好吧，不得不说我真的好喜欢@小牛儿 的帖子#英语学习帮帮团#学习TED演讲团--热乎的团规出炉啦。

本来不打算参加任何团的，只是帮助各位团长监督一下大家。只不过这几个月都没有看TED了，需要捡回来了。不能总说没有时间做这个，没有时间做那个。不能给自己找理由。

因为事情太多，不给自己做太多计划。每周至少一个。能坚持下去才最重要。

其实自己的词汇量也不是很多。我也不知道一般大概是多少。尤其我今年可能打算去考个雅思测试一下。给自己加油了。不去挑战一下，怎么知道自己到底行不行？

This is my very first one after joing you guys. 

I was watching one TED talks actually yesterday, which was published on Dec 2015. 

1）  Refugees have the right to be protected

During 2015, almost one million refugees and migrants arrived in Europe from many different countries.

Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bangladesh (孟加拉国), and Eritrea (厄立特里亚,东非的一个国家).

One million refugees, EU population = 550 million.

refugees spiked so fast in last six months. 

       spike: a sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration of sth  飙升

this huge increase was triggered…..   

       triggered: cause (an event or situation) 触发，引起

the living conditions have been deteriorating

       deteriorate: verb, become progressively worse

87% of the Syrians in Jordan and 93% of the Syrians in Lebanon live below the national poverty lines. 

Only half of the children go to school. He thought the reason why triggered the refugees’ problem is : The World Food Programme was forced, for lack of resources, to cut by 30% food support to the Syrian refugees. “The world is abandoning us. "

devil’s advocate (a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular causes or policy)

Ethiopia has received more than 600000 refugees. They have a policy, called “people to people”. 

misinterpret: misunderstand  误解 

Lebanon and Jordan are middle-income countries, which are pillars of stability in the region. 

         pillar: a person or thing regarded as reliably providing essential support for something

bilateral cooperation is essential    (bilateral: having or relating two sides, affecting both sides: involving two parties, especially countries)

multilateral cooperation: 

         multilateral: agreed upon or participated in by three or more parties, especially the governments of  different countries. 

in protracted situations 

         protract: prolong  

It will pave the way for….

         pave the way for: create the circumstances to enable to happen or be done  

penetrating:  able to make a way through or into something  穿透的 

crusaders:   a fighter in the medieval Crusades 

feeling marginalized: treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant  使边缘化

impunity and unpredictability tend to prevail   

           prevail: prove more powerful of superior

           impunity: exception from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences

2） Laura Boushnak: For these women, reading is a daring act