本期内容：

Thomas Cook has collapsed after last-minute negotiations aimed at saving the holiday firm failed. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the tour operator has "ceased trading with immediate effect". It has also triggered the biggest ever peacetime repatriation aimed at bringing more than 150,000 British holiday makers home. Peter Fankhauser, Thomas Cook's chief executive, said the firm's collapse was a "matter of profound regret".

collapse vi. （突然）倒塌，倒闭 n. 突然失败，倒闭
· 同义表达: go bankrupt/broke
last-minute: adj. 最后一分钟的（往往指某件事发生之前的最后一刻）
· last-minute review: 考试前说的临阵磨枪；最后时刻的复习
· last-minute decision: 最后时刻拍板的决定
be aimed at doing sth. 旨在做某事
· The talks are aimed at ending the war.
这些交谈是旨在结束战争。
tour operator: 旅行社
同义表达: holiday firm；travel agency
trigger vt. 引起，触发 n. 扳机
· The two air strikes triggered a global oil crisis.
这两起空袭引发了全球的石油危机。
ever: 放到最高级之后，表达的是“有史以来最……”
· This is my best ever grade.
这是我有史以来最好的成绩了。
repatriation n. 遣送回国，归国
profound adj. 深刻的，深邃的，巨大的
· profound meaning: 深刻的意义
· profound change: 巨大的改变
· profound mind: 深邃的思想

想了解更多信息，请关注:
新浪微博：教书匠小夏
微信公众号：教书匠小夏