其实英语考研有一点和政治考研有些相似，那就是考题多少都与当年热点时事有密切关系，比如说考研英语阅读题源大多都是来自经济学人等报刊杂志，所以希望大家在平时复习中，关于热点时事的词汇需要我们多累计，下面和大家一起来分享一些时事新闻热词。
　　来电显示 caller ID
　　蜡雕 wax carving; wax sculpture
　　拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth
　　拉关系 try to curry favor with
　　垃圾融资 junk financing
　　垃圾邮件 junk e-mail
　　垃圾邮件 junk email; spam
　　垃圾债券 junk bond
　　垃圾综合处理 integrated garbage treatment
　　拉锯战 seesaw battle
　　啦啦队 cheering squad
　　啦啦队长 "cheer-leader, rooter king"
　　拉力赛 endurance race
　　拉练 undergo field training by marching and camping
　　拉链工程 zipper project
　　拉尼娜现象 La Nina phenomenon
　　蜡染 batik; wax printing
　　蜡像馆 wax work museum
　　拉选票 seek a vote
　　来电 fall in love with someone
　　来电显示电话机 caller ID telephone
　　来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing
　　来料、来样、来件加工产品 process products with materials supplied by clients
　　垃圾分类收集 separate waste collection
　　蓝筹股 blue chips
　　滥发文凭 issue diplomas recklessly
　　滥发纸币 excessive issue of bank notes; excessive note issue
　　蓝光光盘 Blue-ray Disc
　　蓝盔人员 blue helmet personnel
　　蓝领工人 Blue-collar worker
　　烂摊子 awful mess
　　蓝牙技术 bluetooth
　　滥用权力 abuse of power
　　滥用职权 abuse one's power;misuse one's authority
　　浪子回头 return to the fold; turn over a new leaf; return of the prodigal son
　　劳保医疗制度 labor medicare system
　　“老大难” 问题 long-standing problem; big and difficult problem; lasting, complex and hard-to-solve problem
　　劳动服务公司 labor service company;service company
　　劳动定额 labor quota
　　劳动合同制 labor contract system
　　劳动教养 education through labor; rehabilitation through labor; indoctrination through labor
　　劳动力产权 labor property rights
　　劳动力的流动性 fluidity of labor
　　劳动力过剩 labor surplus;manpower surplus
　　劳动力资源配置 allocation of labor resources
　　劳动密集型 labor-intensive
　　劳动密集型产业 labor-intensive industry
　　劳动模范 model worker
　　劳动预备制度 vocational training system
　　劳动者素质 quality of the workforce
　　劳动争议 labor dispute
　　劳改农场 reforming farm; reform-through-labor farm
　　老化效应 aging effect
　　老黄牛 a person who serves the people whole-heartedly; an honest and industrious worker
　　老龄委 senior citizens' work committee
　　老年保险制度 endowment insurance
　　老三届 junior and senior high school graduates of 1966~1968; school leavers of 1966~1968
　　老少边穷地区 "former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas "
　　老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché
　　劳务费 service charge; service fee
　　劳务市场 labor market
　　劳务输出 export of labor services
　　老爷式的态度 bureaucratic attitude
　　老一套 old practice; the same old stuff; the same old story; the beaten track
　　老油条 wily old bird; old slicker
　　老中青三结合 combination of the old, the middle-aged and the young in the leadership
　　劳资 labor and capital
　　老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise; time-honoured brand
　　劳资纠纷 trouble between labor and management
　　老子天下第一 regard oneself as the No.1 authority in the world
　　老年学校 school for the aged
　　劳保 labor insurance
　　克隆 clone
　　雷达覆盖区 radar coverage
　　雷达跟踪 radar tracking
　　累犯 recidivist; incurable criminal
　　勒紧裤带 tighten one's belt
　　累进税率 progressive tax rate
　　冷板凳 cold stool; an indifferent post or a cold reception; cool one's heels
　　冷门 ark horse; a profession, trade or branch of learning that receives little attention; an unexpected winner
　　冷遇 cold reception; indifferent treatment

　　冷战思维 Cold War mentality