第九十二讲

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    Text Study
    Para. 2 Like all the other animals, farmed animals have the ability to experience pleasure and pain. Unfortunately, farmed animals endure tremendous amount of pain and suffering for unnecessary human use and consumption.

    experience
    1. n 不可数名词 work experience; 经验；实践 Experience is knowledge or skill in a particular job or activity, which you have gained because you have done that job or activity for a long time.
    He has also had managerial experience on every level. 他还有各个层级的管理经验。

    experience
    2. n 不可数名词 （组成个人生活或形成个性的）经历，阅历 Experience is used to refer to the past events, knowledge, and feelings that make up someone's life or character.
    I should not be in any danger here, but experience has taught me caution. 我在这里应该不会有任何危险，但是经验告诉我要小心。 。

    experience
    3. verb. 经历 If you experience a particular situation, you are in that situation or it happens to you.
    We had never experienced this kind of holiday before and had no idea what to expect... 我们以前从未有过这样的假期，不知道会怎么样。
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    experience
    4. verb. 感受;体验 If you experience a feeling, you feel it or are affected by it.
    Widows seem to experience more distress than do widowers. 寡妇似乎比鳏夫更痛苦。

    unfortunately
    adv. 不幸的是；遗憾的是；令人失望的是 You can use unfortunately to introduce or refer to a statement when you consider that it is sad or disappointing, or when you want to express regret.
    Unfortunately for the Prince, his title brought obligations as well as     privileges... 可惜对于王子来说，封号赋予他特权的同时也给他带来了义务。

    unfortunate
    1.不幸的；倒霉的 If you describe someone as unfortunate, you mean that something unpleasant or unlucky has happened to them. You can also describe the unpleasant things that happen to them as unfortunate.
    Apparently he had been unfortunate enough to fall victim to a gang of thugs... 他显然不幸落入了一群歹徒之手。

    unfortunate
    2.不恰当的；尴尬的；棘手的 If you describe something that has happened as unfortunate, you think that it is inappropriate, embarrassing, awkward, or undesirable..
    ...the unfortunate incident of the upside-down Canadian flag...
    加拿大国旗挂颠倒这种尴尬事儿

    endure
    1. VERB 忍耐;忍受 If you endure a painful or difficult situation, you experience it and do not avoid it or give up, usually because you cannot
    The company endured heavy financial losses. 那家公司遭受了严重亏损。

    endure
    2. VERB 持续;持久 If something endures, it continues to exist without any loss in quality or importance.
    Somehow the language endures and continues to survive. 那种语言以某种方式保存下来，并继续存在下去。

    endurance
    n.不可数名词 耐力;忍耐力 Endurance is the ability to continue with an unpleasant or difficult situation, experience, or activity over a long period of time.
    The exercise obviously will improve strength and endurance. 这种锻炼会明显改善体力，增加耐力。
    the power to withstand hardship or stress
    the marathon tests a runner's endurance
    tremendous
    1.adj. 巨大的;极大的;大量的 You use tremendous to emphasize how strong a feeling or quality is, or how large an amount is. .
    That's a tremendous amount of information. 那是海量的信息。
    The business is tremendously profitable. 这笔生意利润巨大。

    tremendous
    2. adj. 精彩的;出色的;极好的 You can describe someone or something as tremendous when you think they are very good or very impressive, extraordinarily good; used especially     as intensifiers;
    He was a tremendous person. 他是个非常了不起的人。
    I thought it was absolutely tremendous. 我认为它精彩极了。

    suffering
    n. 不可数名词 (肉体或内心的)痛苦，苦难，折磨 Suffering is serious pain which someone feels in their body or their mind.
    They began to recover slowly from their nightmare of pain and suffering. 他们开始从痛苦的梦魇中慢慢恢复过来。
    v. 受苦(suffer的现在分词)；蒙受
    Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life? 你生活中的压力太大吗？

    Translation
    Para. 2 所有动物一样，农场动物同样有感受快乐和痛苦的能力。不幸的是，农场动物为人类不必要的使用和消费承受着巨大的痛苦和受难。