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“ScalersTalk 口译进阶小组”的前身是“ScalersTalk 交传小组”，成立于 2015 年 2 月，现阶段，小组继续专注高级阶段的交替传译与同声传译训练，在巩固语言基本功的同时训练各类口译技能，从而为承担正式场合的口译打下坚实基础。
第 209 周训练的主题为：经济学人对2020年的展望：What will be the biggest stories of 2020。 练习步骤：1. 先自己播放一遍视频，做一遍recall，发群语音；之后再播放一遍并重新发一遍复述的语音；2. 对照原文文稿，梳理文章内容，积累词汇和句式；3.再做一到两遍，用刚刚学过的表达讲故事。
Beethoven Written during the Age of Enlightenment, Beethoven’s music has a history of being intertwined with politics. The opening motif of his Fifth Symphony equivalent to the letter V in Morse code became a symbol of resistance to the Nazis. And the final movement of his Ninth Symphony became the hymn for the European Union. He believed in the power of the ordinary human being that was who he was writing his music for. And of course we have the great message in the Choral Symphony in the final movement, Schiller’s Ode to Joy which is, all mankind will be brothers “Alle Menschen werden Brüder”. It’s a universal message. And in 2020, his Pastoral Symphony will be used as an anthem to unite millions across the world to act against climate change.
Beethoven loved nature. There was nothing he loved more than taking long, long walks in the country, always composing as he went, waving his arms in the air, jotting notes down. And that’s why the Pastoral Symphony is so important in his output. 250 years after his birth, Beethoven will continue to set the tone for the future. He wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised that his music was so relevant today. After all, he knew back then that he was writing for today and future generations. So he’d probably say “yep, yep, told you, told you”.
Age of Enlightenment （启蒙时代）：The Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th to 19th century. The Enlightenment emerged out of a European intellectual and scholarly movement known as Renaissance humanism
intertwine (with): to be or become very closely connected with something/ somebody else紧密相；例句：Their political careers had become closely intertwined.他们的政治生涯已经紧密地结合在一起了。
Motif: 乐想、动机，是作曲者在作曲时的一段简短的音乐灵感、反复再现的几个突出的音型、一小段音符构成的音乐片段。文中提到的是大家都很熟悉的贝多芬的第五交响曲的第一乐章那个著名的“命运在敲门”的动机（登登登等）。
hymn: a song of praise, especially one praising God and sung by Christians赞美诗，圣歌（尤指基督徒唱的颂扬上帝的歌）；此处指欧盟的“盟歌”。
Choral Symphony：合唱交响曲；Pastoral Symphony：田园交响曲
movement: 此处指乐章：any of the main parts that a long piece of music is divided into
anthem: a song which has a special importance for a country, an organization, or a particular group of people and is sung on special occasions国歌；（组织或群体的）社歌，团歌
There was nothing he loved more than doing sth…最爱做的是……
jot sth. down: to write something quickly草草记下；匆匆记下；例句：I'll just jot down the address for you. 我得赶快把地址给你写下来。
set the tone for the future: 为将来定下基调
he wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised…对……毫不意外
The Year of the Nurse 2020 will be the year nurses receive the attention and treatment they deserve. The World Health Organisation has declared it will be the “Year of The Nurse”. That’s excellent. Almost half of health care workers globally are nurses. And they are increasingly taking on a growing number of tasks previously reserved for doctors. Most people have no idea what modern nursing entails. They think of them as the sidekicks of heroic doctors. It’s hard the way we have to rely upon these amateur nurses. Nursing today is a highly skilled profession. Many nurses have university degrees. There are even doctorate-level studies in nursing. In America two-thirds of anaesthetics are administered by nurses. And nurses in some sub-Saharan countries even carry out emergency caesareans. It’s definitely a new level of autonomy. Nurses in Britain are now trained to perform surgery and are taking on more responsibility for patients in life-and-death situations. With this role, it’s going down to see patients on the ward often by yourself, attending cardiac-arrest calls and going to see some of the sickest patients in the hospital.
2020 will also mark 200 years since the birth of perhaps the most famous nurse in history—Florence Nightingale. If she were around today she would probably be concerned that a global shortage of nurses will be the biggest problem facing national health systems in the coming decade. By 2020, the world will be short of 7.6 million nurses. Countries will have to do more to recruit and educate new nurses locally as well as to retain those that are already in place. Rich countries cannot continue to lure nurses from poorer countries where health systems are already severely crippled by the shortage of nurses.
receive the attention and treatment they deserve: 得到应得的关注和对待
take on a growing number of tasks: 承担越来越多的任务
entail: to involve something that cannot be avoided牵涉；须要；使必要；例句：The job entails a lot of hard work. 这工作需要十分艰苦的努力。
sidekick: a person who helps another more important or more intelligent person助手；副手
anaesthetics: 麻醉药；麻醉剂
caesareans: 剖腹产；collocation：to carry out caesareans
perform surgery: 做手术
life-and-death situations: 生死的危机关头；性命攸关的情况
ward: 病房；病室
cardiac arrest: 心脏骤停、心搏停止
表达某一年是××诞生××年纪念日：2020 will mark ×× years since the birth of / 2020 will be the ××th anniversary of the birth of…
表达：如果她今天还活着，那么……：If she were around today she would…（这注意使用虚拟语气）
cripple: to seriously damage or harm somebody/ something严重毁坏（或损害）；例句：The pilot tried to land his crippled plane. 飞行员试图驾驶损坏严重的飞机着陆。
形容词：crippling; a crippling disease 严重损害健康的疾病; crippling debts 导致经济瘫痪的债务
retain: to keep or continue to have something; 留住，保留；可在表达留住人才、留住员工时使用。
