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Advertising and media
- internet pop-up
- breaking news
- hoarding
World environmental problems
- acid rain = rain which is polluted by chemicals
- deforestation = rain forests and wooded areas being cut down
- loss of biodiversity = species becoming extinct
- ozone layer depletion = the ozone layer is being destroyed and becoming thinner
- land degradation = soil and land pollution as well as desertification沙漠化
- resource depletion = lack of natural resources worldwide
- climate change = negative changes to the world weather patterns
- air pollution = air that contains pollutants
- marine pollution = the pollution of our oceans and seas
- over population = the increasing population of the world
其他環境相關單字
- carbon emission二氧化碳排放
- soil erosion土壤侵蝕
- famine飢荒
- drought 乾旱
- greenhouse gases溫室氣體
- combustion of fossil fuels化石燃料燃燒
- loss of fertility產量下降
- productive potential
- natural sustainability
- ultraviolet radiation紫外線輻射
- farm chemicals農藥
- deposit waste 存放廢物，waste disposal廢物處理處
- drain resource 消耗能源
- flora and fauna 動植物
- hydroelectricity 水力發電
- power station / plant 發電
- waste disposal 廢棄物
Crime and Punishment
- 綁架abduction = taking someone against their will (kidnapping)
- 縱火arson = setting fire to a property
- 攻擊assault = a physical attack / sexual assault.性侵 / sexual harassment性騷擾
- 竊盜burglary = illegal entry to a building with an intent to commit a crime
- child abuse = maltreatment of a child
- 運毒drug trafficking = importing illegal drugs
- false imprisonment = imprisoning a person against their will
- 詐騙 fraud = deception for personal or financial gain
- hacking = unauthorised access to data in a computer system
- 劫機、劫車 hijacking = illegally getting control of an aircraft or vehicle
- 販賣人口human trafficking =
- murder (homicide USA)
- premeditated murder = murder that is intentional (planned before hand) unpremeditated murder – murder that is not intentional (not planned) manslaughter – unintentional murder (synonym for unpremeditated murder) attempted murder = planning to kill another person patricide = killing one’s own father genocide = systematic killing of a race or religious group euthanasia = killing someone for their benefit
- 集團犯罪 organised crime = crime by an organised gang or organisation
- 網路犯罪 cyber crime
- 走私 smuggling = illegal import or export
- terrorism = unlawful violence or threat with political aims / terrorist 恐怖份子
- 金融犯罪 white collar crime = financially motivated non-violent crime by a worker
Health飲食與健康
- 肺活量 lung capacity，increase lung capacity
- 耐力 stamina，increase stamina
- 免疫系統 immune system，boost immune system
- 心血管系統 cardio-vascular system，improve cardio-cascular system /cardiac（a.）心臟方面的
- 促進血液循環 activate blood circulation
- 肥胖 obesity，reduce obesity
- 心血管疾病 heart disease，reduce the risk of heart disease
- 血壓 blood pressure，lower blood pressure 降血壓
- 高血壓 hypertension
- 老年痴呆 dementia
- 糖尿病 diabetes
- 憂鬱 depression
- stress-related illness 壓力相關疾病
- relieve pressure / reduce stress / let off some steam 舒壓
- syndrome（n.）臨床綜合症、病發症
- trauma（n.）創傷
- hospitalization（n.）住院
- physical activity體育活動
- improve fitness / become healthy / get into shape變健康 v.s be out of shape 身材走樣
- put on weight變胖 v.s burn calories 減肥
- dietary（a）飲食地 / dietary fibre膳食纖維 / balanced diet 均衡飲食 / eating disorders /
- appetite（n.）胃口、食慾，spoil / reduce my appetite影響食慾
- 新陳代謝 metabolism，Exercise is supposed to speed up your metabolism / metabolic rate 新陳代謝速率
technology and web
- cyber crime
- cyberbully 網路霸凌
- digital divide 數位鴻溝，bridge the digital divide
- up-to-date +sth 最新的東西 vs. outdated過時的
- cutting-edge（adj.）新潮地
- early adopter
- computer literacy電腦技巧
- viral video clip熱門影片
- breakthrough in technology 科技上的重大突破
- algorithm演算法
- information overload資訊超載
- telecommute 遠程工作（v.）
描述產業、企業的單字
- 工業革命 Industrial Revolution
- 跨國企業 multinational corporation / global company / foreign company / external foreign
- 促進產業升級 promoting Industrial Upgrading
- 投資環境 investment environment
- 製造業 manufacturing industry
- 勞力密集型產業 labor-intense industry
- 通貨膨脹 inflation / deflation 通貨緊縮
- 經濟不景氣 economic downturn / a recession