研究生基礎(chǔ)綜合英語-期末復(fù)習(xí)

【詞匯題】Unit1thisresearchseemstolendsomevalidity（有力的）tothetheorythatthedurgmightcausecancer.inanumberofdevelopingcountries,warhasbeenanadditionalimpdiment（障礙）toprogress.Antheawasabouttoplayhertrumpcard（王牌）:withouthersignaturenoneofthemoneycouldbereleased.Iflunked（掛科）mysecondyearexamsandwasluckynottobethrownoutofcollegeIdidn’twanttolosemycomposure（鎮(zhèn)靜）infrontofher.themanagementdidnotseemtoconsiderofficesafetytobeapriority（優(yōu)先）forthreehoursacommitteeofstatesenatorslistenedtoaparade（一系列）oflocalresidentsgivingtheiropinionsthousandsofliveswillbeatstake（在危機(jī)關(guān)頭）ifemergencyaiddoesnotarriveinthecitysoon.brierley’sbookhasthemerit（優(yōu)點(diǎn)）ofbeingbothinformativeandreadableIthinktherewasaconspiracy（陰謀）tokeepmeoutofthecommittee.Unit2itisnoteasyforChinesepeopletorespondproperlytoothers’complimentsandequallydifficultforthemtoacceptcriticismsgracefully.（優(yōu)雅）weshouldbetrulythankfultoMr.DengXiaopingfortakingtheplunge（做一個(gè)決定）andinitiatingtheeconomicreforminchina.Unfortunately,televisionstudiosarestrangelydesignedanddressing-roomsareoftenmilesawayfromthestudio,sowehadtofindaplacewheresheandherentourage（隨從人員）couldrelaxincomfortwithouttheneedtoclimbstairs.whatistheuseofwhiningabout（發(fā)牢騷）yourbadluck?Itismoreimportanttofindtherealcauseofyourmisfortune.therisingrealestatepricesthwarted（阻礙）hisambitionofowningahousesofhisowninthebigcity.Disappointed,hereturnedtohishometown.theoldwomansatsilentlybesidehercollapsedhous,hereyesbrimmingwith（充滿）tearsandhatred.hewritesclearlyandlightheartedlyaboutthe100bestriversandgiveshisexpertadviceonhowtonavigate（航行）theirreaches.outsidetheforestthesnowwasalreadysixinchesdeepandgrowingsteadily,relentlessly（無情地，殘忍地）deeper.thereisnodoubtthathisdutyextendstoinforminghispatient,ifasked,ofthenatureofhisillnessanditslikelyprognosis.（預(yù)測，診斷）thosewhoareclimbingthecareerladderfastmayusealcoholasaboostertohelpthemtoachieve,andthosewhorecognizethattheyhavefailedtoreachthetopmayalsoturntoalcohol,inanattempttobolster（支持，提升）theirfailingself-image.atypicallyChinesecountrysidehouseisonewhoseeavesprotrude（伸出，突出）overthewall.theshipcamebackfromtheregionthathadjustbeenattackedbyastrangedisease.Thusthehealthofficialsplacedallitscrewinquarantine.（檢疫）Unit3giventhesophistication（成熟）ofmodernmachines,thereislittlethatrequiremanuallabor.afterthepolicereleasedtheirreport,johnwasexonerated（開脫）fromallresponsibilityfortheaccident.theworldconstructedbyonlinegamesseemstomanyyoungstersareasonablesurrogate（代理）for“reallife”,althoughwhattheyseeisnotrealintheleast.inaspeechattheCongress,thepresidentextolled（贊美）thevirtuesoffreeenterpriseandexpressedhisdistastefortheblatanthegemonyinITindustry.hesoonbecamenotoriousbecauseheenjoyedderivingperverse（倒行逆施）satisfactionfromembarrassingpeople.Iendorse（贊同，支持，認(rèn)可簽署）everythingthathasbeensaidfrombothsidesoftheHouseinsupportandadmirationofhimandofthecourageandfortitudethatheandhisfamilyhavedisplayed.theoppositionmembersoftheparliamentderided（嘲笑，嘲諷）theGovernment’sresponsetothecrisis.thepoorwomanwasdefrauded（騙?。﹐fhermoneybyadishonestaccountant.theotherguestswerestunnedintosilenceashebeganswingingintothegaggle（一群）ofgigglingphotographersandkickingatthemfrantically.backtotheUS,theslybusinessmanwasfacedwithracketeering（敲詐勒索）chargesthatmaysendhimtolifeimprisonment.Unit4itiscertainlyundemocratic,andmanypeoplearebeginningtofeelthatitborderon（相當(dāng)于）theunconstitutional.traditionally,organizationsareconstructedpyramidally,withahierarchy（階級資料）mostpowerfulatthetopandprogressivelylesssoasthepyramidspreadsdownwards“Notheoryexplainseverything,”sheremarks.“Yetitisjustthedesiretoexplaineverythingwhichisthespur（刺激，激勵(lì)）oftheory.”thearchaeologistinthefilmknewthattherewasacurse（禍因，詛咒）uponanyonewhoenteredthepyramid.Ihavealwaysbelievedtourismhasanimportantparttoplayinthespreadingofunderstandingbetweencountries,aswellasbeingacatalyst（促進(jìn)）foreconomicdevelopment.herbodylookeddiminished,almostshiveled,（枯萎）inthehugechair,andherhandsonthearmsbeganverygentlytoshake.thetalkswillnotbeeasyandthefundamentaldifferencesbetweenthepartiesremainaspotentiallyirreconcilable（不可調(diào)和的）asever.areallovesongisinfinitelymoreappropriateforchristmasthanatrashysongcookedup（編造）asacommercialgimmick.alocalbuilderofferedtoknockdowntheremainsofthehouseinexchangeforthematerialshecouldsalvage.（搶救）edwardnowworethemaniclookofsomeanimaltransferredintothewrongenvironment,asthoughhemightrunamok（四處狂奔）,orbite.Alanattemptedtoreadeverypressclipping,interviewanyonewhoeverknewthemoviestar,andcobbletogether（拼湊）abookoutofit.somesociologiststendtobemoan（哀悼）thelossofcommunityinthefaceofmodernurbanism;thereisawistfullongingforthepastintheiranalysisofthemodernworld.Unit5“youjustcan’tescapethefact（忽略事實(shí)）thatwe’reinatransformationalperiod,”Colesaid.“theoldwayisnotsurvivable.Investors,mangersandlaborersallhaveacceptedthatbigthingshavetobedone.”Ithinkyou’vejustputyourfingeron（指出）thebiggestproblemfacingtheConservativepartyinthiselectionthegreatconundrum（謎）ofmylifeisthatmypubliccareercontinuestoflourishandexpandevenatatimewhenthem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1Our

youngest,a

word-class

charmer,did

little

to

develop

his

intellectual

talents

but

always

got

by

Until

Mrs.Stifer.

我們的小兒子是個(gè)世界級的萬人迷,學(xué)習(xí)不怎么動(dòng)腦筋,但是總是能蒙混過關(guān),直到Mrs.Stifer成為他的老師,這種局面才得以改變.

No

one

seems

to

stop

to

think

that

---no

matter

what

environment

they

come

from---most

kids

don’t

put

school

first

on

their

list

unless

they

perceive

something

is

at

stake.

似乎沒有人停下來想想看,無論孩子來自何種環(huán)境,他們當(dāng)中大多數(shù)若不是發(fā)現(xiàn)情況到了危機(jī)關(guān)頭,才不會(huì)把功課當(dāng)成頭等大事呢。Of

average

intelligence

or

above

,they

eventually

quit

school,concluding

they

were

too

dumb

to

finish

這些學(xué)生智力水平至少也算中等,但是最終都退學(xué),他們總結(jié)說自己太笨,學(xué)不下去了.

Young

people

generally

don’t

have

the

maturity

to

value

education

in

the

same

way

my

adult

students

value

it

年輕人往往不夠成熟,不會(huì)像我的成年學(xué)生那樣重視教育

5.It

is

an

expression

of

confidence

by

both

teachers

and

parents

that

student

have

the

ability

to

learn

the

material

presented

to

them.這表明老師和家長都對學(xué)生有信心,相信他們能夠?qū)W好發(fā)給他們的學(xué)習(xí)資料.

6.This

means

no

more

doing

Scott’s

assignments

for

him

because

he

might

fail.

No

more

passing

Jodibecause

she’s

such

a

nice

kid.這意味著再也不要因?yàn)閾?dān)心斯科特會(huì)不及格而替他做作業(yè),再也不要因?yàn)橹斓鲜莻€(gè)乖孩子而放她過關(guān).Unit

2I

had

always

dreamed

of

being

proposed

to

in

a

Parisian

cafe,

under

dazzling

stars,

like

the

one

in

a

Van

Gogh

knockoff

that

hangs

in

my

studio

apartment.Instead,

my

boyfriend

asked

me

to

marry

him

while

I

was

Windexing

the

bathroom

mirror.

我一直有這樣的夢想,星光燦爛的晚上,在一家巴黎咖啡館就像梵高所畫的“一夜的咖啡館”我的工作室墻上就有一幅此畫的翻本然而我男朋友卻在我用的“穩(wěn)得新”擦洗衛(wèi)生間鏡子的時(shí)候叫我嫁給他。

But

the

more

time

and

effort

I

put

inthe

morethe

universetriedto

thwart

me.The

Greek

band

from

Los

Angeles

that

I

wanted

wasn’t

available.

The

stitching

I

had

requestedfor

my

cathedral

veil

was

all

wrong,

My

ivory

silk

gown

being

quarantined

somewhere

in

Singapore但是我投入的時(shí)間和精力越多,萬事就越和我過不去,沒有請到我想要的洛杉磯希臘樂隊(duì),我到教堂對說戴面紗的針線活也很糟,不是我原來所要的,我訂的象牙絲綢衣服也被隔離在新加坡的某個(gè)地方.

I

realized

that

a

Big

Day

without

my

mother

would

be

no

day

at

all.Not

having

my

dad,who

passed

away

three

years

before,to

walk

me

down

the

aisle

was

painful,but

the

thought

of

not

having

Mom

the

was

unbearable.

我意識(shí)到?jīng)]有媽媽的大喜日子不可思議,爸爸已經(jīng)在三年前去世,不可能牽著我的手到教堂圣壇完婚,這已經(jīng)讓我覺得很痛苦,但是一想到媽媽那天也不能在教堂就讓我覺得無法忍受4.Our

baby

sister,who’d

been

looking

after

Mom

since

Dad’s

death,was

gripped

by

fear

as

the

familiar

sights

and

smells

were

eerily

reminiscent

of

his

final

days.After

consulting

with

doctors,we

learned

that

stomach

was

Mom’s

only

option.We

took

the

first

opening

小妹自父親去世以來一直照顧著媽媽,這時(shí)恐懼占據(jù)了她的心,此情此景不由得想起父親臨終的日子.咨詢醫(yī)生后,我們得知胃部手術(shù)室媽媽唯一的選擇,醫(yī)院一有床位我們就住進(jìn)去了What’s

more,caring

for

my

mom

made

me

realise

how

consummately

she

had

cared

for

all

of

us.I’ll

never

forget

when

I

went

to

seeher

in

the

intensive-care

unit,just

a

few

hours

after

her

surgery.Shewas

strung

out

with

a

myriad

of

plastic

tubes

protruding

from

herarms,nose,andmouth.“Lisa

,makesure

youaeat

something,”she

said

ina

strained,raspy

voice.

此外,照顧母親也讓我認(rèn)識(shí)到她當(dāng)年照料我們是多么地盡心,我永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)忘記,她剛剛動(dòng)完手術(shù)幾個(gè)小時(shí)后,我到特護(hù)病房去看她,她躺在那里,手臂,鼻孔和嘴巴里插滿了那么多的塑料管,她卻吃力,沙啞的說道”利茲,你一定要吃點(diǎn)東西”

I’ve

forgotten

what

kind

of

stiching

is

in

my

veil.But

when

I

remove

it

from

my

face,I’ll

be

staring

at

the

two

people

I

love

beyond

all

reason:my

soon-to-be

husband

and

the

woman

who

showed

me

what’s

really

important.

我已經(jīng)忘記面紗上的時(shí)候,我肯定會(huì)脈脈的注視我最愛的兩個(gè)人:我的未婚夫和讓我懂得人生要義的那個(gè)女人------我的母親

Unit3In

sequential

testimony,each

one

state

that

he

did

not

believe

tobacco

was

a

health

risk

and

that

his

company

had

taken

no

steps

to

manipulate

the

levels

of

nicotine

in

its

cigarette.

在隨后的證詞中,每個(gè)人都陳述自己不相信煙草會(huì)給健康帶來風(fēng)險(xiǎn),而且自己的公司人人來采取措施來操縱香煙中尼古丁的含量

Dr.Brandt

??amply

demonstrates

that

Big

Tobacco

understood

many

of

the

health

risks

of

their

products

long

before

the

1964

surgeon

general’s

report

布蘭特博士用充足的證據(jù)證明,早在1964年的衛(wèi)生局長報(bào)告發(fā)表前,各大煙草巨頭就已了解自己產(chǎn)品對健康造成的諸多風(fēng)險(xiǎn).

Early

in

the

20th

century,opposition

to

cigarettes

took

a

moral

rather

than

a

health-con-scious

tone,especially

for

women

who

wanted

to

smoke,although

even

then

many

doctors

were

concerned

that

smoking

wasa

health

risk.

在20世紀(jì)初期,對香煙的抵制帶著道德的口吻,而不是出于對健康的關(guān)注,對想抽煙的女性更是如此,不過即使在當(dāng)時(shí),許多醫(yī)生已經(jīng)關(guān)注到吸煙會(huì)給健康帶來危險(xiǎn)

And

their

marketing

memorandums

document

advertising

campains

aimed

at

youngster

to

hook

whole

new

generations

of

smoking.

在他們的營銷備忘錄中,記錄了他們針對青少年發(fā)動(dòng)的廣告運(yùn)動(dòng),旨在誘惑一代代的新煙民.Instead,these

experts

focused

primarily

on

a

small

group

of

skepticsof

the

dangers

of

cigarettes

during

the

1950s,many

of

whom

had

or

would

eventuallyhave

ties

to

the

tobacco

industry.

相反,這些專家主要關(guān)注的是20世紀(jì)50年代的一小撮對香煙危害的懷疑論者,他們中的大部分人要么當(dāng)時(shí)就與煙草業(yè)有勾結(jié),要么最終也同煙草業(yè)勾結(jié)起來

Last

August,she

concluded

that

the

tobacco

that

tobacco

industry

hadengaged

in

a

40-year

conspiracy

to

defraud

smokers

abouttobacco’shealth

dangers

去年八月她總結(jié)道,煙草行業(yè)策劃了一場為其40年的陰謀,以欺騙煙民,掩蓋煙草對健康的危害

Unit

4E-mail.Can’t

live

with

it

,can’t

without

it.

電子郵件讓人難以忍受,卻又無法離開

But

it

didn’t

take

very

long

before

they

discovered

that

the

mostimportant

thing

was

the

ability

to

send

mail

around

which

they

hadnot

anticipated

at

all

然而不久以后他們發(fā)現(xiàn)因特網(wǎng)最重要的作用是能夠到處發(fā)信的能力,這一點(diǎn)他們原先根本沒有想到

Indeed,I

finally

knew

for

sure

that

the

digital

world

was

viscerally

potent

when

I

found

myself

in

the

middle

of

a

bitter

fight

with

my

mother------on

e-mail

其實(shí),我最終確切的知道數(shù)字世界的力量不可小覷是在我發(fā)現(xiàn)與母親通過電子郵件爭吵不休的時(shí)候She

grasped,long

before

the

Inernet

became

a

household

word,how

online

communication

offered

new

possibilities

for

transcending

physical

limitations,how

as

simple

a

thing

as

e-mail

could

bring

us

closer

to

those

whom

we

love

在因特網(wǎng)家喻戶曉之前很久她便領(lǐng)悟到在線交流如何能提供新的可能,使人們超越身體的局限電子郵件這樣簡單的東西如何能把我們和我們所愛的人聯(lián)系起來。

With

increasing

frequency,this

collaboration

is

occuring

across

company

lines,and

ofen

without

even

the

spur

of

commercial

incentives

隨著合作日趨平凡,合作本身超越公司的界限,而且常常不受利誘的驅(qū)使。Unit

5It

is

hard

to

escape

the

fact

that

in

developed

societies,

despiteprogress,

innovation

and

prosperity,

there

is

something

notquiteright.

人們很難擺脫這樣一種事實(shí):在發(fā)達(dá)的社會(huì),盡管社會(huì)進(jìn)步,改革日新月異,物質(zhì)富足,卻總覺得有些事情不大對勁.

Politicians,

obsessed

with

inputs

and

outputs,

targets

and

controls,

are

flummoxed

by

immeasurable

concepts

such

as

the

value

people

place

on

spending

time

with

their

families.政治家們滿腦子的投入與產(chǎn)出,目標(biāo)與調(diào)控,而對于諸如人們有多看重與家人共度時(shí)光之類的無法用數(shù)字測量的概念,他們往往感到困惑不已.Another

reason

is

that

electoral

cycles

lend

themselves

to

a

culture

of

short-termism,

with

a

need

for

immediate,

quantifiable

measurements

and

results.

另一個(gè)原因是:一輪輪的競選讓他們置身于急功近利的氛圍,期待立竿見影的、量化的測量手段與結(jié)果。

Today

we

need

to

be

just

as

revolutionary

to

put

us

back

on

track

to

social

prosperity:to

respond

to

that

yearning

for

happiness.

今天為了重新回到社會(huì)繁榮富強(qiáng)的軌道上我們需要如同當(dāng)時(shí)一樣徹底改變思想即積極地響應(yīng)對幸福的追求。

5.Setting

the

right

framework

means

creating

incentives

and

removing

barriers

to

remodel

the

context

within

which

the

whole

of

society

makes

choices.

制定恰當(dāng)?shù)囊?guī)章制度是指創(chuàng)設(shè)激勵(lì)機(jī)制并排除障礙來重建整個(gè)社會(huì)體系這樣社會(huì)的各個(gè)層面都能依此做出適當(dāng)選擇。

Givenour

advances

in

termsof

political

freedom,

economic

enterpriseandcultural

ingenuity,

life

could,

and

should,

be

more

satisfying.既然我們政治上已經(jīng)更加自由經(jīng)濟(jì)更加繁榮發(fā)展文化更加百花齊放那么我們的生活能夠并且應(yīng)當(dāng)更令人滿意。【句子改寫】Unit

1Thesediplomaswon’tlookanydifferentfromthoseawardedtheirluckierclassmates.Thesediplomasbearacloseresemblancetothoseawardertheirluckierclassmates.Iblamedthepooracademicskillsourkidshavetodayondrugs.Myaccusationagainstourkidsfortheirpooracademicskillswasthattheytookdrugs.Eventuallyafortunatefewwillfindtheirwayintoeducation-repairshops.Eventuallyafortunatefewenrollintoeducational-repairshops.However,ifstylealonewon’tdoit,thereisanotherwaytoshow.However,ifthisstylewon’tworkthereisanotherwaytoshow.Weexcusethisdishonestbehaviorbysayingkidscan’tlearniftheycomefromterribleenvironments.Ourexcuseforthisdishonestbehavioristhatkidscan’tlearniftheycomefromterribleenvironments.Tensofthousandsof18-year-oldswillgraduatethisyearandbehandedmeaninglessdiplomas.Tensofthousandsof18-year-oldswillgraduatethisyearandbegrantedmeaninglessdiplomas.Unit

21.There

is

something

in

his

pattern

of

behavior

thatwillremindyouofsomeaddictiveorcompulsorybehaviors.There

is

something

in

his

pattern

of

behavior

that

is

very

reminiscent

of

some

addictive

or

compulsive

behaviors.

2.Icouldnotbearthinkingthatmymotherwouldnotbepresentatmyweddingceremony.The

thought

of

my

mother

not

being

present

at

my

wedding

ceremony

was

unbearable.

3.After

consulting

with

the

doctor,

I

learned

thatmy

fathercoulddonothingbutreceivelungsurgery.After

consulting

with

the

doctor,

I

learned

that

lung

surgery

was

my

father’s

only

option.

4.Therewasnoreasonwhytheprincegaveuphisrighttosucceedtothethrone.The

prince

gave

up

his

right

to

succeed

to

the

throne

was

beyond

all

reason.

5.Iamthinkingaboutwhatthepoorfamilywillbelikeinthefuture.I

am

thinking

about

what

the

future

will

hold

for

the

poor

family.6.The

Russian

Foreign

Minister

went

to

the

airportto

welcomethe

visiting

Chinese

Premierand28otherpeoplewhocametogetherwiththePremier.The

Russian

Foreign

Minister

went

to

the

airport

welcome

the

visiting

Chinese

Premier

and

his

28-member

entourage.

7.Thegoodnewsfilledallthestudentswithstronganticipations.At

the

good

news,

all

the

students

brimmed

with

strong

anticipation.8.Does

he

mean

that

those

with

AIDS

should

beforcedtoliveinaplacethatwillnotposeanythreattotheotherpeople.Does

he

mean

that

those

with

AIDS

should

be

quarantined

from

the

other

people?

Unit

3After

careful

analysis

that

took

the

better

part

of

July,

the

investigatorsannouncedthatthedrivershouldnotbeheldresponsibleforthetrafficaccident.After

careful

analysis

that

took

the

better

part

of

July,

the

investigators

exonerated

the

driver

from

responsibility

for

the

traffic

accident.

2.The

coach

shows

strong

aversion

to

theoretical

teachings

because

he

is

convinced

that

theoretical

learningcannotreplaceactualswimming.The

coach

shows

strong

aversion

to

theoretical

teachings

because

he

is

convinced

that

theoretical

learning

is

no

surrogate

for

actual

swimming.

When

the

idea

of

the

flying

machine

was

first

proposed,

peoplelaughedatitandthoughtitsilly.When

the

idea

of

the

flying

machine

was

first

proposed,

people

derided

it

as

silly.

The

invention

of

the

silicon

chip

was

averyimportanteventinthehistoryofthecomputer.

The

invention

of

the

silicon

chip

was

a

landmark

event

in

the

history

of

the

computer.

5.Although

a

few

delegatesgivefullsupporttoeverythingtheChairpersonhas

said,

most

hold

different

opinions.Although

a

few

delegates

fully

endorse

everything

the

Chairperson

has

said,

most

hold

different

opinions.

To

incite

false

alarm

and

blind

patriotism,

the

government

spreadfalseinformationabouttheriskof

terrorist

attacks

in

other

cities

ofthe

US.To

incite

false

alarm

and

blind

patriotism,

the

government

spread

disinformation

about

the

risk

of

terrorist

attacks

in

other

cities

of

the

US.

Inthetrialthatfollowed.Dr.Brandtasoneofthebest-reputedexpertsinmedicalresearchwasrequiredtogivehistestimony.In

the

sequential

trial,

Dr.

Brandt

as

one

of

the

best-reputed

experts

in

medical

research

was

required

to

give

his

testimony.

After

disappearing

from

public

sight

for

6

months,

he

pleaded

guiltyforgetting＄400,000

from

various

client

and

distributorsbyfraud,After

disappearing

from

public

sight

for

6

months,

he

pleaded

guiltyfor

defrauding

＄400,000

from

various

client

and

distributors.

Unit

4IwascondemnedtospendhalfmyworkdayjustdeletingjunkI

was

doomed

to

spend

half

my

work

day

just

deleting

junk.

2、Mye-mailaccountmattersmorethanmyeye.I’d

rather

lose

an

eye

than

lose

my

e-mail

account.

3.E-mail

allows

us

to

cope

with

the

acceleration.Meanwhile,itcontributestoit.E-mail

simultaneously

allows

us

to

cope

with

the

acceleration

and

contributes

to

it.

4.Even

though

Allman

isnow

quite

proudthat

his

software

hundredsof

millions

of

people

communicate,he

says

he

didn’tset

outoriginallyto

change

the

world.Even

though

Allman

is

now

quite

proud

that

his

software

hundreds

of

millions

of

people

communicate,he

says

he

didn’t

set

out

initiallyto

change

the

world.

If

it

is

true

that

hours

spent

on

the

Net

are

often

hours

subtracted

from

watching

television,

one

could

argue

that

the

digital

era

hasusheredinanewage

of

literacy-morepeople

are

writingmore

wordsthan

everbefore!If

it

is

true

that

hours

spent

on

the

Net

are

often

hours

subtracted

from

watching

television,

one

could

argue

that

the

digital

era

has

raised

the

curtain

on

a

new

age

of

literacy-more

people

are

writing

more

words

than

ever

before!

6.Perhaps

each

individual

contribution

is

small,

but

the

scale

of

the

Internetmagnifiesalleffortsdramatically.Perhaps

each

individual

contribution

is

small,

but

the

scale

of

the

Internet

multiplies

all

efforts

dramatically.

Unit

5

It

seems

hard

for

people

toadmitthefact

that

indevelopedsocieties,

despite

progress,

innovation

and

prosperity,

there

is

something

not

quite

right.It

seems

hard

for

people

to

escape

the

fact

that

in

developed

societies,

despite

progress,

innovation

and

prosperity,

there

is

something

not

quite

right.

Itisdifficulttomeasurehowmanypeoplewillbeaffectedbythechangeinthelaw.The

influence

made

by

the

change

in

the

law

on

people

is

not

quantifiable.

Working

parents

have

to

face

atoughproblemof

whowill

takecareoftheir

children

during

school

holidays.

Working

parents

have

to

face

a

conundrum

of

who

will

take

care

of

their

children

during

school

holidays.

Those

social

problems

such

as

drug

abusing,

violent

crimes

of

adolescents

areverydifficulttosolve,whichisknowntoall,eversincetheirwxistence.Those

social

problems

such

as

drug

abusing,

violent

crimes

of

adolescents

are

notoriously

difficulty

to

solve

ever

since

their

existence.

The

government

seems

to

betoointerestedinthemeasurablestatisticnumbers

such

as

gross

national

product.The

government

seems

to

be

obsessed

with

the

measurable

statistic

numbers

such

as

gross

national

product.

It

seems

that

a

lot

of

politicianscannotunderstandandareoftenconfusedbysoneimmeasurable

conceptssuch

as

the

valuepeople

place

onspending

time

with

their

families.It

seems

that

a

lot

of

politicians

are

flummoxed

by

some

immeasurable

concepts

such

as

the

value

people

place

on

spending

time

with

their

families.

7.They

claim

thattheyhaveanuncomfortablefeelingthatsomethingiswrongwiththesociety,withthepersistentlyhighinflationandunemployment.They

claim

that

the

persistently

high

inflation

and

unemployment

is

the

symptom

of

economic

malaise

in

the

society.

People

are

amazedthattheseplantshavedevisedsomecleverandnewwaysofsnatchingnutrientsfromtheair.People

are

amazed

at

the

ingenuity

that

these

plants

demonstrated

of

snatching

nutrients

from

the

air.

【詞匯匯總】unit

1

P20semiliterate

a.半文盲的

trump

card

王牌

get

by通過

dropout

n.輟學(xué)settle

down

靜下來

do-gooder

n.幫倒忙的人impediment

n.妨礙

charmer

n.可愛的人、魔術(shù)師

steely

a.鋼的

flunk

v.失敗、不及格

at

stake

危急關(guān)頭

composure

n.

沉著、冷靜

parade

n.

游行、檢閱

sail

v.航行、起航

doom

v.注定、判決、使失敗follow

through

堅(jiān)持到底testimony

n.證據(jù)、證言、證明

conspiracyn.陰謀、共謀

unit

2

P55propose

v.提議、求婚

knockoff

n.贗品windex

v.清潔劑

chemo

n.化療take

the

plunge

冒險(xiǎn)嘗試；采取決定性步驟

groomsman

n.伴郎danka.陰濕的maid

of

honor

伴娘

matrimonial

a.婚姻的

entourage

n.隨從bridesmaid

n.伴娘

pastel

a.彩色粉筆

taffeta

n.塔夫綢

poach

v.水煮、偷獵consignment

n.托付

courtship

n.求愛（期）、求婚cathedral

n.大教堂publicist

n.公關(guān)、宣傳人員

monomaniacal

a.偏執(zhí)狂

pharmacist

n.藥商、藥劑師

whine

v.哀訴、抱怨

thwart

v.阻擾、妨礙

petite

a.嬌小的、柔弱的quarantine

v.對...檢疫、隔離

raspy

a.刺耳的myriad

n.許多、無數(shù)brim

v.充滿、溢出

navigate

v.駕駛、領(lǐng)航

eerily

adv.可怕的

reminiscent

a.懷舊的

drab

a.單調(diào)的

relentlessly

adv.殘酷的

tattered

a.破爛的

prognosis

n.預(yù)知、病狀的診斷

consummately

adv.完美的trickle

v.滴、掉眼淚

decadent

a.頹廢的

incision

n.切開、切口

bolster

v.支持、支撐

protrude

v.（使）突出、（使）伸出unit

3

P90disingenuousness

n.不誠信

withering

a.使人難忘的

endorse

v.贊同

sequential

a.連續(xù)的、相繼的

testimony

n.證詞、證據(jù)nicotine

n.尼古丁

sophistication

n.復(fù)雜、詭辯、老于世故

allure

n.誘惑力、魅力

extol

v.頌揚(yáng)、贊頌

clad

a.穿衣的、覆蓋的

the

better

part

of大多數(shù)pathology

n.病理學(xué)

perverse

a.反常的、任性的、墮落的

exonerate

v.使免罪

epidemiological

a.流行病學(xué)的

landmark

n.里程碑

bronchogenic

a.支氣管原的

surrogate

n.代理人、替代品、替身

deride

v.取笑

gaggle

n.一群exhaustively

adv.用盡一切的

memorandum

n.備忘錄

disinformation

n.假信息

obfuscate

v.使模糊

spike

v.阻止、用釘子釘牢

racketeering

n.詐騙

skeptic

n.懷疑（論）者、無神論者defraud

v.欺騙某人

pandemic

n.流行病

advocacy

n.鼓吹、提倡unit

4

P124blessing

n.祈福

curse

n.咒罵

chitchat

n.閑聊

detritus

n.碎石、巖屑

suck

v.吸允

con

a.哄騙的

harry

v.折磨、掠奪、騷擾

hassle

v.打擾snoop

v.窺探

shrivel

v.枯萎

barrage

n.彈幕、阻塞

nanosecond

n.毫微秒

cook

up

迅速做好飯菜、編造、策劃

catalyst

n.催化劑、刺激因素

mind-boggling

a.警告

archive

n.檔案（館）multitude

n.大量irreconcilable

a.無法調(diào)節(jié)的

salvage

v.營救

far-flung

a.廣泛傳播的visceral

a.不理智的、本能的

peck

v.攻擊

lust

n.欲望

spur

n.刺激、鼓勵(lì)hierarchy

n.等級制度

buffer

n.

緩沖地帶

purveyor

n.供貨商

prurient

a.好色的、淫亂的

spew

v.嘔吐、噴出

vile

a.惡劣的、卑鄙的

run

amok

胡作非為

cobble

together

muser

v.召集、對??點(diǎn)名bemoan

v.抱怨border

on

接界、相鄰于、近似于

lapse

n.流逝、失效

curator

n.館長、監(jiān)護(hù)人gentility

n.有教養(yǎng)

lowercase

a.用小寫字母的

snippy

a.尖刻的、語言唐突的unit

5

P186innovation

n.改革、革新

provocative

a.挑釁的、煽動(dòng)的yearning

n.強(qiáng)烈的愿望define

v.下定義、限制

put

a

finger

on

sth.

lend

oneself

to

屈服ingenuity

n.創(chuàng)新于

quantifiable

a.可以計(jì)量的

rocket

v.飛馳、迅速增加

conundrum

n.難題、謎語

craft

v.精工細(xì)作

perpetual

a.永久的flummox

v.使困惑、使混亂

malaise

n.病態(tài)、不滿、無奈

stagnation

n.停滯不前

green

innovation

綠色創(chuàng)新

incentive

n.刺激、激勵(lì)

【作文翻譯】Unit1李明是學(xué)化學(xué)的，性格開朗幽默，頗有魅力，但英語成績不佳，每次只能勉強(qiáng)及格。老師警告他，英語不好會(huì)阻礙他拿獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，并亮出了自己的王牌：如果李明不努力，就讓他考試不過關(guān)。老師還告訴他，學(xué)習(xí)英語不能只為了文憑，否則他即使大學(xué)畢業(yè)，也還是個(gè)半文盲。李明雖然保持鎮(zhèn)定，但他明白，他的學(xué)業(yè)生涯正在攸關(guān)之際，必須安心下來埋頭學(xué)習(xí)，堅(jiān)持不懈。LiMingwasachemistrymajor,acharmernotedforhiseasygoingandhumoroustemperament.However,hisEnglishwassopoorthathealwaysbarelygotby.TheteacheradmonishedhimthathispoorEnglishwouldbeanimpedimenttoscholarship.What’smore,sheshowedhertrumpcard:ifLiMingdidnotworkhard.Shewouldflunkhim.HewasalsotoldthatheshouldnotlearnEnglishmerelyforthesakeofhisdiploma,otherwise,evenaftergraduationfromuniversity,hewouldstillbesemiliterate.AlthoughLiMingdidnotlosehiscomposure,hewaswellawarethathehadtosettledowntoworkandfollowthroughbecausehisacademiclifewasatstake.Unit2我的朋友琳達(dá)接受過良好的教育，既美麗又端莊，三十好幾依然沒有人向她求婚。究其原因，她的事業(yè)心極強(qiáng)，整日撲在工作上，每天來往于住處和公司之間，根本沒有時(shí)間和異性交往。一想到女兒這么大了還單身一人，她父母就焦慮不安。他們不知道該如何是好，甚至還去咨詢一些社會(huì)學(xué)專家。但是事情在上個(gè)月出現(xiàn)了轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)，公司的總部調(diào)琳達(dá)到培訓(xùn)部。在新的工作崗位上，琳達(dá)遇到了第一個(gè)觸動(dòng)她心弦的男人。從此，他們幾乎每天約會(huì)，琳達(dá)意識(shí)到她會(huì)不顧一切地愛這個(gè)男人。決定嫁人的時(shí)候，她告訴了我這個(gè)好消息。雖然琳達(dá)的愛情讓人想起電影中才會(huì)有的浪漫故事，我也擔(dān)憂未來究竟會(huì)怎樣，但我還是表達(dá)了我由衷的祝福，并爽快答應(yīng)在婚禮那天做他們的伴娘和伴郎隨從中的一員。Linda,mygoodfriend,hasreceivedgoodeducationandisbothbeautifulandelegant.Shewasnotproposedtoevenwhenshewaswelloverthirty.Thereasonisthatshe,asacareer–orientedwoman,isdevotedtoherwork.Navigatingbetweenhomeandthecompany,shehadhardlyanytimetosocializewithpeopleoftheoppositesex.Herparentsweregrippedbyanxietyatthethoughtoftheirdaughterstillremainingsingleatsuchanage.Theydidnotknowwhattodoandevenconsultedwithsomesociologists.Butthesituationbegantochangelastmonth,whentheheadquartersofthecompanytransferredLindatothetrainingdepartment.Onthenewpost,Lindametamanwhotuggedonherheartstringsforthefirsttime.Eversincethen,theydatedvirtuallyonadailybasis,andLindarealizedthatshewouldlovethemanbeyondallreason.Whenshedecidedtotakethematrimonialplunge,sheinformedme.ThoughLinda’sloveisreminiscentoftheromancethatweseeonlyinmoviesandIdon’tknowwhatthefuturewillholdforher,Igivehermyheart-feltwishesandagreereadilytobeamemberoftheentourageofbridesmaidsandgroomsmen.Unit3食品供應(yīng)商缺乏誠信已經(jīng)成為當(dāng)今社會(huì)的一大問題。部分企業(yè)欺騙公眾，故意散布假消息，頌揚(yáng)食品添加劑是食品工業(yè)的偉大成就，并聲稱適量的添加劑對健康有益無害。部分有良知的科學(xué)家對食品添加劑的含量和毒性展開了深入的病理學(xué)研究。研究結(jié)果表明，部分常見的食品添加劑經(jīng)長期，可能會(huì)對健康產(chǎn)生危害，這被認(rèn)為是食品安全研究方面極為重要的一項(xiàng)成就。盡管一小撮由廠商雇傭的懷疑論者質(zhì)疑研究的科學(xué)性，并嘲笑人們膽子太小，但不少消費(fèi)者已經(jīng)開始重視食品添加劑問題，并轉(zhuǎn)而食用天然食物和新鮮食物。部分專家表示，一旦消費(fèi)者針對食品商的欺詐行為提起訴訟，他們愿意提供證詞。Thedisingenuousnessoffoodsuppliershasbecomeaseriousissueintoday’ssociety.Someofthemdefraudthepublicbydisinformationandextollingfood