Unit 4 super kids and super problems

Unit 4Super kids and super problems

Assumption 假定；设想；

We are working on the assumption that the rate of inflation will not increase next year. 我们是在假定明年通货膨胀率不增加的 情况下工作的。 This assumption is utterly false. 这个假设是完全错误的。

Presume: 假定；认为

I presume that this is your final answer. 我认为这就是你最后的答复。 In English law an accused man is presumed (to be) innocent until he is proved to be guilty.

Prestigious 有名望的享有声望的

If you expect to enter this prestigious university, you should apply now. 如果期望进入这所著名学府，妳现在就 应该申请了。 These predictions were published by the prestigious journal Nature. 科学杂志《自然》报道了上述预测。

Tremendous;巨大的，极好的Tremendous changes have taken place here. 这里发生了巨大的变化。 I thought they played tremendously well, didn't you? 我认为他们表演得非常好，你不觉得吗？ 近义词 Huge/enormous/vast

Prestige: 威信；声望

He is a scientist of high prestige. 他是一位有声望的科学家。 China's prestige in the world is rising very quickly. 中国在国际上的声望上升得很快。

Screen:筛选；审查Government employees are often screened by the security services. 政府雇员经常受到安全部门审查

Enrich: 使充实；使丰富

By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书可以使我们思想充实，谈话使其更 臻完美。 One key role for TV is to enrich and record that unique culture. 电视的一个关键作用就是丰富和记录这 种独特的文化。

Enriched: adj. 浓缩的；强化的

An iron-enriched diet is not necessarily good for all children, American researchers found. 美国一项研究发现，富含铁剂的食谱并 非适合每一个孩子。

Exclusive:adj.独有的；排外的； 仅限富贵人士的

It used to be a private, exclusive club, and now it's open to all New Yorkers. 它曾是一家高档的私人俱乐部，而现在它对所 有纽约人开放。 Our group will have exclusive use of a 60-foot boat. 我们组将有一条专用的60英尺的船。 He told the magazine in an exclusive interview: "All my problems stem from drinking."

Epidemic n. 传染病 adj. 流行的； 传染性的

A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow. 一场流感正席卷莫斯科。

Mentality: n. 心态；

It is mentality instead of environment that changes you fate. 是心态而不是环境在改变妳的命运。

Sprout: 发芽；长芽

After a light spring rain, leaves began to sprout from tress. 一场小小的春雨后，树木开始冒出新芽。

Eligible:adj. 合格的，合适的； 符合条件的；

I knew an MBA from a top school

would help me become eligible for a special class of job. 我知道，顶级学校的MBA将帮助我胜任 一个特殊层级的工作。

Correlate 相关；关联Correlate A and/with B The results of this experiments do not correlate with the results of earlier ones.

Symptom:[临床] 症状；征兆 symptomatic: 表现症状的；有关 症状的

Fever is a symptom of many diseases. Chest pains may be symptomatic of heart disease. Symbol Sympathize Sympathy symphony

Impose: 强加

Impose sth on She imposed her ideas on the group. The Times says it will now have to impose a 23% pay cut on union members to keep the paper in circulation. 《纽约时报》称，要想让该报纸维持运 作，它将必须现在就强行削减工会所有 成员23%的薪水支出

Priority: 优先；优先考虑的事

President-elect Obama says dealing with the economy is his top priority. 当选总统奥巴马指出，处理经济问题是 他的首要任务。 The badly wounded take priority over for medical attention over those only slightly hurt. 重伤者应该比轻伤者优先得到治疗。