1、 c) The companies often run into conflicts-a multitude of little things that escalate into big battles. d) Her function is to pass on to students that vast store of knowledge she has acquired. e) But in the evening the overwhelming majority of the public prefers to stay at home to watch a movie rath
2、er than go out. f) A sizable percentage of the pioneers were self-disciplined people, but they were almost as intolerant of others views.g) China must face the problem of building upwards to accommodate aconsiderable proportion of its population in high blocks of flats.h) Large segments of the popul
3、ation of many developing countries areeconomically powerless. i) Many across this country are aware of this effect, and a considerable portion of them are hoping a marked reduction in the video violence. j) An organization, for instance, recently examined a very large number of men working in a cons
4、truction site. k) Thus the bulk of the language acquisition of the high school graduate takes place informally first in the home. 再如:“好学生”,大多数学生就是用good students。而英语中表示“好学生”的有很多:top students,smart students,gifted students,superior students,excellent students,outstanding students 此外,表示“学生”也不一定都用studen
5、ts,可用school boys and girls或college populations等等。 问题不在于这个表达比那个表达更好,而在于变化,也就是说,在一篇文章中尽可能用不同的词来表达同一个意思。我们来看下面一些词语变化的实际应用。1) The principal of a great Philadelphia high school is driven to cry for help in combating the notion that it is undemocratic to run a special program of studies for outstanding bo
6、ys and girls. Again, when a good independent school in Memphis recently closed, some thoughtful citizens urged that it be taken over by the public school system and used for boys and girls of high ability, that it have entrance requirements and given an advanced program of studies to superior studen
7、ts who were interested and able to take it. -Seymour St. John: The Fifth Freedom好学校: a great high school, a good independent school高级课程: a special program of studies, an advanced program of studies好学生: outstanding boys and girls, boys and girls of high ability, superior students2) Hard work isnt the
8、 whole story either. Some of these high-achieving students actually put in fewer hours than their lower-scoring classmates. The students at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can easily learn. Here, according to education experts and students themselves, a
9、re the secrets of A students. -Edwin Kiester: Secrets of A Students成绩优秀学生: high-achieving students, The students at the top of the class, A students3) Is the sole aim of most Americans to make money and possess luxuries which could be called excessive? The majority of Americans would certainly deny
10、this, though most feel proud to amass wealth and possessions through hard work. -The American Character大多数美国人: most Americans, The majority of Americans积聚财富: make money and possess luxuries, amass wealth and possessions4) Indeed, as one imagine the underground world to become increasingly elaborate,
11、 one can visualize much of the food supply eventually deriving from hydroponics growth in artificially illuminated areas underground. -Isaac Asimov想象:imagine, visualize5) The press and television keep showing us the faults of the public figures, until we lose faith and start looking for defects in a
12、ny person who seems worthy of respect. In a neighbor or a statesman, we try to discover the weaknesses or ugly motives that are surely hiding behind his noble actions. -A Changing Scene缺点: faults, defects, weaknesses6) Retirement often brings many problems surrounding the What do I do with myself to
13、day? question, even though there may be no financial cares. Large numbers of people regularly get headaches and other ill-nesses on weekends when they dont have their jobs to go to, and must fend for themselves. It has been observed that unemployment, quite a- side from exerting financial pressures,
14、 brings enormous psychological troubles and that many individuals deteriorate rapidly when jobless. -Lonard R. Sayles问题: problems, question, trouble经济拮据: financial cares, financial pressures许多: many, enormous, large numbers of人: people, individuals失业: unemployment, jobless7) A senior executives inst
15、inctive capacity to empathize with and gain insights from customers is the single most important skill he or she can use to direct technologies, product and service offerings, indeed, all elements of a companys strategic posture. People like Bill Gates brought this ability to the enterprises they fo
16、unded. Without it, their ventures might have been short-lived or at least far less successful. But many top- level managers, particularly those at industrial companies, consider customer contact the bailiwick of sales and marketing staff.高级经理: senior executive, top-level managers公司企业: companies, ven
17、tures, enterprises.能力: capacity, skill, ability8) The personal computer revolution happened and it has affected millions of lives. It has led us to places we had barely imagined. We are all beginning another great journey. We arent sure where this one will lead us either, but again I am certain this
18、 revolution will touch even more lives and take us all farther. The benefits and problems arising from this upcoming communications revolution will be much greater than those brought about by the PC revolution.-Bill Gates影响: affect, touch把我们带到: lead us, take us引起: arising from, brought about9) What
19、was it that enabled them to become great? Were they born with something special? Or did their greatness have more to do With timing, devotion and, perhaps, an uncompromising personality?. A never surrender attitude. If great achievers share anything, it is a unrelenting drive to succeed. There is a
20、tendency to think that they are endowed with something super-normal. -Michael Ryan天生: be born with, be endowed with特别的: something special, something supernormal永不屈服的精神: A never surrender attitude, an unrelenting drive to succeed伟人: become great, great achievers10) As a child, Einstein became fascina
21、ted with the way magnets are drawn to metal. He couldnt stop thinking about this stuff, Simonton pointed out. He became obsessed with problems in physics by the time he was 16, and he never stopped working out them. 迷住: became fascinated with, became obsessed with思考研究: think about, work out11) Child
22、ren are entitled to special consideration for two reasons: helplessness and innocence. They have not yet acquired either the faculty of reason or the wisdom of experience. Consequently, they are defenseless and blameless. Thats why we grant them special protection. In an emergency, it is our duty to
23、 save them first because they, helpless, have put their lives in our hands. And in wartime, they are supposed to be protected by special immunity because they can have threatened or offended no one. -Charles Kmuthammer受特别保护: be entitled to special consideration, grant them special protection, protec
24、ted by special immunity无助: helplessness, defenseless, have put their lives in our hands无辜: innocence, blameless, threatened or offended no one12) A typical example of this ability is the case of a woman who claims that her intuition prevented each of her five children from serious mishaps. Another i
25、nteresting illustration of this six sense involves the famous escape artist.举例: example of, illustration of直觉: intuition, six sense13) The deafening noise, and the glare of the engine fire, would have ahad effect on nerves. Further, being moved through the air at a highspeed would do great injury to
26、 delicate lungs. The sudden plunging ofa train into the darkness of a tunnel, and the equally sudden rush intofull daylight, would cause great damage to eyesight.损害: have a bad effect on, do great injury to, cause great damage to冲进: plunge, rush14) When parents urge their children to study hard and
27、get good grades,the children know that the payoff will not be social acceptance by theirschoolmates. The rewards are not consistent with values taught at home.回报: payoff, rewards15) Beyond checking the report for clarity and accuracy in the presentation of the result, you should also review it for b
28、asic grammatical and mechanical accuracy.检查: check, review16) This new civilization brings with it new family styles; changed waysof working, loving, and living; a new economy; new political conflicts;and beyond all this an altered consciousness as well.新的: new, changed, altered17) Asian parents are
29、 able to instill more motivation in their children.But how they imbue their offspring with this kind of motivation.灌输: instill, imbueinstill a sense of responsibility in children给孩子灌输责任意识be imbued with ambition满怀雄心孩子: children, offspring18) The question of what is to be done to regulate and control
30、exploitation of the seabeds is no longer a theoretical matter. It is a problem of international concern. question, matter, problem19) Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephones and beepers, people make themselves instantly accessible to everyone
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