Day 8:
* issue a laugh 在字典里沒有查到固定的用法鲤氢。
* conventional untility 這里utility公共事業(yè)
public/privatized utility
untility a.? e.g. an all-round utility player
* New vocabularies:
terbine 渦輪機
photovoltaic 光伏特的
biogas 沼氣
grid （輸電羊始，輸天然氣的）管道網(wǎng)絡
anathema 可憎的事物
subsidy 補貼金
fossil 化石
pricey expensive
rebate 退還款挡爵，折扣 a tax rebate 退稅
shale-gas 頁巖氣
indebted 感激的（be ~ to）晦譬；負債的
intermittent 斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的想虎，間歇的
doldrum 赤道無風帶
diesel 柴油
think-tank 智庫
incipient 最初的翩隧，早期的
dromedary 單峰駝
precipitous 陡峭的 precipitous cliff 驟然的 a precipitous decline
lucrative 賺大錢的堡掏，獲利多的
upheaval 動蕩
* again,名作動。之前有house, cloud, harbour吕座，這次是blanket.
e.g. Snow soon blanketed the frozen ground.
* handsomely 慷慨地
e.g. Their bravery was handsomely rewarded.
* pocket 這邊又是一個名作動虐译。pocket其他用法很多，但是都很好理解吴趴，是慣常的表達漆诽，所以僅在此列出比較特別的。
pocket n. = money
e.g. We have holidays to suit every pocket.
The foundation is reputed to have deep pockets.
小團體锣枝，范圍
e.g. There are still a few isolated pockets of resistance to the new regime. （這個句子的句式也很有趣厢拭，跟a furiously motivated student by the power of knowledge有異曲同工之妙）
be in sb's pocket 在某人的掌控之中
live/be in each other's pockets 形影不離
have sb in your pocket 駕馭（尤指通過恐嚇賄賂等手段）
have sth in your pocket 勝券在握
in/out of pocket 得到/損失錢財
e.g. That one mistake left them thousands of pounds out of pocket.
pocket sth 揩油；賺錢
e.g. He regularly charges passengers more than the normal fare and pockets the difference.
* incumbent
n. 現(xiàn)任者 the president incumbent
a. 現(xiàn)任的 the incumbent president
a. 有責任的撇叁，必須履行 incumbent on/upon sb
e.g. It was incumbent on them to attend.
* But Wildpoldsried is still very much the exception, not the rule. 表示只占少數(shù)供鸠，而非主流的一種寫法。挺有趣的陨闹。關于except/exception這個詞常常能寫出一些絕妙的句子楞捂。
之前在house exterior里面有一個：The Circular Pavilion is anything but round, with the exception of its nearly 180 doorknobs.
* account for的幾種意思，再強調(diào)一下趋厉。
A number of factors account for the differences between the two scores. 解釋寨闹，說明
account for 30% of our imports 占...比重
The president and the president alone will account for his government's reforms. 對（行動，政策等負責）
后面這兩個都沒有接觸過君账。
把...列入預算 The really heavy redundancy costs have been accounted for.
殺死繁堡，消滅，打敗 In the final they accounted for Brentford by three goals to two.
* to date=by now=as yet
* robust 也有很多用法乡数。老規(guī)矩椭蹄，常見義不說。說一些沒見過的
結實的瞳脓，耐用的 a robust piece of machine
(體制或機構) 強勁的塑娇，富有活力的 robust economic growth
堅定的，信心十足的= vigorous?
e.g. It was a typical robust performance by the Foreign Secretary.
還可以指味道強烈 a robust cheese
堅固的 a robust chair
做adv.時劫侧，又有兩個意思。
一個是堅固地哨啃，不提烧栋。
還有一個堅定地。 They defended their policy robustly.
注意一下原文的表達拳球，robust prices也很棒审姓。
* perennial 長久的，持續(xù)的祝峻，反復出現(xiàn)的
the perennial problem of water shortage
a perennially popular subject
* hope springs eternal 永恒的希望之泉...即人生永遠充滿希望魔吐。怪不得這句看了半天都不懂它的語法扎筒。搞了半天是個專有名詞。
e.g. I don't think I'll get the job, but hope springs eternal.
* affix: -wide 遍及...的酬姆，有關...全體的
economy-wide 全體經(jīng)濟的
* glut 供應過剩 a world oil glut
除此之外嗜桌，還可以做動詞。表示充斥辞色，使供應過剩骨宠。通常還是經(jīng)濟學領域的表達。
e.g. The region is glutted with hospitals.
Soldiers returning from the war have glutted the job market.
* again相满，名作動层亿。這次是mask，應該蠻熟悉了立美。=disguise, veil
嗯...veil又是一個名作動
* stark 嗯一看到就想到House Stark
所以就解釋了why starks are called Stark. Because the place where they settle is so severe. 了無修飾的匿又，荒涼的，粗陋的 The house stood stark against the winter sky.
嚴酷的建蹄，赤裸裸的琳省，真實而無法回避的 a stark picture of the prison life/a stark choice殘酷的抉擇/stark reality
對比鮮明的 stark differences/in stark contrast to
完全的，十足的= utter 此時僅做定語 The children watched in stark terror.
We are starkly aware of the risks.
* 經(jīng)濟學類的詞匯還是要熟悉躲撰。像slump猛跌,collapse這樣的针贬。to apply instead of to recognise
* havoc 災害，禍患拢蛋，浩劫
Continuing strikes are beginning to play havoc with the national economy.
These insects can wreak havoc on crops.
* write off
注銷 write off Polish debts
認定...不重要桦他；忽視 He is fed up with people writing him off because of his age.
（發(fā)生碰撞后）車輛報廢 write off four cars
取消（計劃或項目） We decided to write off the rest of the day and go shopping.
* punch above your weight 以小搏大，超常發(fā)揮取勝
e.g. This player seems to be able to punch above his weight.
* 同樣谆棱，注意這種地道的語言表達快压，不要讓自己的表達顯得累贅。
PREFIX: de-
deregulate 解除管制
* at first blush=at first sight
* play champions and roles 似乎是一個固定用法垃瞧，搜索引擎查出來還是蠻多句子用的蔫劣，但是不知道確切意思。
* standby
put on standby
處于待命狀態(tài) e.g. The emergency servuces were put on standby soon after the bomb warning.
候補座位 e.g. He was put on standby for the flight to New York.
* capacity payment 容量費
* insulate 這個背了好多遍了吧个从，老是跟insinuate搞混脉幢。
使隔離，使絕緣嗦锐。 Home owners are encouraged to insulate their homes to save energy.
使免除（不愉快的經(jīng)歷）嫌松；使免受（不良影響）；隔離=shield e.g. The royal family try to insulate him fro the prying eyes of the media.
* generator除了有發(fā)電機的意思奕污，還可以表示電力公司萎羔。
* depress 好像至今為止對depress所有的印象都集中在depressed, depression。但是其他用法一直沒怎么注意碳默。經(jīng)濟學類的文章里面出鏡率還是很高的
使蕭條贾陷，使不景氣 The recession has depressed the housing market.
降低（價格）缘眶，減少（工資） depress wages/prices
按，壓髓废，推下（尤指機器部件）depress the clutch pedal 踩離合器踏板
* penetration 也是一個停留在recognisation層面而不會apply的詞語巷懈。
prevent water penetration
the company's successful penetration of overseas markets
* portfolio 常見義文件夾，不談瓦哎。
求職時用以證明資歷的整套照片砸喻，作品 You'll need to prepare a portfolio of you work.
投資組合，有價證券組合 an investment/share portfolio 投資/股份組合
部長或大臣的職責蒋譬，職務 the defence portfolio
portfolio of products 產(chǎn)品組合
a minister without portfolio （a politician who is given the rank without being given the responsibility for any other particular areas of politic activities）
* shy away from 畏避割岛，回避
e.g. The newspapers have shied away from investigating the story.
* peg 常見義不談。
使工資犯助、價格固定在某水平 Pay increases will be pegged at 5%.
使工資癣漆、價格與...掛鉤 Loan repayments are pegged to your income.
* buck 抵制，反抗
buck the trend of recession
buck the system 反抗現(xiàn)存體制
* 幾個比較生動的詞組/詞匯總結：
dry up e.g. thr private investment will dry up
they also eat into demand
it eats its own tail
double/triple
feed e.g. feed surplus power from PVS into the grid
slash prices to win 這個很生動啊剂买，像砍價一樣
doom e.g. doom the traditional utility
* death spiral 死亡漩渦
* take account of 考慮到
* package deal 一攬子交易
* bolster
bolster sb's confidence/courage/morale
bolster sth up e.g. bolster up the economy
* liken sth to sth 把...比作
* scream blue murder 不停叫嚷惠爽，鳴不平
* structure around marginal costs 邊際成本是（利潤）結構的核心
Day 9:
Day 10:
I have to say it's a pretty unintelligible article which on Day One I strived to finish the vocabulary but failed against my wish. The overwhelming jargons should be able to explain it on one side while the economic analysis on the other.
Very much frustrated.
Still the learning goes on.
The additional reading looks like a much clearer and easier syllabus of the intensive reading.
The principle problem should be that renewable energies are dragging the prices of all sources down thus posing a dilemma.
What baffles people is that all the solutions we've come out serve a long-term process instead of breaking the chain of this short-term plight.
Some jargons:
generator
subsidy
decarbonise
grid
rebate
glut
shale-gas
megawatt/gigawatt
indebted
marginal cost
deregulate
hydroelectric plant
storage capacity
diesel generator
fixed-price contract
portfolio
fluctuation
deployment
package deal
penetration
Very possibly I'll never forget these words hhh
These days have been such an ordeal~~~
Day 11:
The two articles can distil down to that the kernel should be an outdated energy market system which fails to cope with the penetration of renewables. We may not depict the renewable energy as a disruptive one, at least from my perspective, as the progress cannot and should not be reversed.
But how to deter the trend where renewables constantly drag the prices thus depressing the whole market?
The intermittency of renewables determines how future energy infrastructure should be designed: a smart grid, an integration of fossil fuel electricity and renewables. But let's pull back from that point for that we're trapped in a short-term economic plight instead of a long-term?technological one for now.
Therefore due to the said problem within the system itself, it is the government that should rack the brain to struggle for a solution. It has been so long a time since the electricity market was deregulated. Now the government should regain its power and make real reforms.
First subsidies for renewables should be curtailed step by step as we can't afford another plunge in prices. Second to resurrect the electricity market a relatively high fixed-price contract should be provided as a way to ensure profits, hence the incentive of investments.
In justification of emission control, customers who prefer a supply of renewables should be rewarded, yet with subsidies but rebates in bills. Bills should be structured with both renewables and fossil fuels as a guaranteed service in case of a blackout. Customers are free to choose the respective proportion of those two energy sources reflecting their demands for guarantees. Theoretically, renewables will be the fundamental while fossil fuels switch into a scarcity.
