今天我們要學的詞是spike. Spike 作為動詞，有猛增的意思。The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that suicide rates rose in nearly every U.S. state from 1999 to 2016, with the rate spiking by more than 30 percent in half of the country. 美國疾病控制與預防中心報告說，1999到2016年間，美國幾乎所有州的自殺率都出現增長，其中一半地區的自殺率猛增30%以上。The number of families caught entering the United States illegally at its southwest border spiked in May, compared with the same month in 2017. 美國西南邊界地帶5月份因非法入境被攔截的家庭數量跟2017年同月相比大幅度增加。好的，我們今天學習的詞是 spike, spike, spike ...