生词
1.purge 清除;消除=eliminate
It would seem the swamp monsters, whom President Donald Trump once pledged to purge, are not doing too badly.
2.wonks/wonk 高学历的书呆子
Since Congress is unlikely to hire many more wonks, the Trump International Hotel will continue to sell fishy cocktails and pricey rooms.
3.wooed/woo 一作求婚;另作求着,豁着
While Britain was making life harder for foreign students, other countries wooed them.
4.pharmaceuticals/pharmaceuticals 药物,药品
The economy is also highly geared towards high-value-added stuff like pharmaceuticals.
5.waive/waive (公开的)宣布放弃某项权利
Section 508 allows the federal government to waive the standard amount hospitals are paid by Medicare, which normally follows a tariff designed by technocrats.
6.windfall/windfall 意外收入(恩学会计的想写成营业外收入2333)
Some of the windfall went on equipment and staff.
7.raucous/raucous 拥挤的,嘈杂的
...asked President Donald Trump during a raucous rally in Phoenix on August 22nd
8.exorbitant/exorbitant 收费过高的
Self-employed business owners may flee states where premiums are exorbitant.
9.teetering/teeter = to move unsteadily
Health care States hurry to fix health-insurance markets Though insurers remain, Obamacare is teetering in places Aug 31st 2017 | WASHINGTON, DC NOT long ago, America’s health-insurance markets seemed to be drying up.
10.migraines/migraine 偏头痛
Clinical trials in scientific journals have reported some examples of effective TCM treatments, for example against migraines and obesity.
11.flamboyant/flamboyant 衣着光鲜的/引人注目的
Most dramatically, on August 28th a judge in the northern state of Haryana sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a flamboyant guru-cum-action-star, to 20 years in prison for the rape of two female acolytes.
12.audacious/audacious =bold emmm胆子特肥的
See article Acting with abandon North Korea launched an audacious missile test, firing an intermediate-range one over Japan and far into the Pacific.
13.incessant/incessant 连续不断的
Downgraded to a tropical storm, the incessant deluge broke records, with some places measuring over 1.3 metres of rainfall.
14.charisma/charisma 个人魅力
Likewise, repealing Obamacare collapsed partly because he lacked the knowledge and charisma to win over rebel Republicans.
启发
1.Traditional Chinese medicine: Health care with Chinese characteristics
具有中国特色的医疗事业——中医
2.Devaluing your way to prosperity is not easy
一言以蔽之：Firms seem to be using sterling’s weakness simply to bank bigger profits, rather than to move into new markets.
政府希望通过货币贬值来拉动出口，进而使得企业加大投资力度，进军更多的领域，拉动经济增长。
然而现实是，企业仅仅趁着贬值的东风，增大了出口量，把利润赚足了，而没有任何投资。
所以，仅靠货币贬值就想发家致富，这也太想当然了，本国国民都不买帐xD。
3.A costly mistake
There are 95% fewer illegal student migrants than Britain thought
远没有如政府所想的那么多非法移民/偷渡来的留学生。
提几个点：
政府的错误报告是因为用错了数据；接下来的几年会逐步放宽英国留学生的无工作留英时长/条件的限制/近年其他国家申请英国留学生的人数逐年走高
提一个问题：
Some have questioned why it took so long for the information to come out. One former Downing Street official admits to having been briefed on an earlier version of the data in autumn 2015. Universities have nevertheless welcomed the release, grateful for a new way to make the case for international students.
这段关乎为什么政府用错数据而迟迟不报的原因，理解不甚清楚，望有大大弄懂了可在后文留言。
4.Lobbyists go underground.An apparent drop in their numbers is an illusion
一言以蔽之：奥巴马当政的时候立了个flag说要逐步摆脱说客,逐步取缔;
于是数据显示的说客人数今年逐步走低,而在说客上政府所支付的开销却接连创下新高.
所以到底是数据有误还是他们转成地下工作了呢?
答案是后者,他们用不为同一名政府官员贡献超过1/4的工作时长的方式躲避联邦的监管.emmm所以想让华盛顿的魔术师消失?
活在梦里。
