编者:徐慧芬 校对:龙志平
Warming up
1. make a difference 有影响,起重要的作用
2. have/ hold a debate 举行辩论
3. be known for… 因…而闻名
●be famous as…作为…而闻名 be famous to…为…所知
Listening & Speaking
4. be on fire for… 对…充满激情/ 有热情
5. be similar to… 某物与另一物相似 ** be similar in… 在某方面相似
●be familiar with… 为某人熟悉…
6.. There is no doubt that… 毫无疑问的是…
Reading
7. a promising graduate student 一位很有发展前途的研究生
● promise sb. sth. = promise to give sb. sth. 承诺某人某事
● promise (sb.) to do sth. 答应(某人)去…
● promise (sb.) + 从句 答应(某人)…
8. more than = over 超过 ** more than 不仅仅是 / 非常 = very
9. There’s no point in doing sth. 做某事已经毫无意义了
10. go by (时间)流逝 / 走过,经过
11. get/ be engaged to… 与…订婚
● be engaged in doing sth.= engage sb. in doing sth. 忙于…;从事于…
12. give up 放弃 ** give in 屈服 ** give away 捐赠
13. go on with sth. 继续做某事
● go on doing sth. 继续做同一件事情 ** go on to do sth.继续做另一件事情
14. dream of /about + (名词、代词或动名词 ) 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 在二十世纪七十年代初
17. seek answers to questions 寻求问题的答案
●seek sth. from sb. 从某人那儿寻求某物
18 according to… 根据…
19. turn out 结果(是),证明(是)
● turn out = turn off 关灯
20. the way in which/ that / … 做… 的方式
● in this way 用这种方法 ** by the way 顺便说一句 ** in the way 挡道
● No way 没门
21. in fact 实际上
22. be happy with sth. 对…感到开心、满意
23. search for = seek 找寻,搜寻
Integrating skills
24. be satisfied with… 对…满意 ** be satisfied of… 相信…
25. take a closer look at… 更仔细地看…
26. Knowledge is power 知识就是力量
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, 转向相反方向
30. be allowed to … 被允许去…
● allow sb. to do …允许某人去… ** allow doing … 允许去…
佳句必背
1. (Warming up/Page1)You can’t teach a man everything; you can only help him find it
within himself. 翻译:你不可能教会一个人一切,你只能帮助他自己去发现
2. (Reading/ Page3) There did not seem much point in working on my PhD
翻译:取得博士学位似乎没有什么意义了。
3. (Reading/ Page3) Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse.
翻译:可是,两年过去了,我的病情并没有那么恶化。
4. (Reading/ Page3) Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research , got his PhD and married Jane.
翻译:没有放弃,霍金继续他的研究,取得了博士学位并和Jane 结了婚。
5. (Reading/ Page3) Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of. 翻译:他没有让病痛妨碍自己过梦寐以求的那种生活。
6. (Integrating skills/ Page7) They are never satisfied with a simple answer and are always looking for new questions.
翻译:他们从不满足于简单的答案,始终在寻求新的问题。
7. (Integrating skills/ Page7) We must believe in what we do, even when others do not.
翻译:我们必须对自己做的事情有信心,哪怕别人不相信也罢。
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.
翻译:如果我们想要有影响力的话,也许最重要的事情是找到我们喜欢做和擅长的事情。