外刊新闻阅读学单词短语-突破高考英语高分写作（优生必备）：The future of the EU

1#原文句子# But for the past few weeks they have been huddling, scheming and debating how to give their floundering European Union a freshlease of life. 试译：但是在过去的几周内，他们已经开始聚集起来，策划和讨论如何让挣扎的欧盟重获新生。 #扫清生词# huddle v. （人）聚集 scheme v. 策划，密谋 floundering adj. 挣扎的 lease n. 延续的使用寿命，重获的健康 #写作表达# 如何写“重获新生” ★★★ enjoy/has a new/fresh lease of life …重获新生 ★★★ give/lend sth. a new/fresh lease of life 让…重获新生 e.g. 1 The couple, from High Heaton in Newcastle, are now enjoying a new lease of life, filled with activities they can share with their children and four grandchildren. (Coupleshed staggering 24 STONE between them after binning fast food for a healthy diet – Mirror) e.g.2 I’ve come to Ryde to meet the first of two brand new hovercraft, which their owners hope will lend amphibious travel a new lease of life. (Back to the future — amphibioustravel gets a fresh lease of life - Financial Times.com) 2#原文句子# “Citizens will only accept the EU if it makes it possible for them to prosper,” said Angela Merkel, G