編者:徐慧芬 校對:龍志平
Warming up
1. make a difference 有影響,起重要的作用
2. have/ hold a debate 舉行辯論
3. be known for… 因…而聞名
●be famous as…作為…而聞名 be famous to…為…所知
Listening & Speaking
4. be on fire for… 對…充滿激情/ 有熱情
5. be similar to… 某物與另一物相似 ** be similar in… 在某方面相似
●be familiar with… 為某人熟悉…
6.. There is no doubt that… 毫無疑問的是…
Reading
7. a promising graduate student 一位很有發(fā)展前途的研究生
● promise sb. sth. = promise to give sb. sth. 承諾某人某事
● promise (sb.) to do sth. 答應(某人)去…
● promise (sb.) + 從句 答應(某人)…
8. more than = over 超過 ** more than 不僅僅是 / 非常 = very
9. There’s no point in doing sth. 做某事已經(jīng)毫無意義了
10. go by (時間)流逝 / 走過,經(jīng)過
11. get/ be engaged to… 與…訂婚
● be engaged in doing sth.= engage sb. in doing sth. 忙于…;從事于…
12. give up 放棄 ** give in 屈服 ** give away 捐贈
13. go on with sth. 繼續(xù)做某事
● go on doing sth. 繼續(xù)做同一件事情 ** go on to do sth.繼續(xù)做另一件事情
14. dream of /about + (名詞、代詞或動名詞 ) 向往…,渴望…
15. stop sb. (from) doing sth.
= prevent sb. (from) doing sth.= keep sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事
16. in the early 1970s 在二十世紀七十年代初
17. seek answers to questions 尋求問題的答案
●seek sth. from sb. 從某人那兒尋求某物
18 according to… 根據(jù)…
19. turn out 結果(是),證明(是)
● turn out = turn off 關燈
20. the way in which/ that / … 做… 的方式
● in this way 用這種方法 ** by the way 順便說一句 ** in the way 擋道
● No way 沒門
21. in fact 實際上
22. be happy with sth. 對…感到開心、滿意
23. search for = seek 找尋,搜尋
Integrating skills
24. be satisfied with… 對…滿意 ** be satisfied of… 相信…
25. take a closer look at… 更仔細地看…
26. Knowledge is power 知識就是力量
27. all the time 一直
28. believe in sb. 信任某人 ** believe in sth. 信仰/信奉…
29. the other way around 而恰恰相反, 轉向相反方向
30. be allowed to … 被允許去…
● allow sb. to do …允許某人去… ** allow doing … 允許去…
佳句必背
1. (Warming up/Page1)You can’t teach a man everything; you can only help him find it
within himself. 翻譯:你不可能教會一個人一切,你只能幫助他自己去發(fā)現(xiàn)
2. (Reading/ Page3) There did not seem much point in working on my PhD
翻譯:取得博士學位似乎沒有什么意義了。
3. (Reading/ Page3) Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse.
翻譯:可是,兩年過去了,我的病情并沒有那么惡化。
4. (Reading/ Page3) Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research , got his PhD and married Jane.
翻譯:沒有放棄,霍金繼續(xù)他的研究,取得了博士學位并和Jane 結了婚。
5. (Reading/ Page3) Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of. 翻譯:他沒有讓病痛妨礙自己過夢寐以求的那種生活。
6. (Integrating skills/ Page7) They are never satisfied with a simple answer and are always looking for new questions.
翻譯:他們從不滿足于簡單的答案,始終在尋求新的問題。
7. (Integrating skills/ Page7) We must believe in what we do, even when others do not.
翻譯:我們必須對自己做的事情有信心,哪怕別人不相信也罷。
8. (Integrating skills/ Page7) Perhaps the most important thing if we want to make a difference is to find something that we like to do and we are good at.
翻譯:如果我們想要有影響力的話,也許最重要的事情是找到我們喜歡做和擅長的事情。