2076. Consumer price index（CPI）is also called cost-of-living index.消费者物价指数又叫生活费指数。指日常生活的一些用品物价，例如housing, electricity, food, and transportation and so on.

2077.Regardless of if you follow the markets passively or actively, make sure some blockbuster economic reports are always on your radar lest you run the risk of getting blindsided by market sentiment.不管你是主动地或被动地关注股市，你一定要常常读这几份有分量的财经报告，这样你就可以不会因市场波动而情绪用事了。blockbuster有分量的，重要的，电影中的大片也叫blockbuster。blindsided盲目，market sentiment,市场情绪，指你的情绪随股市起伏而起伏。

2078. This week for the stock market is nothing short of a roller coaster ride. 这个礼拜的股市犹如过山车，起起伏伏。nothing short of 就像。

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2079. The local governments often give up the store in their negociations with the foreign companies, and will find it difficult to get it back. 地方政府在与外国公司谈判时，常常吃亏吃大了。give up the store, 吃大亏。吃大亏也可以说：They are giving up ground and lose too much.

2080. Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

主，将我陶铸成和平工具。那里有仇恨，让我播送爱。 那里有伤创，有主宽恕。有猜疑处，愿有信心。失望之处，给人希望。 那里有黑暗，放射亮光。那里有悲伤，散播喜乐。

2081. The pen is mightier than the sword. 文字强于刀剑。(这是为什么网警要时刻警惕来删贴。)I am unsure whether I"m for or against this old proverb "the pen is mightier than the sword."

2082. play possum，装死 Thinking fast, we played possum hoping the bear wouldn"t bother us. 急中生智，我们装死，想骗过这熊放了我们。

2083. Sam jumped on Bill for being late for work. 萨姆对贝尔工作迟到一事大发雷霆。 Susie jumped all over Michael for coming home drunk. 苏丝对麦克醉醺醺回家气得不得了。jump on 和 jump all over 事一个意思。类似的表达法还有：to jump down someone"s throat 勃然大怒，The teacher jumped down Billy"s throat when Billy said he did not do his homework. 比利说，他没有做家庭作业，老师听了很是生气。

2084. Her reason for spending so much on clothes: she is in the fashion industry and has to look the part. 她在衣着上大把花钱的理由是，她在做服装生意，所以得看上去像个做这一行的。You"d never guess he was a security guard – he doesn"t look the part at all. 你根本就猜不到他是秘密保镖，他看上去不是干这一行的。look the part 看上去像。

2085. We don’t want to lose you through any cracks. 我们可不想因为疏忽而失去你。What will happen to so many people slipping through the cracks of our health care system? 我们的医疗保险制度太差，很多人保不到，这些人该如何办呢？

2086. Cash only and no plastic. 只收现金，不收信用卡。

2087. Did you get her digits? 你问她要了电话号码吗？

2088. They will stop at nothing in their race to be the best. 他们会尽全力跑出最好的成绩。stop at nothing, 尽全力。

2089. Chinglish is a portmanteau word combining Chinese and English. Chinglish 是一个合并词，由Chinese与English组成。 Smog is a portmanteau word from smoke and fog. smog一词由smoke与fog组成。

2090. Give us, we pray, the power to discern clearly right from wrong, and allow all our words and actions to be governed thereby, and by the laws of this land. 神啊，我们祷告，求你给我们力量来辨别是非，并由此来表达意见与行动，也同样让我们的一言一行都合这个国家法律。

2091. Sometimes stocks can start on good terms but other times they can quickly head south. 有时候股票会势头良好，但也有很多时候，股票会跌得一塌糊涂。on good terms, 形势不错，条件不错，关系不错，The couple is not on very good terms and they don"t speak to each other much. 这对夫妻关系紧张，他们彼此互不说话。

2092. When the stock market is losing steam, he is doing well. 当股市在失去势头时，他还做得不错。

2093. on Nov. 10, 2001, and the following day, Taiwan"s membership was approved too. the World Trade Organization 的简称为：WTO, 世贸组织。

2094. He undertook the new job with great resolve. 他以坚定的献身精神接受了这项新的工作。注意，resolve 决心，是不可数名词，如果要说某个具体的决心，用resolution，例如，My New Year"s Resolutions：reduce my weight, give up smoking, find a better job or do better on the one I have。我新年决心：减肥，戒烟，找份更好在活，或者把现在的工作做得更好。resolve也可以是动词，I resolve to improve my spoken English in the New Year.我决心要在新的一年里提高英语口语。

2095. 请提出宝贵意见。Your opinion is appreciated. 或者Your opinion is very much valued.

2096. Warren Buffett is calling a bottom now. He is making an all-in wager on the economic future. Let"s hope it is a bet that he will win. 沃伦·巴菲特觉得萧条已到底了，他认为未来的经济将会全面好转，但愿他的赌注会赢。wager 打赌，all-in 全面的，bet 与wager是同意词。

2097. The Great Wall runs in toto about 4500 miles(7300 km) .长城全长4500英里（7300公里）in toto 拉丁文，全部。也可以说，4500 miles in total length。或者，The total length of the Great Wall is 4500 miles.

2098. Something had blown up. 发生爆炸了。The house is blown to smithereens. 房子被炸得支离破碎了。His home blew sky high. 他的家被炸飞了天。The house is reduced to debris.房子已成废墟一片。注意，debris是单数。 There was just debris everywhere.到处都是残砖碎瓦。

2099. The guy is in the rubble, and amazingly he is still alive after the explosion. 那个人在废墟堆中，不可思议的是， 爆炸后他竟然还活着。

2100. Live simply.Love generously.Care deeply.Speak kindly.

2101. Someone from the Internet sent me a malicious virus and he got my screen name & password! What is more, my hard drive has crashed. I have learned a lesson and I need spam protection!网上有个家伙给我发来一个恶意病毒，他偷走了我的网名和密码，更糟糕的是，我的硬盘也遭到了破坏。我是学了一课，我需要防毒保护。