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重点单词
1.routines
n. 常规，惯例（routine的复数）；日常生活；日常活动
We all have routines and rituals that help us get into the right state for writing.
我们都有帮助自己进入正常写作状态的套路和方法。
2.horny
adj. 角的；角状的；淫荡的
Not only from the government, but from their own employees that could be bribed, blackmailed, making some money on the side or are just plain horny.
并不仅仅来自政府，也来自他们自己的员工，如果他们的员工被贿赂、被敲诈、赚取外快或只是plain horny的话。
3. commercial
adj. 商业的；营利的；靠广告收入的
n. 商业广告
This newspaper circulates mostly in the commercial districts.
这份报纸大部分在商业区内销售。
重点短语
1.get dressed
穿好衣服，穿上衣服
I used to get dressed quickly every morning.
每天早晨我总是很快就穿好衣服。
1.be about to
即将；刚要；正打算
We may or may not be about to face our own lost decade, but the sheer misery millions of Americans will face in the near future probably exceeds anything that happened in Japan during the 90s.
我们或许在接近我们“失败的十年”，或许没有，但是数百万美国人即将面对的痛苦也许超过了日本90年代发生的任何事情。
考考你（翻译）
1.我们不得不迅速穿好衣服......我们真的想要快点逃离这个摇摇欲坠的不稳定地带。
2.在中国工作的外国劳动力的使用成本可能即将上升，但是看上去好像外籍人士自己却几乎不会从中受益。
3.这家商业银行愿意把钱贷给这些客户。
答案下期公布
上期答案
1.1.He's too proud to be seen in public with his poorly-dressed mother. be proud to do sth.
2.Why compete with the Chinese on that level (of corruption)?
3.We are in an international market - we have to compete with universities in the US, Australia, China and Brazil.
