Unit 1 A Class Act
1.Johnny is so ingenious (ingenuity) —he can make the most
remarkable sculptures from the most ordinary materials.
2.So what is his prescription (prescribe) for success?
3.I cannot allow any relaxation (relax) of the rules.
4.All pupils are expected to attend the school assembly (assemble).
5.She has the most adorable (adore) two-year-old daughter.
6.To the mortification (mortify) of the show’s organizers, the top
performers withdrew at the last minute.
7.I didn’t want to lose my composure (compose) in front of her.
8.She looked a bit dejected (dejection) when she was told that she
hadn’t got the job.
drag into | speak up for | rife with | of one’s own accord ration out | single out | trudge through | beside oneself
| in place | on the warpath | see through | comply with
1. The office was rife with rumors.
2. Ann rationed out the cake between the children.
3. The arrangements are all in place for the concert next Thursday.
4. There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.
5. The course would take me three years to complete, but I was determined to see it through.
6. She has often spoken up for the rights of working mothers.
7. If there was one thing she couldn’t face in the morning it was her mother on the warpath.
8. He was beside himself with grief when she died.
9. Don’t drag me into your argument! It has nothing to do with me.
10. I spent the whole weekend trudging through this report, and I still haven’t finished reading it.
11. She came of her own accord. No one asked her to come.
12. It’s not fair the way my sister is always singled out for special treatment.
Translating Sentences
1.这家公司是由几名有事业心的年轻人创立的。(enterprising)
The company was started by a couple of enterprising young men.
2. 那是他唯一一次自己在午夜前睡觉的，因为他实在太累了。(of one’s own accord)
It was the only time when he went to bed of his own accord before midnight, because he was really too tired.
3. 经过长时间的仔细酝酿，书才得以完成。(meticulous)
Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book.
4. 她从头到脚穿着一身黑。(be attired)
She was attired from head to foot in black.
5. 为攒我们去度假的钱，我节衣缩食整整一年。(scrimp and save) I’ve been scrimping and saving all year to pay for our holiday.
6. 我知道他是好意，但我希望他别来管我们。(well-meaning)
I know he’s well-meaning, but I wish he’d leave us alone.
7. 当有人指出他犯了错误时，他非常生气。(indignant)
He became very indignant when it was suggested he had made a mistake.
8. 说了多少次了，安东尼，刀子和叉子要放入中间的抽屉！(umpteen) I’ve told you for umpteen times, Anthony, knives and forks go in the middle drawer!
9. 缝纫恐怕不是我的专长。(forte)
I’m afraid sewing isn’t one of my fortes.
10. 观众热烈的欢迎使她十分高兴。(buoy)
She was buoyed by the warm reception her audience gave her.
Translating Passage
纽约大学的外国学生来自130多个国家，50%来自亚洲，主要是韩国、日本和中国。大学所有14个学院都有外国学生就读。这些学院包括文理学院、法学院、商学院和教育学院。75%的外国留学生在研究生院学习。约25%的学生接受四年制的本科教育，学习期满，他们可获得学士学位。
在纽约大学上学的费用因就读学院的不同而不同。举例来说，在瓦格纳(Wagner)公用事业研究生院学习一年的学费约为19 000美元。纽约大学其他一些学院的学费有的比这高一些，有的则低一些。住宿费约为9 000美元一年。
在纽约大学攻读学士学位的学生可以向金融机构贷款，用以支付学习费用。纽约大学研究生院的外国留学生可以在校内得到教学或研究工作的职位，他们也可以从金融机构获得贷款
The foreign students at New York University come from more than 130 countries. Fifty percent are from Asia, especially South Korea, Japan and China. Foreign students are studying in all fourteen schools within the university. These include arts and sciences, law, business and education. Seventy-five percent of the foreign students are in graduate school. About twenty-five percent are in four-year programs that lead to a bachelor’s degree.
The cost of attending New York University is different in each of its schools. For example, one year of study at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service costs about $19,000. Some other schools within NYU cost more. Some cost less. The housing cost is about $9,000 a year.
Bachelor’s degree students at NYU can borrow money from financial institutions to help pay for their studies. Foreign students in graduate school at NYU can get teaching or research jobs at the
university. They can also get loans from financial institutions.
Unit 3 On Reading
1. They received the news with resignation. (resign)
2. The company has begun to challenge the supremacy (supreme) of
the current leading manufacturers in the textiles industry.
3. All four proposals to the committee were unanimously
(unanimous) approved.
4. Having achieved eminence (eminent) as an actor, he now intends to
perform a comparable feat in politics.
5. This part of the law is only applicable (apply) to companies employing
more than five people.
6. The museum houses a fascinating miscellany (miscellaneous) of
nautical treasures.
7. I’m not sure of the chronology (chronological) of the events
8. The children sat listening attentively (attention) to the story.
9. My own inclination (incline) would be to look for another job.
10.H e strenuously (strenuous) denies all the allegations against him.
incline | resign | class as | with equanimity
rob of | stall off | apt | dip into | apply to
extract | do justice to | set off
1. She didn’t really do justice to herself in the interview.
2. He resigned from the company to take a more challenging job
3. A last-minute injury robbed me of my place on the team.
5. That bit of the form is for foreigners —it doesn’t apply to you.
4. It’s the sort of book you can just dip into now and again
6. No one seemed inclined to help
7. I’m 17, but I’m still classed as a child when I travel by bus.
8. She’s in her eighties now and apt to be a bit forgetful.
9. She’s finally stoppe d crying —now don’t set her off again.
10. The oil which is extracted from olives is used for cooking.
11. The thief broke into the office while his accomplice stalled off
the security guard.
12. He received the news of his mother’s death with remarkable
equanimity .
Translating Sentences
1. 她欣然接受了那笔钱。(with alacrity)
She accepted the money with alacrity.
2. 但是他并未能从胜利中获得满足，因为他发现有个无辜的男孩在战斗中被杀死了。(extract)
However, he could extract no satisfaction from the victory, because he found that an innocent boy had been killed in the battle.
3. 关于这一点，专家们的意见并不一致。(unanimous)
The experts are not unanimous on this point.
4. 人们说受良好教育的人在作重要决定时往往会犹豫再三。(apt to) They say that well-educated people are apt to hesitate too much before they make important decisions.
5. 尽管他已经晋升为总经理，但是他的权力欲望依然没有得到满足。(assuage)
Despite his promotion to general manager, his desire for power was not assuaged.
6. 只是又一首关于单恋痛苦的诗。(unrequited)
It’s just another poem on the pain of unrequited love.
7. 这部小说不完全是按年月顺序写的。(chronological)
The novel is not entirely written in a chronological order.
8. 要充分欣赏这部电影，你就必须再看一遍。(do justice to)
You must watch the movie again to do it justice.
9. 那场悲剧三年之后，她才开始恢复平静。(equanimity)
She did not begin to regain her equanimity till three years after the tragedy
10.如果你想喝杯咖啡的话，我们还有时间呢。(be/feel inclined to) There is still time if you feel inclined to have a cup of coffee.
Translating Passage
The Life I Desired
That must be the story of innumerable couples, and the pattern of life it offers has a homely grace. It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vasty sea; but the sea is so calm, o silent, so indifferent, that you are troubled suddenly by a vague uneasiness. Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even n those days, that I felt in such an existence, the share of the great majority, something amiss. I recognized its social value. I saw its ordered happiness, but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course. There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights. In my heart was desire to live more dangerously. I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous shoals if I could only have change —change and the excitement of the unforeseen.
我渴望的生活
这一定是世间无数对夫妻的生活写照，这种生活模式给人一种天伦之美。它使人想起一条平静的溪流，蜿蜒畅游过绿茵的草场，浓荫遮蔽，最后注入烟波浩渺的汪洋大海；但是大海太过平静，太过沉默，太过不动声色，你会突然感到莫名的不安。也许这只是我自己的一种怪诞想法，在那样的时代，这想法对我影响很深：我觉得这像大多数人一样的生活，似乎有点儿不对劲。我承认这种生活有社会价值，我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福，但我血液里的冲动却渴望一种更桀骜不驯的旅程。
这样的安逸中好像有一种叫我惊惧不安的东西。我的心渴望一种更加惊险的生活。只要生活中还能有变迁——变迁以及不可知的刺激，
我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖，奔赴暗礁满布的海滩。
Unit 4Matriculation Fixation
1. The only illumination (illuminate) was from a skylight.
2. The golden autumn light provided the inspiration (inspire) for the painting.
3. There was a biographical (biography) note about the author on the back of the book.
4. She was utterly devastated (devastate) when her husband died.
5. She’s neurotic (neurosis) about her weight —she weighs herself three times a day.
6. It’s infuriating (infuriate) when people keep spelling your name wrong, isn’t it?
7. He’s obsessive (obsess) about punctuality
8. Liz has a fixation (fixate) with food.
9. The medical examination before you start work is obligatory
(oblige).
10. Her controversial speech was punctuated with noisy interjections
(interject) from the audience.
in jeopardy | screw up | in question | flat out
tick off | take a toll | sotto voce | winnow down
dragoon into | follow suit | fork over | stem from
1. I’ve been dragooned into giving the after-dinner speech.
2. I stayed at home on the night in question.
3. The lives of thousands of birds are in jeopardy as a result of the oil spillage.
4. When one airline reduces its prices, the rest soon follow suit .
5. I screwed up my exams last year.
6. The problems of the past few months have taken a toll on her health and there are shadows beneath her eyes.
7. Their disagreement stemmed from a misunderstanding.
8. The remark was uttered sotto voce.
9. We had to fork over ten bucks to park near the stadium.
10. Tick off each item on the list as you complete it.
11. A list of 12 candidates has been winnowed down to a shortlist of
three.
12. She told him flat out that she would not go to the show.
Translating Sentences
1. 他是家里的长子, 所以也是唯一得到过父母全身心照顾的孩子。(undivided attention)
Being the eldest son in the family, he was the only one to have gained the undivided attention of his parents.
2. 他不具备干这项工作所需要的技能。(requisite)
He lacked the requisite skills for the job.
3. 在那场危机中, 联合国在当地政府和叛军之间进行了斡旋。(mediate)
The United Nations mediated between the local government and the rebels during the crisis.
4. 他用杰出的成就为自己在学术界谋得了一个顶尖科学家的席位。(carve out a niche)
He has carved out a niche for himself as a leading researcher in his field of study.
5. 当我告诉别人我有多大岁数时，每个人都故作惊讶。(feign) Everyone feigned surprise when I told them how old I was.
6. 数据被输入电脑以后，电脑会自动使其生效。(be validated by) The data is validated automatically by the computer after it has been entered.
7. 当成年人做一件事的时候，大多数小孩子会跟着做，因为他们并不知道这样做对不对。(follow suit)
When an adult does something, most small children will follow suit, because they have no sense of right and wrong.
8. 这部小说以上世纪为背景，讲述了一个因和外国人结婚，父母与之断绝关系的姑娘的故事。(disown)
Set in the last century, the novel tells a story about a girl who was disowned by her parents when she married a foreigner
9. 我必须面对面地和詹姆斯谈谈星期四的安排。(vis-à-vis)
I’ve got to speak to James vis-à-vis the arrangements for Thursday.
10. 此时还说不准她是否能彻底痊愈。(at this juncture)
At this juncture, it is impossible to say whether she will make a full recovery.
Translating Passage
对于成千上万的美国大学生来说，夏季意味着实习(internship)的大好时机。他们干着他们将来可能想干的工作。据专家统计，美国大学生中至少有1/3在毕业前都曾做过实习工作。这些学生有的为大公司服务，有的在小机构里干活，有的则在美国政府部门做事。
对许多实习生(intern)来说，夏日工作并不挣钱。有的大学生实习是为了获得他们毕业后希望从事的工作的经验，有的则是由于还不明确自己毕业后到底想长久地从事何种工作，便在不同的公司和机构内实习，以确定自己最喜欢的工作是什么。实习工作为什么如此受学生青睐呢？学生们可以借此了解各种工作，他们可以做有趣的工作，可以学习技巧，获得有价值的经验，还可以接触到重要人物。因此学生们常把实习描述为千载难逢的机会。
Summer means internships for thousands of American college students. They work in the kinds of jobs they might want to have some day. Experts say at least one-third of all American college students complete an internship before they graduate. Some students work for
large companies. Some work for small organizations. Some work for the United States government.
Many interns do not earn money at their summer jobs. Some college students get an internship to gain experience in the kind of job they want to get after graduation. Others do not yet know what kind of permanent job they want. In this way, they can find out what kind of job they like best. Why are internships so popular? Students can learn about different kinds of jobs. They can do interesting work. They can learn skills and gain valuable experience. And they can meet important people. Therefore students often describe internships as a chance that happens once in a lifetime.
Unit 5 A Few Kind Words for Superstition
1. I don’t think you understand the gravity (grave) of the situation.
2. The tone of the letter was placatory (placate).
3. They are forced to live in deplorable (deplore) conditions.
4. She claimed that the rise in unemployment was just a further manifestation (manifest) of the government’s incompetence.
5. Religious observances (observe) such as fasting can be hard to follow.
6. The report absolved (absolution) her from all blame for the accident.
7. The fruit was preserved by submersion (submerge) in alcohol.
8. I divined (divination) from his grim expression that the news was
not good.
9. The past two years have seen a proliferation (proliferate) of TV channels.
10. She’s neurotic (neurosis) about her weight — she weighs herself three times a day.
within the bounds | depth | yearning | hasten root out | make an appearance | give a damn
have a hold on | come by | stand aloof
1. Ms Campbell has been appointed to root out inefficiency in this company.
2. Their company has a strong hold on the computer market.
3. What he did was within the bounds of acceptable behavior.
4. The famous movie star make a rare personal appearance last Friday.
5. They had not realized the depth of their feelings for one another.
6. The president hastened to reassure his people that he was in perfect health.
7. Cheap organic food is still difficult to come by.
8. He can think what he likes about me —I don’t give a damn !
9. Although many of his friends were politicians, he stood aloof from politics.
10. I suppose it’s because I live in a crowded city that I have this yearning for open spaces.
Translating Sentences
1. 孩子们是天真烂漫的，他们都向往真善美的东西。(yearn) Children are innocent, and they all yearn for what is true, good, and beautiful.
2. 有些评论家批评该电影对妇女的刻画带有性别歧视。(be condemned by)
The film was condemned by some critics for its sexist portrayal of women.
3. 你不必勉强带我和你一起去。如果你不带我去，我不会生气的。(under compulsion to)
Don’t feel under any compulsion to take me with you. I won’t be offended if you don’t.
4.在那场竞选中，他的对手们散布谣言破坏他的好名声。(discredit) In the election his opponents spread rumours to discredit his good name.
5. 每当他们开始争吵，我总是离得远远的。(remain aloof) Whenever they started quarrelling, I would always remain aloof.
6. 无须惊慌, 警方已经控制了局面。(have ... in hand)
There’s no need to panic. The police have the situation in hand.
7. 遇上一个好老板不是那么容易的。(come by)
A good boss is not so easy to come by.
8. 她脸上丝毫没有懊恼的表情。(absent from)
Any sign of remorse was completely absent from her face.
9. 你必须打消一切报仇的念头。(banish from)
You must try to banish all thoughts of revenge from your mind.
10. 她对女儿们的影响很大。(have a hold on)
She has a strong hold on her daughters.
Translating passage
Superstition is a part of British culture today. Although superstition was more alive a hundred years ago, there are still many superstitious people around now, both young and old.
All superstition has grown from something, since there is no smoke without fire. Who was the first one to decide that opening an umbrella in a house is bad luck? Who was the first to walk under a ladder and suffer the consequences? Who hung a horseshoe the wrong way up, smashed a mirror and spilled the salt? Who first branded Friday 13th as a day on which luck would run out?
Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth century life was hazardous, and the central feature of day-to-day existence was a preoccupation with finding explanations for fortune and misfortune. Religion, diseases and fire might have been the most essential elements in the background of the beliefs of superstition. Even though we are not searching for the same answers today superstition is still with us as a tradition.
迷信是当今英国文化中的一部分。尽管迷信活动在100年前更为活跃，但现在仍有不少相信迷信的人，有老人也有年轻人。
所有的迷信都有其根源，所谓无火不起烟。是谁第一个认为在屋里打伞会带来厄运？是谁第一个走在梯子下而遭遇不幸？是谁把马蹄铁倒挂？是谁打碎了镜子？是谁洒了盐？是谁第一个把13号星期五看成是最倒霉的日子？
16和17世纪时，人们的生活中充满了碰运气的成分，每天的生
活中心都在于为祸福找解释。宗教、疾病、火灾也许称得上是迷信的三大最基本的要素。尽管今天我们寻求的答案已经不同，但是迷信作为一种传统仍然流传在我们中间。
Unit 7 I’d Rather Be Black than Female
1. He felt a sense of incredulity (incredulous), anger and pain at the accusation made against him.
2. A move towards healthy eating could help eliminate (elimination) heart disease.
3. His feelings of resentment have been suppressed (suppression) for years.
4. By the time the pilot realized how close the plane was to the building, it was too late to take evasive (evade) action.
5. There is a predominance (predominate) of people with an arts degree on the board of governors.
6. It’s very easy to empathize (empathy) with the characters in her books.
7. Late last night, the French ambassador (ambassadorial) was summoned to the Foreign Office to discuss the crisis.
8. The truth is that they appoint no more than a token (tokenism) number of women to managerial jobs.
9. Customers are tired of the stereotypical (stereotype), fast-talking salesperson.
10. It is not his acting but his masculinity (masculine) that really appeals to the audience.
think of as | hold a rank | run for | drop out of
reap the rewards | be content with | sit on | build up
be rewarded with | make a difference
1. She studied every evening and reap the rewards at exam time.
2. I think he is fairly contented with his life.
3. Exercise can make a big difference to your health.
4. He was rewarded for his years of service to the company with a grand farewell party and several presents.
5. Because of poor health she had to stop running for the election.
6. I think him of someone who will always help me.
7. He sits on the Senate Finance Committee.
8. He said that there were few members of ethnic minorities holding senior military rank.
9. They gave him chicken soup to build up his health.
10. Several students dropped out of the course after three weeks.
Translating Sentences
1. 也许有人会觉得我的报告过于悲观，但至少我在报告中实事求是地反映了我们面临的问题。(strike sb. as)
My report may strike some people as pessimistic, but at least it’s realistic about the problems we face.
2. 这本书很有意思，书中就人际关系所表达的许多观点很深刻。(insight into)
It was an interesting book, full of fascinating insights into human relationships.
3. 我发现在这个国家没有车还真不行。(handicap)
I found it quite a handicap not to have a car in the country
4. 警察已经排除了意外事件的可能性, 因为时间上太巧合了。(eliminate)
The police have eliminated the possibility that it could have been an accident because it was so well timed.
5. 她看着他，一脸鄙视。(undisguised)
She looked at him with undisguised contempt.
6. 这本书中的人物都是模式化的。(stereotype)
The characters in the book are just stereotypes.
7. 只要你坚持锻炼下去，很快就会尝到健康带来的种种甜头。(reap)
You will soon reap the various benefits of being fit as long as you keep doing exercise.
8. 如果你企图逃税, 你就有坐牢的危险。(evade)
If you try to evade paying your taxes you run the risk of going to prison.
9. 他一直试图按他的标准塑造我。(mold into)
He kept trying to mold me into what he wanted me to be.
10. 我们没有屏幕，但我们可以把幻灯放映在后墙上。(project onto)
We don’t have a screen but we can project the slides onto the back wall.
Translating passage
Whenever women’s liberation is mentioned, ther e are often two reactions. One is that this is just a bunch of frustrated women. The other is that this is something that is a white thing, which doesn’t concern black women.
The truth is that the exploitation of black women goes deeper than that of white women. Unity of all black women is needed to push for such demands as self-determination, equal pay, free abortion and
child-care centers. We should realize the need for the women of the black nation to have a liberation movement of women as part of our movement for total liberation of our people.
The black man has been led to believe that office and skilled jobs are given to the black woman by the white capitalists to make the black man feel inferior. In reality, there aren’t enough jobs for everyone, and the black woman suffers the most from low pay and unemployment.
当人们提到女权运动时，通常有两种反应：一种认为女权运动者不过是一群日子过得不顺心的女人；另一种则认为女权运动纯粹是白人女性的事，与黑人女性无关。
事实上，黑人女性所受到的剥削远比白人女性所受到的要深。所有的黑人女性有必要团结起来，共同奋斗去争取应得的权利，诸如自主权、同工同酬权、自由堕胎权和孩子入托权。我们应当看到，黑人
国家中女性争取解放的要求是我们全民族争取解放的一部分。
黑种男人错误地以为，白人资本家把一些职位和技术工作交给黑人女性，是为了羞辱他们。现实情况是，人人就业无法实现，而黑人女性正是低报酬和失业现象最大受害者。
Unit 8 Two Truths to Live By
https://www.doczj.com/doc/2810195280.html,tely, his preoccupation (preoccupy) with football had caused his marks at school to slip.
2. I shall be left with many enduring (endure) memories of the time I spent in India.
3. He laid the wreath reverently (revere) in front of the memorial.
4. Ann has always believed passionately (passion) in women’s rights.
5. The novel follows the progression (progress) of a woman from youth to middle age.
6. With sad inevitability (inevitable), he has ended up in prison.
7. The film went on for what seemed like an eternity (eternal).
8. She has campaigned relentlessly (relent) for her husband’s release from prison.
9. It’s important to store perishable (perish) food in a cool place.
10. Gradually she began to notice one or two little imperfections (imperfect) in his character.
redeem | let go | wither | pore | in perspective
on the wane | glean | dawn | reconcile | respond
1. She must reconcile herself to the fact that she must do some work if she wants to pass her exams.
2. There are signs that support for the party is on the wane.
3. She managed to save enough money to redeem her jewellery from the
pawn shop.
4. From what I was able to glean, the news isn’t good.
5. For patients who do not respond to drug treatment, surgery is a possible option.
6. Let go of my hand, you’re hurting me!
7. I was about to pay for the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me that I’d left my cheque book at home.
8. He pored over the letter searching for clues about the writer.
9. You must keep things in perspective —the overall situation isn’t really that bad.
10. This country is in danger of allowing its industrial base to wither away.
Translating Sentences
1. 她把对家庭投资的控制权让给了儿子。(relinquish to)
She relinquished control of the family investments to her son.
2. 那个男孩紧咬着一把刀，爬上树去割椰子。(clench between) With a knife clenched between his teeth, the boy climbed up the tree to cut off some coconuts.
3. 这家小公司被命令取消所有对消费者这样的限制。(be enjoined to) This small company has been enjoined to end all such restrictions on consumers.
4. 彼此将近五年没说话后，他们终于和解了。(reconcile to)
They were finally reconciled to each other, after not being on speaking terms for nearly five years.
5. 我们只有非常有限的时间来完成这项任务——我们不可能无限期地继续下去。(a finite amount of)
We only have a finite amount of time to complete this task —we can’t continue indefinitely.
6. 如果你不能在截止日前偿还这笔债务，你就将丧失信用(redeem) You’ll be discredited if you fail to redeem your debt before the deadline.
7. 这是本有趣的书，充满了对人际关系的深刻见解。(insight into)
It is an interesting book, full of valuable insights into human relationships.
8. 我依稀记得多年前曾经见过她。(a dim recollection of)
I had a dim recollection of having met her many years ago.
9. 我不愿意告诉她她儿子被捕了。(relish doing sth.)
I don’t relish telling her that her son has been arrested.
10. 公司的关闭既突然又出人意料。(demise)
The demise of the company was sudden and unexpected.
Translating passage
大部分在美国大学就读的全日制学生都必须有健康保险。这是因为美国医疗费用高昂。一旦学生遭遇严重事故或身染重病，学校无力支付所需开销。
很多美国大学都有保健中心，那里有医护人员为学生们提供医疗服务。学费中可能已经包括了此项费用。健康保险通常用于额外的医疗服务。
学生可能已经享受其父母的健康保险，如果没有的话，很多学校则提供它们自己的保险项目。
学生也可向保险公司购买独立的保险。这些保险条款各不相同，因学生生活所在地而异。通常这些保险支付医生诊治、伤疾治疗和住院护理的花费。
总之，在美国，每个人都得承担自己的医疗开销。一旦身患重病或遭遇事故时花费极大，健康保险旨在保障这些费用得以支付。
Most full-time students at American universities must have health insurance. This is because health costs in the United States are high. Colleges are not able to pay the costs if students suffer serious accidents or sickness.
Many American colleges have health centers where doctors and nurses treat students’ medical problems. This service may be included in the cost of attending college. Health insurance is usually needed for extra services.
Students may already be protected under their parents’ health insurance policies. If not, many colleges offer their own insurance plans.
Students also can buy independent insurance policies from insurance companies. The details of such policies differ, depending on where the student lives. Usually, these policies pay for doctor visits, treatment of injuries and hospital costs.
All in all, people in the Unites States are responsible for their own medical costs. These can be extremely high in cases of serious illness or accidents. The purpose of health insurance is to make sure that these costs will be paid for.
Unit 12
Disney World: Cities of Simulation as Postmodern Utopias
1. The book is a fictionalized (fiction) account of the life of St. Francis.
2. Containment (contain) of crowd violence was the police’s main concern.
3. It was clear that they had not acted in violation (violate) of the rules.
4. She’s perpetually (perpetuate) asking me for money.
5. The best films are those which transcended (transcendence) national or cultural barriers.
6. There is a lot of interest in carrying out experiments in the weightless (weight) conditions which are experienced aboard space stations.
7. There is a growing disenchantment (disenchant) with the way the club is being run.
8. What we are seeing increasingly is a society of private affluence (affluent) and public squalor.
9. The constraints (constrain) of politeness wouldn’t allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking.
10. The certificate had clearly been falsified (false).
masquerade as | of the essence | culminate in conform to | bring to life | revolve around | reveal conceal | magic wand | usher in | float
1. In any of these discussions, of course, honesty is of the essence.
2. The conversation revolved around childcare problems.
3. Members must conform to a strict dress code.
4. The sound of piano-playing floated out through the open window.
5. Is there something you’re concealing from me?
6. The legislation should usher in a host of new opportunities for school leavers.
7. Hooligans masquerading as football fans have once again caused disturbances.
8. My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and it all culminated in my deciding to change jobs.
9. This film really brought to life the interesting period in the country’s history.
10. She warned that she had no magic wand to solve the problem.
11. A joke can be very revealing about what someone’s really thinking.
Translating Sentences
1.她对上菜场买菜之类的凡俗之事不感兴趣。(mundane) Mundane matters such as going to the market to buy food do not interest her.
2. 我还记得我那无忧无虑的学生时代。(carefree)
I still remember my carefree student days.
3. 在孩子幼年时由于缺少家长养育造成的损害是很难消除的。(undo) It’s very difficult to undo the damage caus ed by inadequate parenting in a child’s early years.
4. 观众显然为她的表演所陶醉。(be enchanted by)
The audience was clearly enchanted by her performance.
5. 威尼斯电影节一直都是展示优秀的意大利电影的盛会。(showcase)
Lesson one The Middle Eastern Bazaar 一．Background information 二．Brief overview and writing style This text is a piece of description. In this article, the author describes a vivid and live scene of noisy hilarity of the Middle Eastern Bazaar to readers. At first, he describes the general atmosphere of the bazaar. The entrance of the bazaar is aged and noisy. However, as one goes through the bazaar, the noise the entrance fades away. One of the peculiarities of the Eastern bazaar is that shopkeepers dealing in the same kind of goods gather in the same area. Then the author introduces some strategies for bargaining with the seller in the bazaar which are quite useful. After that he describes some impressive specific market of the bazaar particularly includ ing the copper-smiths market, the carpet-market, the spice-market, the food-market, the dye-market, the pottery-market and the carpenter‘s market which honeycomb the bazaar. The typical animal in desert----camels----can also attract attention by their disdainful expressions. To the author the most unforgettable thing in the bazaar is the place where people make linseed oil. Hence he describes this complicated course with great details. The author‘s vivid and splendid description takes readers back to hundreds of thousands of years age to the aged middle eastern bazaar, which gives the article an obvious diachronic and spatial sense. The appeal to readers‘visual and hearing sense throughout the description is also a marked feature of this piece of writing. In short, being a Westerner, the author views the oriental culture and civilization as old and backward but interesting and fantastic. Through careful observation and detailed comparison, the author depicts some new and original peculiarities of the Middle Eastern bazaar which are unique and distinguished. 三．Detailed study of the text Paragraph 1 the general atmosphere of the bazaar 1. The Middle Eastern bazaar takes you back…of years: 1) Middle East: generally referring to the area from Afghanistan to Egypt, including the Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus, and Asiatic Turkey. 2) A bazaar is an oriental market-place where a variety of goods is sold. The word perhaps comes from the Persian word bazar.（中东和印度等的）集市，市场 Paraphrase: The bazaar can be traced back to many centuries ago. The architecture was ancient, the bricks and stones were aged and the economy was a handicraft economy which no longer existed in the West. 2. The one I am thinking of particularly is entered…: 1) is entered..: The present tense used here is called ―historical present(历史现在时)‖. It is used for vividness. 2) Gothic: of a style of building in Western Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries, with pointed arches , arched roofs, tall thin pillars, and stained glass windows. 3) aged: having existed long; very old 3. Y ou pass from the heat and glare of a big open square into a cool, dark cavern…: 1) Here ―the heat‖is contrasted with ―cool‖, ―glare‖with ―dark‖, and ―open square‖with ―cavern‖. 2) glare: strong, fierce, unpleasant light, not so agreeable and welcome as ―bright sunlight‖.强光， 耀眼的光 3) ―cavern‖here does not really mean a cave or an underground chamber. From the text we can see it is a long, narrow, dark street of workshops and shops with some sort of a roof over them.
Unit 1 Growing Up Part II Language Focus V ocabulary Ⅰ. 1. 1. respectable 2. agony 3. put…down 4. sequence 5. hold back 6. distribute 7. off and on 8. vivid 9. associate 10. finally 11. turn in 12. tackle 2. 1. has been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office. 2. was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not. 3. a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’time. 4. gave the command the soldiers opened fire. 5. buying bikes we’ll keep turning them out.
3. 1. reputation, rigid, to inspire 2. and tedious, What’s more, out of date ideas 3. compose, career, avoid showing, hardly hold back Ⅱ. 1. composed 2. severe 3. agony 4. extraordinary 5. recall 6. command 7. was violating 8. anticipate Ⅲ. 1. at 2. for 3. of 4. with 5. as 6. about 7. to 8. in, in 9. from
2020年大学英语教师工作总 结(通用版) The work summary can correctly understand the advantages and disadvantages of the past work; it can clarify the direction and improve the work efficiency. ( 工作总结) 部门：_______________________ 姓名：_______________________ 日期：_______________________ 本文档文字可以自由修改
2020年大学英语教师工作总结(通用版) 篇一： 本学期在校领导的关心、指导下，在每一位英语教师的努力下，坚持以人为本，倡导创新精神。加强教学管理，优化课堂教学。并且我们一直朝着以下几个方面努力，并取得了一定的成绩。 一、强化观念更新，创新英语教学 英语新课程标准对英语学科的发展提出了新的要求，这就要求我们要认真学习理论，更新教学观念和知识结构，提高自身的综合素质，才能符合时代潮流的发展要求。我们在每月的大教研活动中，集体集中学习《课标》。在教学中，我们要求每位教师努力做到“三创新”——创新课堂教学设计，主要以学生的发展为本；创新教学方法，使教学活动由“教”向“学”转变，真正提高45分钟的课堂教学效率；创新教学手段，运用现代化教
学技术是创新外语教学的重要途径。 二、抓好教学业务工作提高教师的专业素质 1、加强备课的规范性，集体备课与个人备课相结合 备课是上好一节课的关键和前提。我们采取集体备课与个人备课相结合的办法。集体备课主要以各年级备课组为单位，由各个备课组长负责，每周有4个小时为集体备课时间。每次备课由1—2名教师选定一个单元并主讲，明确本单元教学内容的重点、难点、疑点，基本习题，参考教法等。然后，同年级备课组教师进行讨论，最后达成共识，之后形成文字形式的教案。充分发挥备课组的力量，做到了教学资源共享。 2、组织示范课、公开课，开展听课、评课活动 每一位教师的授课都向全组教师开放，教师可以任意听课。这学期安排了老教师公开示范课和青年教师赛讲课活动，我们全体英语教师积极听课、评课。并从中学到了不少教学经验，收到了良好效果。 三、积极进取，无私奉献
PartⅠ 1.He _____a child from drowning and was given a medal as a reward. A. restricted B. restrained C. rescued D. reserved 2. Judges must be firm, fair and ______in their application of the law. A. consistent B. resistant C. assistant D. insistent 3. As a family, we want to ______the tranditions of Tewish culture and religion. A. reserve B. resume C. preserve D. protect 4. You shouldn’t go swimming until your food has had a chance to_______. A. digest B. swallow C. melt D. disappear 5. The Chinese were a ________civilized people long before Europeans were. A. greatly B. highly C. mostly D. largely 6. The museum is of great interest, both to experts and to ______visitors. A. strange B. normal C. casual D. common 7. Problems often _______when you least expect them. A. arouse B. raise C. rise D. arise 8. You will find your books among ______on the shelf. (I) 9. She ______play the piano when she was only six. (can) 10. Brazil won _______World Cup in 2002. 11. If you don’t like this, I will show _______. 12. ________there is air all around us, we can’t see it. 13. We have to admit that he is a ________competent man. (high) 14. We received your telegram and were ________. (delight) Part Ⅱ Translation (15%)
1.V alentine’s Day probably....ever since. (BCADA) 1.to trace back 2.they would’t concentrate 3.Refused to obey 4.496 AD 5.to show our 2.Having raised eight children....can provide. (BABCD) 1. How to show 2.may by a famous 3.he had a 4.material wealth does 5.to give them 3.In the 1990s...of their class (CABCD) 1.The devaluation 2.prove the trend 3.reducing in 4.people can’t 5.The Devaluation 4.We received your letter....such trip (BABCC) 1.To express the difficulties 2.they advertise 3.we can’t afford 4.may not 5.the sales agent 5.In the future....says Leon (BABDA) 1.people with the 2.they may lose money 3.Scientists want 4.To illustrate 5.What’s Best 6.Criticism has been....own games (BDDCA) 1.Parents of 2.Because they have seen 3.To promise 4.Fewer referees would 5.Abusing. 7.Only about 15....of obesity (ADCDA) 1.people do not 2.He is one 3.Stretching at work 4.Extreme fatness 5.Ten minutes to 8.Y ou may recall....J.J.Budd (BBCAD) 1.a company 2.he wants new 3.Raj Rammanvihal works 4.familiar with 5.a formal letter 9.Fifteen-year-old...learn now (DAABC) 1.kept so that 2.they fail to 3.A list of the result 4.academic achievement 5. a teacher in 10.Most Americans will....and responsible? (ADDCD) 1.Positive 2.admission 3.helps students both 4.To ensure that 5.School that offer 11.A study issued...shared responsibility (BCDBA) https://www.doczj.com/doc/2810195280.html,mitment to 2.enter school 3.60--80% 4.making young people 5.Social environment 12.When i was four....be impossible (CDCCB) 1.kept him away 2.attended classes 3.be different 4.to give a 5.knowledge from outside 13Bin Ben is one of....a guide (CBACD) 1.a light 2.Coins a 3.the old 4.1924 5.Undamaged 14.John Colter was....mud holes (DADBC) 1.Y ellowstone Park 2.Moran and 3.for more 4.was once not 5.The History 15.One day Walt ....the future” (CCBCB) 1.Building a 2.improved the 3.Its spot 4.Fantasyland 5.Disneyland 16.At sixteen Ron....the book (DACBC) 1.Ron was 2.he wanted 3.The job 4.four 5.he knew 17.When faced with.....international scale (BBCBB) 1.A good death means 2.Never say 3.Tube feeding 4.to adapt 5.Death is 18.On Mother’s Day....of dying (AACAD) 1.she wanted 2.to do something 3.Mom had 4.not busy 5.as the tablecloth 19.While caring for.... Their lives. (CDBBD) 1.Women provide 2.volunteer assistance 3.tain family 4.people who 5.to talk to 20.On the morning ....our grief. (CBADB) 1.someone bombed 2.angels in 3.There was 4.He was elbowed 5. We should 21.With so many scientists...the study (BCADD) 1.The possible 2.the former 3.focusing on 4.are the 5.Freed and Lin’s stress 22.Engineering design aims....so important. (BABCD) 1.Some factors 2.pulled down 3.Building ..reconstructed 4.effect of 5.rivers and
大学英语教师教学工作总结 篇一： 光阴似箭，日子如梭，教师年度考核工作总结。转眼间一学年的 各项工作已接近尾声，为了更好地做好今后的工作，总结经验、吸取 教训，本人特就20XX年的教学工作小结如下： 一、变革理念转变角色 依据教育部大学英语教学改革的精神，遵循外语教学规律，把大 学英语的教学的重点放在英语综合应用水平的培养上，有计划地培养 学生合作学习与自主学习水平，增强“基于网络和多媒体”的大学英 语教学改革，激发学生学习的主动性，做学生学习的促动者、英语学 习环境的营造者和学生潜能的挖掘者。坚持用前沿理论指导教学实践。我校在20XX年开始在第一学期实施自主学习计划，指导学生制定自主 学习计划、培养学习策略并实行自我监控与评价；20XX年开始实行用 用ESP理论指导大学英语教学，在英语语言教学的同时，渗透相关专 业词汇知识，做好与专业英语教学的衔接。 二、科学合理学以致用的教学大纲、课程体系 按照教育部新颁布的《大学英语教学要求》（试行），结合我院 实际，认真组织论证，完成了大学英语课程教学大纲的修订工作。大 学英语课程既包括理论环节，也包括实践环节。在大学英语课程大纲 中明确加入听说实践环节，明确教学任务和教学安排及评估标准。完 善实践教学环节的教学计划、教学大纲、考核形式及成绩评分标准。 总结出一整套英语实践教学环节体系。增强实践环节的教学监管，严 格考勤、考核。把第二课堂活动作为英语实践环节写入教学大纲，增 大第二课堂活动的指导和投入，规范第二课堂活动，做到有计划、有 组织、有测试、有总结、有报道，活动后资料即时存档；增强口语街、“华航中外文化活动交流周”等特色品牌活动，“全国大学生英语竞
大学英语2总复习题 https://www.doczj.com/doc/2810195280.html,e of English Directions: In this part, there are 10 in complete dialogues. For each dialogue, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE an swer that best completes the sente nee and mark the corresp on ding letter on the An swer Sheet. 1. — Guess what? I passed the English exam! A. That's fine. C? Congratulations! B. IfsOK. D. Believe it or not. 2. — I must go now. The plane will leave in half an hour. Thank you for seeing me off. A. Good luck?C. Best Wishes? B. Be careful. D. Hurry to catch the plane. 3. —Will you be able to come to my birthday party this Saturday? A. No, I'd like to. C. Km afraid. B.l believe 1 can't. D. Yes, I'd love to. 4. —Tom, this is Hack, Fred is ill in hospital. —Oh, A. it's sad. C. I'm sorry to hear that? B. it's bad. D. that's not good. 5. —Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get to the railway station? A. No, 1 couldn't. C. 1 could n't tell you. B. Sorry, 1 don't know. Km new here. D. You carVt ask me. 6.— Could I borrow your CD of English songs? A.No, I am not available. B? Km sorry. It/s not at hand now? C. It's very kind of you. D. Thank you very much. 7.— Hello, Sally. How's everything? A.Good for you. B. Oh, I agree? C. That's right. D. Just so-so. 8.— Waiter! 一I carfteatthis.lt/stoosalty. A.Yes, sir? B. What? C. All right? D. Pardon? 9.— Hello, may I talk to the headmaster now? A. Sorry, he is busy at the moment C. Sorry, you carft B. No, you can't D. 1 don't know 10. — Do you think I could borrow your dictionary?
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篇一：大学英语课程总结 《大学英语》课程总结 2008-2009学年第二学期 xxx 2009.7.1 时光如梭，忙碌的一个学期又已经结束，回头看看这一学期的大学英语教学工作还是有不少值得总结的地方，现将本学期大学英语课程总结如下： 首先《大学英语》课程是高等院校各专业一门重要的必修基础课，它在为学生系统地打好必要的英语语言基础，培养学生英语应用能力方面起着重要作用；本课程一般是在大学本科一年级和二年级开设，它在使学生树立正确的英语语言学习态度，掌握较为科学的语言学习方法，培养独立获取语言知识的能力，以便为以后进一步的英语学习打下良好的基础。 本学期是大学英语学习的第四个学期，也是大学英语教学的最后一学期。在本学期我本人继续承担本院建工系给排水0701和给排水0702两个班的英语教学任务。在前三册教学的基础上，本学期我一如既往地严格按照外语系的规定认真组织教学，课前认真备课，撰写教案，复印四级考试资料并细心讲解以便帮助更多的同学通过大学英语四级考试。由于英语课是一门实践性较强的课程，因此我不断探寻和改进学习方法，课堂上我的教学方法灵活，能够更好地调动学生们的英语学习兴趣。课堂上增强与学生的互动，较多的使用英语教学，给学生创造了英语学期的环境。课堂上我采用多种教学方法使学生参与进来，如speech, discussion, questioning and answering，role-paly，实用口语等，本学期我继续要求每一节课由一位学生做三分钟的英语演讲，演讲的内容和题材不限，鼓励自己写稿，通过几个学期的训练学生们的写作和口语能力都有了明显的提高。课间我耐心与学生交流帮助解决他们在学期上的困惑，帮助他们改进英语学习方法。课后我认真批改学生的作业，每一份作业都仔细批阅，指出错误所在，并就一些共同的问题给学生们统一讲解。 本学期是大学二年级的最后一个学期，也是一个非常重要的学期因为大多数的同学在学期末都还要继续参加全国大学英语四级考试，为了帮助同学们在四级考试中取得较好的成绩，我在教学过程中一方面强化词汇，语法等语言基础知识同时有针对性地训练他们的应试能力和应试技巧。如本学期的英语课堂教学中我继续加强大学英语四级考试的辅导，给学生们为准备四级考试提供了有益的建议和指导。在具体的教学环节中将四级考试的内容渗透在日常教学中，如从第二学期起我就要求学生加强对四级考试写作的训练，每次的作业都是针对四级考试写作部分的。通过近三个学期的写作专项训练学生们的写作能力也有了明显的提 高。四级考试题目听力部分的分值比重较大而且也是同学们共同的弱项，因此在听力课上我主要针对短对话长对话短文和听写能题型的训练，此外还加强对阅读和完型填空的训练。在本学期最后的几周里我积极响应系的要求，给学生复印了八套四级考试真题和模拟考试题，每一套题我都认真详细讲解，为大多数同学参加四级考试做好了充分的准备。通过外语系、我本人以及同学们的共同努力，我相信他们在本学期的四级考试中上次未通过四级考试的大部分同学一定会考出他们心中的理想成绩的。
【练习版】大学英语1复习资料（考试用） 【阅读理解】 第一单元 About twenty of us schoolchildren had been fortunate enough to receive invitations to a film-studio to take part in a crowd-scene. Although our “art” would only (1)for three minutes, we were given the opportunity to see quite a number of interesting things. Soon after we arrived , bright lights were turned on. Since it was very hot in the studio, it came as a (2) to us to see one of the actors put on a overcoat. He (3) a hat down over his eyes , put his hands in his pockets, and started walking along a winding path. A big fan began (4) small white feathers down on him, and soon the bare trees were covered in “snow”. Two more fans were turned on, and a “strong wind”whistled through the trees. The first actor was dragging through the snow when the second, (5) as a beggar, began walking towards him trembling with cold. The next (6) was a complete contrast. The way it was filmed was quite (7) .Pictures taken on an island in the Indian Ocean were shown on a glass screen. An actor and an actress stood in front of the (8) so that they looked as if they were at the water’s edge on an island. Since it was our (9) next, we were left wondering what scene would be prepared for us .For a full three minutes in our lives we would be experiencing the (10) of being film “stars”! Instructions dressed image surprise excitement scence shaking pulled blowing sequence turn extraordinary severe last anticipate 第二单元 When he got the call that his son was ill in California and not expected to live for long, Bill didn’t know (1) he was going to get the money for his wife and himself to make the trip. Bill had worked as a truck driver his entire life, but he never managed to have any (2). So with (3) Bill walked the mile to the filling station and told the owner, ”My son is really sick and I’ve got no cash. Can you trust me for the phone call to California?” “Pick up the (4) and talk as long as you need to,” was the answer. As
Comment on writing skills In the passage “S peech on Hitler’s invasion of the U.S.S.R.” ,Churchill used many writings skills to make his speech more powerful, persuasive and impression .Here I will analyze some of the skills in the speech. I Rhetoric i. Alliteration For instance ,“I see also the dull, drilled, docile brutish masses of the Hun soldiery plodding on like a swarm of crawling locusts”“...Russian fighting for his hearth and home...”In these sentences ,“dull ,drilled, docile ”and “hearth and home ”each have the same start words“d” and“h” .It has to do with the sound rather than the sense of words for effect so that makes his speech sound more powerful. It is a device that repeats the same sound at frequent intervals and since the sound repeated is usually the initial consonant sound . ii Onomatopoeia It is a device that uses words which imitate the sounds made by an object (animate or inanimate), or which are associated with or suggestive of some action or movement. In paragraph 8,we can see the two words “clanking, heel-clicking”,“clanking ”refers to the sounds of swords and sabers , and “ heel-clicking ”means the heel sounds of Nazi . These two words makes audience easily hatred of Hitler’s Nazi regime. II Specific words Churchill pays particular attention to choose the words. i Absolute-sounding words In paragraph ten, he said,“…Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi régime.” “We will never parley, we will never negotiate with Hitler or any of his gang .”Absolute words like “ever ,never, any” all strengthen his voice. ii Formal words Churchill replaced simple ,everyday words with the italicized words .e.g. “There only remained the task of c omposing it”,”Composing it ”means “preparing”;“H e devoted the whole day to it…”here ,“devoted”refers to “spent…on it”etc .These italicized words makes his speech more powerful. To sum up, in this speech, there are many writing skills such as use biblical allusion ,use six “I see”