读外刊学英语：Credit where it’s due
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pull the plug拔掉塞子pull the plug on the project中止某工程
put in a plug for为…做宣传sparking plug火花塞
plug away at(v.+adv.+prep.)拼命地学study intensively
plug up (v.+adv.)堵塞enclose with a plug
coffer
N-COUNT贵重物品箱;保险箱A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
N-PLURAL财源;金库;资金The coffers of an organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place.
oped a grand ambition. Letting the poor borrowand invest, they argued, wouldunleashtheir innerentrepreneurand allow them to earn theirway out of poverty.
There is a vast difference between them.他们两人之间有着天壤之别。
The Pacific Ocean is a vast expanse of water.太平洋是一片浩瀚的水域。
meageradj.少量且劣质的small in quantity and poor in quality同义词：paltry
[C]塞子,栓piece of rubber, metal, etc. used to block a hole
vt. & vi.插上插头push into an electric socket to connect the electricity supply with a plug
vt.以(塞子)塞住block with a plug
vt. & vi.裁制cut out and sew clothing; make (clothes)
vt. & vi.调整adapt; adjust
In the 1990s and 2000smicrocreditwasoneof the next big thingsin development finance.In 2006 Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank and itsfounder, Muhammad Yunus, won the Nobelpeace prize. The industry’s champions devel-
在发展中国家，大量的人失业或收入下降。许多人被迫卖掉他们微薄的财物来支付食物。理想状态是政府的救济金可以填补财政缺口。但实际情况是许多国家的国库空虚。人们通常太穷，有信用风险，或者住得太远，无法从银行获得帮助。而针对针对这些群体的小额信贷（Micro Credit）是解决问题的一种方式。可是，该行业却未能通过其最大的考验之一。
Credit where it’s due应得的信贷
来源：8月19日经济学人
Lending to the poor will not end poverty, but it is moreessentialthan ever
贷款给穷并不能消除贫困，但它比以往任何时候都更加重要。
Across the developing worldvastnumbers ofpeople havelost their jobs or seen their incomes fall. Many are beingforced to sell theirmeagrebelongingsto pay for food. Ideallystatehandoutswouldplug the gapin their finances,but in manycountries the publiccoffers are empty. Often people are too poora credit risk, or live too remotely, to get help from banks. Micro-credit, a form oflendingtailoredto them, should be part of theanswer, but the industry isflunkingone of its biggest tests.
Vast：adj.辽阔的；巨大的；庞大的；大量的extremely large in area, size, amount, etc.
a vast area of forest莽莽苍苍的森林a vast crowd一大群人
a vast amount of information大量信息
At dusk bats appearin vast numbers.蝙蝠于傍晚时分大批出现。
The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government...彩票收入用于发展体育和娱乐产业，同时还用来充实国库。
tailor:
n[C]裁缝a person who makes clothes, especially outer garments for men such as coats and suits
She packed her few belongings in a bag and left.她把她的几件东西装进包里便离开了。
handout:
1 N-COUNT救济金;救济物;施舍物A handout is a gift of money, clothing, or food, which is given free to poor people.
he club dispenses alms to the needy every week All you want is handouts.
俱乐部每周向穷人发救济品。你所需的一切就是救济品。
plug:
n. (名词) [C]插头,插座device for making an electrical connection
3 N-COUNT传单;宣传材料A handout is a document which contains news or information about something and which is given, for example, to journalists or members of the public.
4 N-COUNT（发给听众的）讲义，提纲A handout is a paper containing a summary of information or topics which will be dealt with in a lecture or talk.
If you have handouts, do not read straight from them.如果你准备了讲义，不要完全照着读。
在20世纪90年代和21世纪，小额信贷是发展融资的第二大事。2006年，孟加拉国的格拉明银行及其创始人穆罕默德·尤努斯获得诺贝尔和平奖。该行业的龙头企业雄心勃勃。他们认为，让穷人借钱和投资，将释放他们内在的创业精神，让他们通过赚钱摆脱贫困。
It's almost impossible to find him in the immense ocean.
在无边无际的海洋中要找到他几乎是不可能的。
vastadj.巨大的，广阔的，浩瀚的〔辨析〕多指空间、面积、范围巨大的。
The vast plain stretches for 800 miles.那片辽阔的平原绵延800英里。
He has gained colossal profit from the business.他从生意中获取了巨额利润。
enormousadj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕指尺寸或数量巨大的。
She has bought an enormous house.她买了一幢大房子。
He saved up an enormous amount of money for his daughter.他为女儿存了一大笔钱。
The road was blocked by a huge rock.道路被一块巨石堵住了。
The play was a huge success.该剧获得巨大成功。
colossal adj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕通常指体积或总量极大的。
It looked like a colossal statue.它看上去像一个巨大的雕像。
Soldiers oversee the food handouts...士兵们看管着救济食品。
2 N-COUNT白给的钱;不劳而获的钱If you call money that is given to someone a handout, you disapprove of it because you believe that the person who receives it has done nothing to earn or deserve it.
The vast majority of the eggs would be cracked.绝大部分鸡蛋都会被打碎。
同义词辨析huge colossal enormous giant gigantic immense vast【巨大的】
hugeadj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕含义很广，指体积、数量、程度方面极大的，但通常不用于重量。
giantadj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕只作定语，指比其他同类事物大的。
They found a giant tortoise.他们发现了一只巨龟。
That's a giant step for us to take.这就是我们要跨出的一大步。
He is a manager of a giant electronics company.他是一家特大型电子产品公司的经理。giganticadj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕指规格、数量或程度巨大的，含超出常规或预想之意。
She put the electric plug into the socket.她将电插头插到了插座里。
The girl asked her mother to plug in the TV set.女孩叫母亲插上电视机的插头。
insert the plug in the socket把插头插到插座内pull out the plug拔出插头
She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.
她靠夜间做清洁工来补充其微薄的收入。
belongings[bɪˈlɒŋɪŋz][pl.]动产；财物the things that you own which can be moved, for example not land or buildings同义词：possessions
This is the most gigantic pizza I've ever seen.这是我见过的最大比萨饼了。
Those jewels are so gigantic a hundred men could not carry them.
那些大块的宝石一百个人都搬不动。
The gigantic task of reconstruction awaits them.重建的艰巨任务等着他们去完成。immenseadj.巨大的，广大的，无限的〔辨析〕指体积、数量或程度等超过一般标准的。〔例证〕
put in a plug for为…做宣传sparking plug火花塞
plug away at(v.+adv.+prep.)拼命地学study intensively
plug up (v.+adv.)堵塞enclose with a plug
coffer
N-COUNT贵重物品箱;保险箱A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
N-PLURAL财源;金库;资金The coffers of an organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place.
oped a grand ambition. Letting the poor borrowand invest, they argued, wouldunleashtheir innerentrepreneurand allow them to earn theirway out of poverty.
There is a vast difference between them.他们两人之间有着天壤之别。
The Pacific Ocean is a vast expanse of water.太平洋是一片浩瀚的水域。
meageradj.少量且劣质的small in quantity and poor in quality同义词：paltry
[C]塞子,栓piece of rubber, metal, etc. used to block a hole
vt. & vi.插上插头push into an electric socket to connect the electricity supply with a plug
vt.以(塞子)塞住block with a plug
vt. & vi.裁制cut out and sew clothing; make (clothes)
vt. & vi.调整adapt; adjust
In the 1990s and 2000smicrocreditwasoneof the next big thingsin development finance.In 2006 Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank and itsfounder, Muhammad Yunus, won the Nobelpeace prize. The industry’s champions devel-
在发展中国家，大量的人失业或收入下降。许多人被迫卖掉他们微薄的财物来支付食物。理想状态是政府的救济金可以填补财政缺口。但实际情况是许多国家的国库空虚。人们通常太穷，有信用风险，或者住得太远，无法从银行获得帮助。而针对针对这些群体的小额信贷（Micro Credit）是解决问题的一种方式。可是，该行业却未能通过其最大的考验之一。
Credit where it’s due应得的信贷
来源：8月19日经济学人
Lending to the poor will not end poverty, but it is moreessentialthan ever
贷款给穷并不能消除贫困，但它比以往任何时候都更加重要。
Across the developing worldvastnumbers ofpeople havelost their jobs or seen their incomes fall. Many are beingforced to sell theirmeagrebelongingsto pay for food. Ideallystatehandoutswouldplug the gapin their finances,but in manycountries the publiccoffers are empty. Often people are too poora credit risk, or live too remotely, to get help from banks. Micro-credit, a form oflendingtailoredto them, should be part of theanswer, but the industry isflunkingone of its biggest tests.
Vast：adj.辽阔的；巨大的；庞大的；大量的extremely large in area, size, amount, etc.
a vast area of forest莽莽苍苍的森林a vast crowd一大群人
a vast amount of information大量信息
At dusk bats appearin vast numbers.蝙蝠于傍晚时分大批出现。
The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government...彩票收入用于发展体育和娱乐产业，同时还用来充实国库。
tailor:
n[C]裁缝a person who makes clothes, especially outer garments for men such as coats and suits
She packed her few belongings in a bag and left.她把她的几件东西装进包里便离开了。
handout:
1 N-COUNT救济金;救济物;施舍物A handout is a gift of money, clothing, or food, which is given free to poor people.
he club dispenses alms to the needy every week All you want is handouts.
俱乐部每周向穷人发救济品。你所需的一切就是救济品。
plug:
n. (名词) [C]插头,插座device for making an electrical connection
3 N-COUNT传单;宣传材料A handout is a document which contains news or information about something and which is given, for example, to journalists or members of the public.
4 N-COUNT（发给听众的）讲义，提纲A handout is a paper containing a summary of information or topics which will be dealt with in a lecture or talk.
If you have handouts, do not read straight from them.如果你准备了讲义，不要完全照着读。
在20世纪90年代和21世纪，小额信贷是发展融资的第二大事。2006年，孟加拉国的格拉明银行及其创始人穆罕默德·尤努斯获得诺贝尔和平奖。该行业的龙头企业雄心勃勃。他们认为，让穷人借钱和投资，将释放他们内在的创业精神，让他们通过赚钱摆脱贫困。
It's almost impossible to find him in the immense ocean.
在无边无际的海洋中要找到他几乎是不可能的。
vastadj.巨大的，广阔的，浩瀚的〔辨析〕多指空间、面积、范围巨大的。
The vast plain stretches for 800 miles.那片辽阔的平原绵延800英里。
He has gained colossal profit from the business.他从生意中获取了巨额利润。
enormousadj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕指尺寸或数量巨大的。
She has bought an enormous house.她买了一幢大房子。
He saved up an enormous amount of money for his daughter.他为女儿存了一大笔钱。
The road was blocked by a huge rock.道路被一块巨石堵住了。
The play was a huge success.该剧获得巨大成功。
colossal adj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕通常指体积或总量极大的。
It looked like a colossal statue.它看上去像一个巨大的雕像。
Soldiers oversee the food handouts...士兵们看管着救济食品。
2 N-COUNT白给的钱;不劳而获的钱If you call money that is given to someone a handout, you disapprove of it because you believe that the person who receives it has done nothing to earn or deserve it.
The vast majority of the eggs would be cracked.绝大部分鸡蛋都会被打碎。
同义词辨析huge colossal enormous giant gigantic immense vast【巨大的】
hugeadj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕含义很广，指体积、数量、程度方面极大的，但通常不用于重量。
giantadj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕只作定语，指比其他同类事物大的。
They found a giant tortoise.他们发现了一只巨龟。
That's a giant step for us to take.这就是我们要跨出的一大步。
He is a manager of a giant electronics company.他是一家特大型电子产品公司的经理。giganticadj.巨大的，庞大的〔辨析〕指规格、数量或程度巨大的，含超出常规或预想之意。
She put the electric plug into the socket.她将电插头插到了插座里。
The girl asked her mother to plug in the TV set.女孩叫母亲插上电视机的插头。
insert the plug in the socket把插头插到插座内pull out the plug拔出插头
She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.
她靠夜间做清洁工来补充其微薄的收入。
belongings[bɪˈlɒŋɪŋz][pl.]动产；财物the things that you own which can be moved, for example not land or buildings同义词：possessions
This is the most gigantic pizza I've ever seen.这是我见过的最大比萨饼了。
Those jewels are so gigantic a hundred men could not carry them.
那些大块的宝石一百个人都搬不动。
The gigantic task of reconstruction awaits them.重建的艰巨任务等着他们去完成。immenseadj.巨大的，广大的，无限的〔辨析〕指体积、数量或程度等超过一般标准的。〔例证〕