2016年托福考試重點詞彙

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husbandchair老公椅

A man chair, also known as husband chair, is the chair that men sit in while their partner is shopping for long periods of time. They can be found in almost any clothing or shoe store, some even provide waiting men with newspapers or hi-tech products diaplay.

“男士椅”，有時也稱為“老公椅”，指女伴長時間購物時男士歇腳的椅子，幾乎所有賣衣服和鞋子的商店都有這樣的椅子，有些地方還會為等候的男士提供報紙或高科技產品展示。

For example:

Honey, I'll go over here and sit in a man chair. You can come and meet me here when you're done.

親愛的，我在這邊的男士椅坐會兒，你買完東西來這裏找我吧。

　　MONALISAhypothesis

“蒙娜麗莎綜合症”---MONA LISA hypothesis是取英語Most Obesities kNown Are Low In Sympathetic Activity(意即“大多數的肥胖是由交感神經不夠活躍而造成的”)的首字母而拼成的名字。換言之，瘦不下去是因為消耗人體熱量的交感神經活動低下。

Obesity is considered a world epidemic, but no efficient therapy is available so far. Different mechanisms were proposed to explain obesity condition. One of those is the MONA LISA hypothesis that states that Most Obesities kNown Are Low In Sympathetic Activity.

肥胖症是一種全球性的“流行病”，但目前來看還沒有有效的.治癒方法。人們對肥胖的成因提出了多種原理機制，其中之一就是“蒙娜麗莎綜合症”。

MONA LISA (Most Obesities kNown Are Low In Sympathetic Activity) hypothesis postulates that lower sympathetic activity is an initiating event leading to decreased energy expenditure and obesity.

按照“蒙娜麗莎綜合症”的解釋，交感神經活動低下會導致能量消耗的減少，並引發肥胖。

　icepancakes冰雪薄餅

Unusual 'ice pancakes' normally only found in the Arctic and Antarctic have been spotted in Britain, as temperatures plunged to -11C with almost the whole country in the grip of icy weather.

英國大部分地區遭遇極寒天氣，最低氣温降至零下11度，出現了只在北極和南極才有的“冰雪薄餅”。

The ice had frozen in a flat, round shape, around the size of a dinner plate, with the unusual patterns often caused by swirling foam floating on a river starting to freeze, usually overnight.

冰塊被凍成了平底的、圓形的形狀，尺寸跟餐盤一般大。這種特殊的形狀是由漂浮在河流上的旋轉泡沫凍結而成的，通常在一夜間就出現了。

Commuters were hit with chaos on the roads - including a 14-car pile-up - due to slippery conditions in the aftermath of the snowfall.

極寒天氣下，上下班路上也很難通行。暴雪過後，路面濕滑難行，還導致了一起14車連環相撞事故。