影的 impunity不受惩罚的
collusion 共谋,勾结 melancholy忧郁的 immutable 不变的,不可改变的
mandatory 强制的,命令的 exigency 紧急事件 coup 政变,出乎意料的行动
memoir 回忆录 condescension 屈尊,谦虚 mediocrity 平庸,平凡 ovation 大喝彩
desperate 急切的,渴望的
The disease that has the influence on the contemporary society and the policy
Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4,000 Philadelphians in 1793, and so decimated Memphis, Tennessee has reappeared in recent decades.
The creature or the endangered species
There are no solitary living creatures, every from is depend on others.
Technology(the desire to emulate nature but never be chased)
Nature’s energy efficiency often outstrips human technology:
(for instance)despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing system whose efficiency rivals the firefly’s system.
negligible
Can we learn from the past?
Hampshire, a county which locates in the southern coast of England, has the strong assertion that far from dismissed the puzzle in the past ,as some people have insisted, the issue should be even more relevant than we had thought.
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