【友鄰優課】此處應該有標題0801-0805

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很多人希望自己有一個非常聰明的腦袋，有過目不忘的能力，也有很多人覺得這會給自己增加許多煩惱。今天我們來看美國的一個女子Susie McKinnon，她很難記住過去發生的事情，這一毛病看起來給她的生活帶來諸多不便，但也給她帶來了一些別的人無法得到的新鮮感與幸福感。

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委內瑞拉國家選舉委員會預計今天將宣布，關於「罷免總統公投」已徵集到足夠的有效簽名。在此之前，執政黨一直在想方設法拖延，使公投無法舉行，因為如果公投在明年1月10日之後舉行且結果是馬杜羅被罷免，馬杜羅之前任命的副總統將代行總統職務；如果公投在明年1月10日之前舉行且結果是馬杜羅被罷免，新選舉將於30天內舉行。

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美國大選折射了美國乃至全球的政治變化，過去人類一直在往全球化的方向前進，且獲得了很多好處，文明的繁榮似乎也達到了一定高度。但最近一年卻突然出現了巨大的反全球化浪潮，比如民粹主義者川普在美國大選中大受歡迎，英國脫歐等。

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創於1837年的寶潔公司（Procter & Gamble）是全世界最大的日用消費品公司之一，它在中國曾經有近200個品牌的商品，但其中不足100個商品佔據了其90%以上的銷售額和利潤，那麼其他品牌的商品是過度開發、還是錯誤定位？面對全線業務下滑，它是否應該將這些「拖後腿」品牌分割出去？

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川普正式成為共和黨總統候選人之後，似乎麻煩不斷，民調開始落後於之前深陷郵件門的希拉里。今天，塔主帶你梳理一下最近這段時間發生在川普身上的一些事。

【生活】活在當下@Mat｜0801

She knows plenty of facts about her life, but she lacks the ability to mentally relive any of it, the way you or I might meander back in our minds and evoke a particular afternoon.

Meandering: no definite aim, no direction or no clear purpose

Evoke: To call up, or to produce memory or feelings; to make someone remember something or to feel emotion……

She knew that other people claimed to have detailed memories,but she always thought they embellished and made stuff up.

embellish/to make up:to embellish,to make sth more beautiful or interesting by adding sth to it.to make up,to create a story.

【政治】委內瑞拉罷免公投@葛旭｜0802

The CNE, the country』s national electoral authority, is expected to announce today that enough valid signatures have been gathered to start cutting short President Nicolás Maduro』s mandate.

mandate: authorization; commission; approval; decree; bidding

If it clears this first hurdle,the opposition must repeat the process,this time gathering signatures from 20% of registered voters.

hurdle:barrier,obstacle,barricade,hindrance,blockade

【政治】希拉里的任務@Freddy｜0803

The oratory delivered by Michelle Obama,Bill Clinton and Barack Obama has helped her ,but as acts to be followed they also make her task harder:Mrs Clinton is not a natural perfomer.

oratory:n.演講（正式的）；演講的藝術

In an ordinary election cycle, these would be the wrong notes for a Democrat to hit after an eight-year Democratic presidency.

hit the right/ wrong notes: 採取了正確的/錯誤的行動

【商業】晚潔不寶，千刀萬剮@XP｜0804

So far this year it has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2%, as anxious investors seek shelter in supposedly stable consumer companies.

outperform: vt.領先於

seek shelter: 避險

It is redesigning its supply chain,reorganising staff and planning to slash $10 billion off its costs in the next five years.

slash off:v.砍掉

【政治】川普下錯棋@Mian｜0805

A series of brutish and moronic gaffes by Donald Trump, following his coronation as the Republican nominee last month, has caused the latest, and maybe the biggest, Trump-related crisis for his adopted party.

brutish: adj.粗野的

moronic: adj.愚蠢的

gaffe: n.失禮失言

coronation: n.加冕

nominee: n.被提名人

In response to a rebuke from the parents of Captain Humayun Khan,a Pakistani-American soilder whowas killed in Iraq ，Mr Trump denigrated the family and suggested that he,a hard-working builder,had made comparable sacrifices.

denigrate:v.誹謗

comparable:adj. 相稱的

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