今天我们要学的词是 sniper. Sniper 狙击手。The Oscar-nominated film American Sniper raked in a record-smashing $90.2 million in North America over the weekend.

今天我们要学的词是 conspire. Conspire 动词，意思是串通，图谋。Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe have agreed to pay $415 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged they

今天我们要学的词是 crowdfunding. Crowdfunding 众筹。A new generation of scientists are leveraging crowdfunding and social media to raise money for research. 新

今天我们要学的词是 a string of. A string of 一连串的。Hyundai Motors is set to release a string of brand-new models, targeting young consumers in their 20s and

今天我们要学的词是 underrepresented. Underrepresented 形容词，意思是未得到充分代表的。皮尤研究中心的一份调查结果显示，Americans with no religious affiliation are t

今天我们要学的词是 black box. Black box 黑匣子。Indonesian navy divers retrieved both black boxes from the wreckage of an AirAsia passenger jet. 印尼海军潜水员

今天我们要学的词是 unity. Unity 是团结的意思。World leaders joined millions of people in a unity rally in Paris to show solidarity for the victims of the recen

今天我们要学的词是 normalize. To normalize 意思是实现正常化。Cuba released 53 political prisoners as it works towards normalizing relations with the U.S. after

今天我们要学的词是 conventional. Conventional 形容词，常规的，传统的。A new shows that e-cigarettes are much less addictive than conventional cigarettes. 一项最新

今天我们要学的词是 head off. Head off 有防止，避免的意思。The Food and Drug Administration announced a new proposal to try to head off shortages of crucial medic

今天我们要学的词是 energy drink. Energy drink 能量饮料。The energy drink industry is booming in the U.S. with 60% growth between 2008 to 2012. 美国能量饮料工业

今天我们要学的词是 foul play. Foul play 不正当的行为。洛杉矶市区发生大火，调查人员称，The fire may have involved foul play. 这场火灾可能是有人故意纵火造成的。India

今天我们要学的词是 autopsy. Autopsy 验尸。A federal autopsy in the Ferguson police shooting case reached similar conclusions to those performed by local offici

今天我们要学的词是 driver. 大家都知道，driver 是司机，但是做为名词，driver 还有推动因素的意思。最近一项关于全球高科技市场的预测报告显示，China's business and consumer

今天我们要学的词是 boundary. Boundary 做为名词，有界线的意思。Senate investigators accused the CIA of inflicting suffering on al-Qaida prisoners beyond America's

今天我们要学的词是 delivery. Delivery 做为名词，有送货上门的意思。MillerCoors LLC has started a beer delivery service in New York, Boston, Seattle and Washington

今天我们要学的词是 shorten. Shorten 动词，是缩短的意思。A new has found that obesity can shorten your life by as many as 8 years. 一项最新研究发现，肥胖能让人的寿

今天我们要学的词是 inject. Inject 动词，意思是注入。最近一项调查显示，Maryland's fast-growing casino industry injected $1.4 billion into the state economy. 美国马

今天我们要学的词是 unarmed. Unarmed 没带武器的，赤手空拳的。A white New York City police officer was cleared of blame over the chokehold death of an unarmed blac

今天我们要学的词是 head off. Head off 有防止，避免的意思。The Food and Drug Administration announced a new proposal to try to head off shortages of crucial medic

今天我们要学的词是 elusive. Elusive 形容词，意思是难以捕捉的。美国十一月份增加了32万个就业机会，然而，Sought-after jobs remain elusive. 抢手的工作还是很难找到。最新

今天我们要学的词是 disrupt. Disrupt 动词，意思是破坏，扰乱。Protesters decrying police brutality and racial bias disrupted the holiday lighting of Baltimore's Wash

今天我们要学的词是 vegetarian. Vegetarian 做为名词，意思是素食者。Two percent of American adults are current vegetarians or vegans. 在美国，一般吃素的人和更为严格

今天我们要学的词是 residential. Residential 形容词，意思是居住的，居民区的。美国加州洛杉矶市中心发生大火。The fire burned a tall residential building under constru

今天我们要学的词是 renewed. Renewed 形容词，意思是重新开始的。今年先后有三个美国公民被伊斯兰国杀死，After the killings there has been a renewed debate in the Unite