新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第二册unit2-College—The Ladder(2)

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导读：无此意。 The doctor insisted that she (should) take the medicine, but she insisted that she was not ill.医生坚持让她服此药，但她坚持自己没� � 6.succession：一连串，一系列 After graduation, he took a

无此意。

The doctor insisted that she (should) take the medicine, but she insisted that she was not

ill.医生坚持让她服此药，但她坚持自己没病。

6.succession：一连串，一系列

After graduation, he took a succession of low-paid jobs.

In succession: 持续发生地，接连发生地

She is an accomplished athlete and won the championship four times in succession. 7.liberal: a.

1)~ arts 文科

The liberal arts are college or university subjects such as history, languages and literature but not sciences. 文科是学院或大学的如历史、语言和文学之类的学习科目，而不是理科学科。

2）心胸开朗的，开明的

She is known to have liberal views on divorce. 人们知道她对离婚持有开明的观点。

pel: vt. force sb. To do sth,

As a school boy, he was compelled to wear shorts even in winter.

当他还是一个在校的小男孩时，即使在冬天他也被迫穿短裤。

compelling：interesting or exciting enough to keep your attention completely 有吸引

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力的

Steven Jobs’ life makes a compelling story.

9.speculate: v. consider or discuss why sth. has happened 思索，推测Archeologists speculate that people first reached the islands over 1,000 years ago.

考古学家们推测人类第一次到达这些岛屿是在一千多年前。

speculate about/on: 猜测，推测

It is too early to speculate about the relationship between Mary and George.

现在推测玛丽和乔治的关系，还为时过早。

10.fertile：a.

1)able to produce good ideas or results 富有成果的，富有想象力的

A poet must have a fertile imagination. 诗人必须有丰富的想象力。

2）able to produce good crops or plants 肥沃的，富饶的

Fertile soil helps Canada rank among the world’s leading wheat producers.

肥沃的土壤帮助加拿大跻身世界主要小麦生产国。

11.elegant：a.

1)very intelligent yet simple 巧妙的，简洁的

the document impressed me with its elegant simplicity. 该文件给我留下了精辟简明的深刻印象。

2）beautiful, attractive and graceful 优美的，高雅的

Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always. 帕特里夏看上去总是那么美丽优雅。

12.undertake：vt. (undertook, undertaken) agree to be responsible for a job or project and do it承担，着手做

Dr. Johnson undertook the task of writing a comprehensive English dictionary.

约翰逊博士着手写一本详尽的英语词典。

13.liable：(be ~ to do sth.) likely to do sth. in a particular way because of a fault or tendency 可能（易于）做某事

Many parts of the country are liable to suffer from flooding. 该国的许多地方易遭水灾。

14.reservoir：n.[C]

1) a large quantity of sth. that can be used 积蓄；储备

Colleges are a reservoir of talents for companies. 大学是企业的人才库。

2）an artificial or natural lake where water is stored so that it can be supplied to the houses in an area （人造的）水库；（天然）蓄水湖

If it rains heavily, the reservoir will overflow. 如果下大雨，水库里的水就会溢出来。

15.in the company of: in sb’s company; with sb. 和某人在一起

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She caught sight of her grandson, in the company of three other boys of similar age, going into the narrow alley which led to the railway.

她看见她的孙子与其他三个年龄相仿的男孩一起，进入了那条通向铁路的狭窄小巷。

16.outstanding：a. extremely good or impressive 杰出的；出众的；显著的

His performance in charitable activities was outstanding. 在公益活动方面，他的表现非常出色。

Difficult sentences:

1. The data show that as students have increasingly shouldered the ever-rising cost of tuition, they have defected from the study of the humanities and toward applied science and “hard” skills that they bet will lead to employment. (Para. 2) Meaning:The facts and information show that as students have spent increasingly more money on tuition, they have turned away from studying the humanities to some practical courses that they believe will enable them to get a job more easily.

2. In other words, a college education is more and more seen as a means for economic betterment rather than a means for human betterment. (Para. 2) Meaning:In other words, a college education is more considered as a method to improve students’ future economic status rather than improve human nature or behavior.

Meaning beyond words:The quality of a college education is increasingly questionable because the trend among many colleges is to become more like a business and less like an academic setting.

3. Once the dominant pillars of university life, the humanities now play little roles when students take their college tours. These days, labs are more vivid and compelling than libraries. (Para. 3)

Meaning: The humanities that once dominated university life now play a trivial role when students have their college visits; nowadays, labs are more eye-catching and fascinating than libraries.

Meaning beyond words:Libraries were once the only place where students spent much time reading materials, doing research and writing papers. However, as more students are taking science courses, labs where students do scientific experiments play a more important role for learning than traditional libraries.

Note:A “college tour” is a series of campus visits to a number of colleges or

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universities by a prospective student. College tours may be taken individually or by school groups and educational programs as a way for a large number of people to visit several schools over a short period of time. In addition, many colleges now offer virtual tours on the Internet.

4. Historians, architects, authors, philosophers and artists have captured the words, images and meanings of this inner struggle in the form of story, music, myth, painting, architecture, sculpture, landscape and traditions. (Para.5) Meaning:Our historians, architects, authors, philosophers and artists have successfully caught the words, images and meanin …… 此处隐藏：5529字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……

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