一、生詞
disrupt
to prevent something from
continuing in its usual way by causing problems打斷，中斷，擾亂
backup
■(someone or something that provides) support or help, or something that you have arranged in case your main plans, equipment, etc. go wrong支持，支援；候補物，替代物，備用物
?We're going to need some professional backup for this project.要完成這個企劃，我們需要一些專業(yè)人員的支援。
?The party is going to be outdoors, so we'll need to organize somewhere as a backup in case it rains.晚會將會露天舉行，所以我們需要安排一個備用的地方，以防下雨。
?Remember, your colleagues are your backup system when things go wrong.記住，一旦出了差錯，你的同事就是你的后備。
?make a backup of all the records 備份記錄
surplus
ADVANCED
■(an amount which is) more than is needed剩余（的），多余（的）；過剩（的）
?The world is now producing large food surpluses.世界上目前生產(chǎn)的食品大大過剩。
?UK The store is selling off stock that is surplus to requirements(= more than they need to have).這家商店正在拋售多余的存貨。
■the amount of money you have left when you sell more than you buy, or spend less than you have資金余額，資金盈余
?a budget/trade surplus預算結(jié)余／貿(mào)易順差
?Fortunately the school's bank account is currently in surplus.幸好目前學校的銀行帳戶里還有結(jié)余。
anathema to
■something that is completely the opposite of what you believe in
His political views were anathema to me.
incumbent
■officially having the named position現(xiàn)任的；在職的
?The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.現(xiàn)任總統(tǒng)面臨著他上任前很多年就已開始出現(xiàn)的種種問題。
be incumbent on/upon sb
■to be necessary for someone（某人）義不容辭；（某人）必須履行
?She felt it incumbent upon/on her to raise the subject at their meeting.她感到她有義務在他們的會議上提出這個問題。
■the person who has or had a particular official position現(xiàn)任者，在職者
?the first/last/previous incumbent第一任／上一任／前任
perennial
■lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time長期存在的；常年的；不斷發(fā)生的；反覆的
?The film 'White Christmas' is a perennial favourite.《白色圣誕》是一部經(jīng)久不衰、深受歡迎的影片。
?We face the perennial problem of not having enough money.我們長期面臨資金不足的問題。
Compare annual （每年的）; biennial(兩年的)
TO DATE
到目前為止
produce gluts
生產(chǎn)過剩
stark
. very plain in appearance, with little or no colour or decoration:赤裸的；簡單的；明顯的；（尤指）毫無修飾的，粗陋的；
In the cold dawn light, the castle looked stark and forbidding.
the stark beauty of New Mexico
2. unpleasantly clear and impossible to avoid嚴重的；極端的
SYNharsh:
The movie shows the stark realities of life in the ghetto.
The extreme poverty of the local people is in stark contrast to 鮮明對比 the wealth of the tourists.
We are faced with a stark choice.
wholesale
wholesale prices批發(fā)價
?awholesale supplier/business批發(fā)供應商／業(yè)務
?We only sell wholesale, not to the public.我們只批發(fā)，不零售。
完全的oftendisapproving
■(especially of something bad or too extreme) complete or affecting a lot of things, people, places, etc（尤指壞事或過于極端的事）完全的（地），大規(guī)模的（地）
?wholesale changes全面變革
?wholesale destruction徹底毀滅
slump
■(of prices, values or sales) to fall suddenly（價格、價值或銷售額）猛跌，突然下降
?The value of property has slumped.房產(chǎn)價值突然下跌。
?Car sales have slumped dramatically over the past year.過去一年汽車的銷售額大幅下降。
punch above one's weight
■To acheive or perform at a higher level than it would be expected based on one's preparation, attributes, rank, or past accomplishments.
?In an industry structured around marginal costs, renewables have a disruptive punch above their weight.
intermittent
■not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with periods in between間歇的，斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的
?intermittent rain陣雨
?an intermittent noise時斷時續(xù)的噪音
?Although she made intermittent movie appearances, she was essentially a stage actress.她雖然斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地在電影中露面，但基本上還是一個舞臺演員。
二、話題相關詞匯
megawatt-hour 兆瓦每小時
think-tank 智囊團
marginal cost 邊際成本
turbine 渦輪，渦輪機
barn 倉房 牲口棚
cowshed 牛棚
photovoltaic solar panel ?光伏面板
biogas 沼氣
subsidy 津貼，補助金，補貼
fossil-fuel era 化石燃料時代
shale-gas 頁巖氣
三、sentences
1.But Wildpoldsried is still very much the exception, not the rule.這個地方是個特例，不是常規(guī)。
2.The result had been havoc for the old-style utilities.
四、 思維導圖
五、讀書筆記
在精讀班才開始體會到精讀的真正涵義。我是個商科生，這篇文章分析新能源發(fā)電的角度給我的啟發(fā)很大，也讓我忍不住去想，要如何改進商業(yè)模式，去改善這種困境呢？聽安妮的講解也學到了很多表達，領略到了經(jīng)濟學人的邏輯性和精美表達，同樣的意思用不同的詞會有完全不同的效果。補充閱讀還沒有看，迫不及待想去看了。
最后，還是希望自己可以好好堅持下來。持續(xù)的點滴付出最難也最有效。
