1、优点英语高考英语素材：2021年七月第2周新词（Weekly Newbee Words）一周全球新鲜和时髦生活方式都会产生新词。一起来看看这些新词讲述的新鲜事和时髦生活方式吧！1sew bro：缝纫兄弟2royalite：新派皇族3geriatric millennial：老派千禧一代4flightseeing：飞行观光5megamoon：超级亲友团蜜月 6biometric border：生物识别边境sew bro：缝纫兄弟UK /s.br/ US /so.bro/a young, fashionable man who enjoys sewing and making his own cl
2、othes年轻时尚的男人，愿意自己裁剪和制作衣裳。例句：Meanwhile, Google searches for “sewing machines” had increased four-fold in the US. But while the stereotypical sewer has often been an older woman, this has been turned on its head completely: young men, who are now officially known as “sew bros”, are taking hold.来源：i-,
3、6 May 2021royalite：新派皇族/r.l.at/a junior member of a royal family whose lifestyle is seen as more relaxed than that of the monarch and other senior royals皇室里的年轻成员，生活方式比皇室里的年长一辈过得更为放松一些，不老套和古板。例句：For every working royal, though, theres a royal-slash-socialite, or “royalite”: a minor member of the fami
4、ly treading the fine line between private citizen and representative of Her Majesty. “They will be expected to uphold the values of the Crown and not let the side down,” says Victoria Arbiter, CNNs royal commentator Meanwhile, over in Europe, royalites are somewhat less constrained by the concept of
5、 duty the greater the distance to the top job, the more room there is to play.来源：thetimes.co.uk, 9 May 2021geriatric millennial：老派千禧一代/der.it.rk.mlen.i.l/someone born between the years 1980 and 1985出生在1980年至1985年之间的人。例句：The first time I heard “geriatric millennial” I thought it was an oxymoron. Sarc
6、astic, even. But as I thought more deeply about it, I realized how perfectly it describes so many of us. Geriatric millennials are a special micro-generation born in the early 1980s that are comfortable with both analog and digital forms of communication. They were the first generation to grow up wi
7、th technology like a PC in their homes.来源：, 22 April 2021flightseeing：飞行观光/flatsi./the activity of seeing interesting places from an aircraft以乘坐飞机等飞行器，在空中赏某个景区的景观。例句：Forget sightseeing. Who wants tedious queues to tick off must-see sights when you can rise above it all and go flightseeing instead? Y
8、ep, flightseeing essentially sightseeing by air which makes it infinitely more appealing, particularly in Vancouver, a city made to be seen from above.来源：The Times, 19 August 2017megamoon：超级亲友团蜜月 /me.g.mun/a honeymoon on which the married couples friends are also invited新婚夫妇与双方好友组团度蜜月。例句：When they s
9、ent the invite through it was pretty bananas. It said how much it would cost, where it would be and that theyd love us to come on their honeymoon with them. I didnt have a megamoon, but now Im thinking, why not? I loved bringing groups together before the big day, so I wish Id extended that to after
10、wards.来源：Grazia, 22 August 2017biometric border：生物识别边境UK /ba.met.rk b.d/US /ba.omet.rk br.d/the place in an airport where someones identity is checked using image recognition technology在机场里，通过图像识别技术检查出入境人员的身份的地方。例句：It is a tedious indignity of modern air travel but the bleary-eyed wait at passport c
11、ontrol could soon become a thing of the past. A British company has been commissioned by one of the worlds busiest airports to develop a “biometric border” that recognises faces automatically in anticipation of a future without queues. Passengers at Dubai airport would have their faces scanned using lasers as they walked through a tunnel. Those recognised and approved for entry could collect their baggage without the need to wait at passport control.来源：The Times, 14 June 2017
