全新版大學(xué)進(jìn)階英語(yǔ)1-Unit-4-Meeting-Statesmen-Li-and-Me

Whoarethey?ScantheQRcodesonpage75,andsearchoutinformationtodiscussthequestionswithyourpartner.OpenerInyourmind,whataretheirbiggestachievementsrespectively?Therewereupsanddownsinbothmen’spoliticalcareer.Howdidtheyreacttostsbacks?Howdidthetwomenspendtheiryouthbeforeenteringpolitics?OpenerLiandMeLiandMeTimeEventsImplicationsBeforethereadingDuringthereadingAfterthereading1).2).______________________________________________________2).______________________________________1).3).Themeetingmadenationalnews.1).2).1)._________________________________________________________________3)._____________________________________________________________________4).______________________________________________________________________________________________________Somegroundruleswereset.2).Hehadastronginterestindiscussingscience.Hedismissed4).MeasuresareinplacetoensureChinahasthebestandbrightestscientists.China’seffortshavegonebeyondintenttoyieldresults.___________________________anaidewithanurgentmessage1.Duringaweek-longtriptoChinainJanuarythisyear,IwasinvitedtomeetwithPremierLiKeqianginBeijingtodiscussscience.Atfirst,Iwasindisbelief.Afterall,Chinaisanationof1.3billionpeople.Li,asPremierandPartySecretaryoftheStateCouncil,hasmanypressingissuesofnationalandinternationalconcerntoattendto.今年一月，我赴華一周，其間受李克強(qiáng)總理邀請(qǐng)，在北京與他會(huì)面，討論科學(xué)方面的議題。乍聽(tīng)到消息，我覺(jué)得難以置信。畢竟，中國(guó)有13億人口，李作為總理兼國(guó)務(wù)院黨組書記一定有許多緊迫的國(guó)內(nèi)和國(guó)際問(wèn)題要處理。QTPReadparagraph1anddiscuss:HowdidMarciaMcNuttfeelwhenshereceivedtheinvitationandwhy?ShewasindisbeliefbecauseshethoughtPremierLihadtoomanypressingissuesofnationalandinternationalconcerntoattendtothantomeether.BackLi,asPremierandPartySecretaryoftheStateCouncil,hasmanypressingissuesofnationalandinternationalconcerntoattendto.AsPremierandPartySecretaryoftheStateCouncil,Liispressedtohandlemanyissuesofnationalandinternationalimportance.AsPremierandPartySecretaryoftheStateCouncil,LihastohandlemanyissuesthatareconsideredimportantinChinaandtheworld.√BackReadPara1SustainabledevelopmentisamatteroftopconcerntotheChinesegovernment.1.Afterall,Chinaisanationof1.3billionpeople.Li,asPremierandPartySecretaryoftheStateCouncil,hasmanypressingissuesofnationalandinternationalconcerntoattendto.concern:n.關(guān)心之事；關(guān)系重大之事Thisisnoconcernofmine.Goaway.這不關(guān)我的事。走開?？沙掷m(xù)發(fā)展是中國(guó)政府首要關(guān)注的問(wèn)題。attendto:givecareandthoughtto關(guān)心；注意AsDr.Johnsonisattendingtoyourwife,wouldyouliketohavesomecoffeeandwait?約翰遜醫(yī)生在照看你太太，你要不要喝點(diǎn)咖啡等著？BackInallmyyearsasascientist,includingheadingabillion-dollarU.S.researchagency,thiswasthemostsignificantinvitationIhadeverreceivedtomeetwithasittingnationalleadertohearhisvisionforscienceanddiscussimportantglobalsciencematters.ThefactthattheChinesePremierwantedtomeetwithmesentstrongsignalsastohowChinaisseeingscienceascritical

toitsfuturewell-being.在我從事科學(xué)工作這么多年間，包括掌管經(jīng)費(fèi)高達(dá)10億美元的美國(guó)研究機(jī)構(gòu)，這是我所接到過(guò)的邀請(qǐng)中分量最重的一個(gè)。我將要同一位在任國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人會(huì)面，聆聽(tīng)他對(duì)科學(xué)的看法，同他討論重大的全球性科學(xué)問(wèn)題。中國(guó)總理愿意接見(jiàn)我這一事實(shí)釋放出強(qiáng)大信號(hào)：中國(guó)認(rèn)為科學(xué)對(duì)中國(guó)的未來(lái)福祉至關(guān)重要。TQ

2.Inallmyyearsasascientist,includingheadingabillion-dollarU.S.researchagency,thiswasthemostsignificantinvitationIhadeverreceivedtomeetwithasittingnationalleadertohearhisvisionforscienceanddiscussimportantglobalsciencematters.significant:a.

havingaspecialmeaning;important有特殊意義的；重大的我真煩這些婚禮請(qǐng)柬。它們老是要你帶上你重要的另一半。單身女生就不能享受生活了嗎？I’msoboredwiththeseweddinginvitations.Theyalwaysaskyoutobringyoursignificantother.Can’tasinglegirljustenjoylife?Back

2.Inallmyyearsasascientist,includingheadingabillion-dollarU.S.researchagency,thiswasthemostsignificantinvitationIhadeverreceivedtomeetwithasittingnationalleadertohearhisvisionforscienceanddiscussimportantglobalsciencematters.Whatdoestheword“sitting”mostprobablymeanhere?Current/present.Backglobal:a.

worldwide全球的YundiLi’sintensepracticeandtalentbroughthimglobalreputationataveryyoungage.李云迪練琴勤奮，又有天分，年紀(jì)輕輕就享譽(yù)世界。（李云迪的練琴勤奮和天分，在年紀(jì)輕輕時(shí)就帶給他全球的名聲。）Back3.ThefactthattheChinesePremierwantedtomeetwithmesentstrongsignalsastohowChinaisseeingscienceascriticaltoitsfuturewell-being.signal:

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信號(hào)他帶來(lái)的鮮花和巧克力傳達(dá)了一個(gè)對(duì)她感興趣的信號(hào)。Theflowersandchocolatehehadbroughtsentasignalofhisinterestinher.Back2.Mostfarmlandisunderwater.______thegrain,mostofithasbeenruined.3.Youcanhaveabed;______him,hehastosleeponthefloor.4._____thequestionyouraised,Idon’thaveareadyanswerrightnow.

Asto&asfor1.Theysortedtheeggs_____sizeandcolor.“Asto”issometimessimilarto“accordingto”.“Asfor”isnot.Whenappearingatthebeginningofasentence,“asfor”introducesatotallynewtopicwhereas“asto”picksupatopicalreadymentioned.“Asfor”atthebeginningofasentencecansometimesindicatecontempt.astoAstoAsforasfor5.______you,Ineverwanttoseeyouagain.AsforBack第二份收入對(duì)于家庭幸福至關(guān)重要。critical:

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absolutelynecessary絕對(duì)必要的從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)看，土地的供應(yīng)對(duì)產(chǎn)業(yè)效益的重要性不亞于勞動(dòng)力和資本的供應(yīng)。Inthelongterm,thesupplyoflandisascriticalasthatoflaborandcapitaltoindustrialperformance.Becriticaltosth對(duì)……至關(guān)重要Asecondincomeiscriticaltoafamily’swell-being.Back此次會(huì)面有明確的規(guī)定：我單身赴會(huì)，美國(guó)記者不得隨行，會(huì)見(jiàn)時(shí)間為30分鐘。我們的話題僅限于科學(xué)和經(jīng)濟(jì)，不涉及政治。有些話題我不可和總理談，建議我同中國(guó)科學(xué)院白春禮院長(zhǎng)談更為合適。2Themeetingwouldhavecleargroundrules.Justme,noU.S.reporters,for30minutes.Wewoulddiscussscienceandtheeconomy,notpolitics.SometopicswereofflimitsforthePremier,suggestedasmoreappropriateforconversationsbetweenPresidentBaiChunlioftheChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)andme.TQWhatwerethegroundrulesforthemeeting?1).Themeetingwouldbeon-on-oneandnoU.S.reporterswereallowed;Readparagraph2anddiscuss:2).Themeetingwouldlast30minutes;3).Theywoulddiscussscienceandtheeconomy,notpolitics;4).SometopicswereofflimitsforthePremier,beingsuggestedasmoreappropriateforconversationsbetweenPresidentBaiChunlioftheChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)andher.ReadPara24.SometopicswereofflimitsforthePremier,suggestedasmoreappropriate

forconversationsbetweenPresidentBaiChunlioftheChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)andme.beofflimitsforsb:beyondwhatoneisallowedtodo;beyondareasthatoneisallowedtoenter不在允許范圍之內(nèi)；屬于禁區(qū)這一軍事演習(xí)不對(duì)記者開放。Thismilitaryexerciseisofflimitstoreporters.Back我提早到達(dá)了一個(gè)美麗的傳統(tǒng)中式接見(jiàn)廳。不像美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)大廈和白宮，這里沒(méi)有X光機(jī)，也沒(méi)有人體掃描儀?？偫砗臀乙黄鹩貌?。我們從空間探索、國(guó)際合作談到氣候變化和環(huán)境保護(hù)，談著談著70分鐘就過(guò)去了。IarrivedearlyforthemeetingatabeautifultraditionalChinesereceptionhall.Nox-raymachinesorbodyscannerssuchasyoufindattheentrancetotheU.S.CapitolandtheWhiteHouse.ThePremierandme,havingtea.Andwetalked,andtalked,for70minutes,ontopicsrangingfromspaceexplorationtointernationalcooperationtoclimatechangeandenvironmentalprotection.PTNox-raymachinesorbodyscannerssuchasyoufindattheentrancetotheU.S.CapitolandtheWhiteHouse.√Therearenox-raymachinesorbodyscannersliketheonesyoufindattheentrancetotheU.S.CapitolandtheWhiteHouse.Nox-raymachinesorbodyscannersherewereliketheonesyoufindattheentrancetotheU.S.CapitolandtheWhiteHouse.Back5.Andwetalked,andtalked,for70minutes,ontopicsrangingfromspaceexplorationtointernationalcooperationtoclimatechangeandenvironmentalprotection.range:

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includeavarietyofthingsorpeople涉及，包含SthrangefromAtoB某事的范圍從A到BThehoteloffersmanyservicestoguests,rangingfromticketstohotshowstoprivatetoursofthelocalmuseum.酒店為客人提供各種服務(wù)，包括熱門表演的票子、當(dāng)?shù)夭┪镳^的私人導(dǎo)游。BackAtonepointearlyintheconversation,Li’saiderushedinwithanurgentnote.AndyetPremierLidismissedhim;whateverimportantmatterdemandedhisattentionelsewherewouldhavetowait.談話開始后不久，李總理的助手沖進(jìn)來(lái)，遞給他一張緊急的條子。然而，李總理讓他退下；不管有何重要事宜需要他處理，都得先等等。T6.Atonepointearlyintheconversation,Li’saiderushedinwithanurgentnote.AndyetPremierLidismissedhim.atonepoint:

atonetime在某一時(shí)刻；一度TheactressdressedlikeMarilynMonroeatonepointofhercareer.那位女演員在其職業(yè)生涯中曾一度效仿瑪麗蓮·夢(mèng)露的衣著裝扮。Backdismiss:Hejustlaughedanddismissedmysuggestionasunrealistic.vt.removesomeonefromhisjobIfyou’relateagain,you’llbedismissedfromyourjob.vt.allowsomeonetogoTheteacherdismissedtheclasstenminutesearly.vt.refusetoconsidersomeone’sidea,opinion,etc.,becauseyouthinkitisnotserious,true,orimportant;如果你再遲到，你就會(huì)被開除。老師提前了十分鐘下課。Back3.ThePremierwasclearlywellpreparedtodemonstratethatChina’seffortstoaddressitsenvironmentalwoeshavegonebeyondintenttoyieldresults.Hequotednumbersoncarbonstoredthroughreturningfarmlandtoforestsince2000(160milliontons)andthevalueofChina’senergy-savingandenvironmentalindustries[4.5trillionRMByuan(approximatelyUS$0.72trillion)by2015].Hestated:“Weneedtodeclarewaronenvironmentalpollution,onuncleanwateranddirtyair.”總理顯然有備而來(lái)，要向我展示中國(guó)應(yīng)對(duì)環(huán)境挑戰(zhàn)的努力絕不是紙上談兵，而是成果頗豐。他引用數(shù)據(jù)，告訴我自2000年實(shí)施退耕還林工程以來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)固碳1.6億噸，2015年中國(guó)節(jié)能環(huán)保行業(yè)將達(dá)到4.5萬(wàn)億人民幣（約等于0.72萬(wàn)億美元）的產(chǎn)值。他說(shuō)，“我們需要向環(huán)境污染、不潔水源和骯臟空氣宣戰(zhàn)。”QTReadPara37.ThePremierwasclearlywellpreparedtodemonstratethatChina’seffortstoaddressitsenvironmentalwoeshavegonebeyondintenttoyieldresults.demonstrate:vt.

provideevidencefor;show證明；展示研究表明抽煙與肺癌有關(guān)。Thestudydemonstratedthatsmokingandlungcancerwererelated.address:vt.

dealwith處理；應(yīng)對(duì)公司想知道你將如何應(yīng)對(duì)你那份商業(yè)計(jì)劃中的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)問(wèn)題。Thecompanywantstoknowhowyouaregoingtoaddresstherisksinyourbusinessplan.

Backyield:

vt.

produce;bear產(chǎn)生；出產(chǎn)多年的訓(xùn)練終于給了薩拉收獲。她成功入選國(guó)家隊(duì)。YearsoftraininghasyieldedarewardforSarah.Shehaswonaspotonthenationalteam.ThePremierwasclearlywellpreparedtodemonstratethatChina’seffortstoaddressitsenvironmentalwoeshavegonebeyondintenttoyieldresults.總理顯然有備而來(lái)，要向我展示中國(guó)應(yīng)對(duì)環(huán)境挑戰(zhàn)的努力絕不是紙上談兵，而是成果頗豐。Translation:Back8.Hestated:“Weneedtodeclarewaronenvironmentalpollution,onuncleanwateranddirtyair.”TheChinesegovernmenthasdeclaredwaronsmogbyclosingheavilypollutingfactories.declarewaron:stateofficiallythatoneisatwarwith對(duì)……宣戰(zhàn)中國(guó)政府向霧霾宣戰(zhàn)，關(guān)閉了污染嚴(yán)重的工廠。BackHowmanyexamplesdidPremierLigivetodemonstrateChina’seffortstoaddressitsenvironmentalproblems?Three.Theyare:returningfarmlandtoforest;thevalueofChina’senergy-savingandenvironmentalindustries;cleandrinkingwaterforruralChinesepeople.Readparagraph2anddiscuss:BackAsanexampleofhowChinaismovingforwardaggressivelyonthisfront,Liclaimedthat60millionruralwaterusersweresuppliedwithcleandrinkingwaterin2013,withanother60millionscheduledtobenefitin2014.Yetthereisstillmuchtodo.ThedayafterIleftBeijing,thecapitalexperienceddangeroussmog,withconcentrationsof2.5-micrometerparticlesthatwere20timesthelevelconsideredsafebytheWorldHealthOrganization.為了說(shuō)明中國(guó)在這一戰(zhàn)線上積極推進(jìn)的成果，他舉例說(shuō)，在2013年，中國(guó)就有6,000萬(wàn)農(nóng)村人口喝上了清潔的飲用水。按計(jì)劃，到2014年，還有6,000萬(wàn)人口將受益。然而，要做的事情還很多。我離開北京的第二天，中國(guó)首都就深陷高危霧霾，PM2.5濃度高達(dá)世界衛(wèi)生組織認(rèn)定的安全濃度的20倍。PTAsanexampleofhowChinaismovingforwardaggressivelyonthisfront,Liclaimedthat60millionruralwaterusersweresuppliedwithcleandrinkingwaterin2013……InordertoprovehowChinaismakinghugeprogressinthisarea,Litoldmethat60millionruralwaterusersweresuppliedwithcleandrinkingwaterin2013.InordertoprovehowChinaisdoingitsbesttoguardagainstpossibleaggression,Litoldmethat60millionruralwaterusersweresuppliedwithcleandrinkingwaterin2013.√Back9.AsanexampleofhowChinaismovingforwardaggressivelyonthisfront,Liclaimedthat60millionruralwaterusersweresuppliedwithcleandrinkingwaterin2013,withanother60millionscheduledtobenefitin2014.schedule:vt.

plan計(jì)劃Mr.Brown,youcan’tgoyet.You’rescheduledtomeetsomeinvestorsintenminutes.Beschesuledtodosth=be

plannedtodosth布朗先生你還不能走。你被安排十分鐘后與投資商見(jiàn)面。benefit:vi.

gethelporimprovement(from)獲益還有成千上萬(wàn)的人將受益于這個(gè)項(xiàng)目。Thereareanotherthousandsofpeoplewhocouldbenefitfromtheprogram.benefitfrom從…中受益Back4Ensuring

thatChinahasthebestandbrightestscientiststosolvetheseproblemsisnotjustgoodpolicyforthePremier,butsomethingpersonal.Over30yearsago,LiwasapeasantfromapoorruralpartofChina.Thankstohisexcellentperformanceonthecollegeentranceexamination,hewasadmittedtotheelitePekingUniversity,whichhelpedlaunchhisownillustriouscareer.對(duì)總理來(lái)說(shuō)，確保中國(guó)有最好的、最聰明的科學(xué)家來(lái)解決這些問(wèn)題不但是良政，也是他個(gè)人的訴求。30多年前，李總理還在中國(guó)一個(gè)貧窮的農(nóng)村里務(wù)農(nóng)。因?yàn)楦呖汲煽?jī)優(yōu)異，他被精英大學(xué)北京大學(xué)錄取，從此展開了輝煌的職業(yè)生涯。PTQ10.EnsuringthatChinahasthebestandbrightestscientiststosolvetheseproblemsisnotjustgoodpolicyforthePremier,butsomethingpersonal.ensure:vt.

makesureorcertain確保要確保論文中沒(méi)有拼寫錯(cuò)誤你該怎么辦？Whatcanyoudotoensurethatyourpaperisfreeofspellingmistakes?沒(méi)有拼寫錯(cuò)誤：befreeofspellingmistakesBackWhatdidPremierLifeelpersonalabout?TheimportanceoftrainingmorebrilliantscientistsforChina,includingextendingtrainingopportunitiestoruralstudents.Readparagraph4anddiscuss:Back11.Thankstohisexcellentperformanceonthecollegeentranceexamination,hewasadmittedtotheelitePekingUniversity,whichhelpedlaunchhisownillustriouscareer.thanksto:owingto;astheresultof由于；因?yàn)閃ehadawonderfultimeinXi’anthankstoourguideAmy.多謝導(dǎo)游艾米，我們的西安行非常盡興。Backcareer:n.

職業(yè)生涯12.Thankstohisexcellentperformanceonthecollegeentranceexamination,hewasadmittedtotheelitePekingUniversity,whichhelpedlaunchhisownillustriouscareer.performance:n.表現(xiàn)；成績(jī)他父母給他請(qǐng)家教幫助他提高成績(jī)。Hisparentshiredaprivatetutortohelphimimprovehisacademicperformance.launch:vt.

start,getgoing開啟蘋果公司什么時(shí)候開始發(fā)布新的廣告？WhenwillApplelaunchthenewadvertisingcampaign?這一事故終止了他的旅行推銷員的職業(yè)生涯。Theaccidentbroughthiscareerasatravellingsalesmantoanend.Back…h(huán)ewasadmittedtotheelitePekingUniversity,whichhelpedlaunchhisownillustriouscareer.……h(huán)ewasenrolledbytheelitePekingUniversity,whichwasabrilliantmovefortheuniversity.……h(huán)ewasenrolledbytheelitePekingUniversity,whichgavehimastartonhiswaytowardsanoutstandingcareer.√WhenLibecamePremier,henotedthattheproportionofpoorstudentsattheeliteChineseuniversitieswasdeclining.Therefore,lastyeartheChinesegovernmentaskedthoseuniversitiestoenrollmoreruralstudentsfromunderdevelopedcentralandwesternareasofChinaandprovided5billionRMB(approximatelyUS$0.8billion)inscholarshipstooffsetthecostoftheircollegeattendance.Theirrepresentationincreasedby10%overthepreviousyear,Linoted.就任總理后，李克強(qiáng)注意到中國(guó)頂尖大學(xué)里的貧困生比例逐年下降。于是，在去年，中國(guó)政府要求這些大學(xué)到中國(guó)中西部欠發(fā)達(dá)地區(qū)招收更多的農(nóng)村學(xué)生，并提供了50億元（約等于8億美元）獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，以貼補(bǔ)這些學(xué)生上大學(xué)的費(fèi)用。李總理特別指出，過(guò)去一年，欠發(fā)達(dá)農(nóng)村地區(qū)來(lái)的大學(xué)生占比提高了10%。Tdecline:vi.

godown;growworse下降；惡化13.WhenLibecamePremier,henotedthattheproportionofpoorstudentsattheeliteCportion:n.

比例做糕點(diǎn)時(shí)面粉與水的比率非常關(guān)鍵。Theproportionofflourtowateriscriticaltocakemaking.他身體不好不再騎車了。去年以來(lái)油價(jià)一路下跌。Oilpricehasbeendecliningsincelastyear.Hegaveupbicyclingduetodeclininghealth.Back14.Therefore,lastyeartheChinesegovernmentaskedthoseuniversitiestoenrollmoreruralstudentsfromunderdevelopedcentralandwesternareasofChina.enroll:vt.registerformallyasaparticipantormember錄取衷心希望能榮幸地入讀貴校研究生院。IhopeIcanhavethehonortobeenrolledbythegraduateschoolatyouruniversity.

Back13.Theirrepresentationincreasedby10%overthepreviousyear,Linoted.previous:a.existingorhappeningbeforesth.elseintimeororder之前的Sam’sdivorcefromhispreviouswifewasalongandbitterprocess/experience.山姆與前妻的離婚案拖了很久，非常狗血。Back5Ourmeetingmadethe7p.m.nationalnewsandwasoverthemorningpapers.Evencabdriversknowaboutthemeetingandwereimpressed.Scientificresearchhadattainedrock-starstatusinChina.Isuspectthatthiswasthehoped-forintentwhenDr.BaioftheCASmadetherequestformymeetingwiththePremier.Ifthelong-termresultisthatChina’smosttalentedyouthbecomeresearcherstofindenvironmentalsolutions,thenweallwin.我們的會(huì)面上了當(dāng)晚7點(diǎn)的全國(guó)電視新聞和次日的各大晨報(bào)。連出租車司機(jī)都知道這一會(huì)見(jiàn)，而且印象深刻?？茖W(xué)研究在中國(guó)已經(jīng)上升到了搖滾明星的地位。我猜想這也是中科院白院長(zhǎng)報(bào)請(qǐng)總理接見(jiàn)我的意