短篇小说 | The Unkindest Blow
The season of strikes seemed to have run itself to a standstill. Almost every trade and industry and calling in which a dislocation could possibly be engineered had indulged in that luxury.
英语词根 | migr = remove, move （迁移）
migrant
英 [ˈmaɪɡrənt] 美 [ˈmaɪɡrənt]
（为工作）移居者、移民；候鸟、迁徙动物
女生叫 Iona 是什么意思？
"Iona"是一个英文名，源自盖尔语，意思是“纯净之岛”。这个名字通常被解释为象征着和平、纯洁和宁静。
词源趣谈 | blackmail 敲诈，勒索
blackmail 指的是恐吓勒索，比如除非得到封口费，否则就把对方的秘密公之与众。
短篇小说 | The Student
At first the weather was fine and still. The thrushes were calling, and in the swamps close by something alive droned pitifully with a sound like blowing into an empty bottle.
英语词根 | merg, mers = dip, sink （沉、没）
emergent
英 [iˈmɜːdʒənt] 美 [iˈmɜːrdʒənt]
新兴的、处于发展初期的
女生叫 Iolanthe 是什么意思？
"Iolanthe"这个名字源于希腊语，由两个部分组成："Io"意为"月亮"，"lanthano"意为"隐藏的"。
词源趣谈 | in someone’s black books; black sheep 失宠于某人；害群之马
You are in someone’s black books指你失去了某人对你的好感，并很可能受到惩罚。
短篇小说 | The Dreamer
The dream look was deeper than ever in his eyes. He had just sold two books of devotion to an elderly Canon.
英语词根 | memor = memory （中间）
memory
英 [ˈmeməri] 美 [ˈmeməri]
记忆力、记性；记忆所及的时期、回忆所及的范围；回忆、记忆；【正式用语】对死者的记忆；存储器、内存
女生叫 Iolana 是什么意思？
"Io"在希腊神话中是宙斯的情人之一，代表美丽和爱情。"Lana"在拉丁语中意为“羊毛”，象征温暖和柔软。
词源趣谈 | to the bitter end 拼死到底
to the bitter end 指直到最后，拼死到底，直到被打败。
