1. Americans have been migrating south and west in larger numbers since World War II, and the pattern still prevails. (NETEM 1998, Passage 4, Paragraph 4)
第二次世界大战以来,美国人大量向南部和西部迁移,而且这种趋势如今仍很盛行。
2. Just as inevitably, the retreat from predominance proved painful. (NETEM 2000, Passage 1, Paragraph 2)
从优势地位上退出的痛苦也同样是不可避免的。
3. The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male-dominated job market have limited the opportunities of teenagers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Japan's rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs. (NETEM 2000, Passage 4, Paragraph 2)
战后婴儿出生高峰期的到来及妇女进入男性主宰的就业市场,限制了青少年的发展机遇,这些青少年已经开始质疑在进好学校,找好工作,攀登日本等级森严的社会阶梯的过程中所做出的沉重的个人牺牲是否值得。
domain
n.
1.领土,领地 2.(学术,活动等)范围,领域[同]field
drain
v.1.负担,消耗 2.排(去),耗尽
n.阴沟,排水沟
detain
v.拘留,留住,阻止
detrain
v. (使)下火车
disdain
n.轻蔑,以高傲的态度对待
vt.蔑视,鄙弃
distain
v.使变色,弄脏,伤害名誉
1. When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. (CET-6, 2004.6, Passage 2, Paragraph 3)
当任何领域的天赋高的学生谈及什么对培养他们的能力最重要时,他们极可能提到的是他们的家庭而不是学校和老师。
2. The teachers began on time, ended on time, and left the room without saying a word more to their students, very seldom being detained by questioners.(CET-6, 2003.6, Passage 2, Paragraph 5)
老师们按时上课,准时下课,离开教室时不会对学生多说一个字,也很少被学生的问题留住。
rest
n.1.其余的人或物 2.休息
v. (使)搁在,睡
restless
a.不安的,得不到休息的
arrest
vt.逮捕,拘留
frail
a.1.不坚实的,不牢固的 2.虚弱的,衰弱的
fragile
a.易碎的,脆的,脆弱的
fracture
n.破裂,折断
v.使破碎,使破裂
fragment
n. 碎片,断片
fraction
n.1.小部分,碎片 2.一点,一些 3.分数
friction
n.摩擦(力)
fiction
n.1.小说 2.虚构,杜撰
fragile的近义词:
crisp
a.脆的,易碎的
brittle
a.易碎的,脆弱的
1. They have built robots that can recognize the error of a machine panel by a fraction of a millimeter in a controlled factory environment. (NETEM 2002, Text 2, Paragraph 5)
他们建造的机器人在严格控制的工厂环境里,能够在仪表盘上识别毫米以下的误差。
2. Dispossessed (被剥夺得一无所有的)peasants slash and burn their way into the rain forests of Latin America, and hungry nomads (游牧民族)turn their herds out onto fragile African grassland, reducing it to desert. (CET-6, 2003.1, Passage 4, Paragraph 6)
一无所有的农民在拉丁美洲的热带雨林中刀耕火种,饥饿的游牧民族在脆弱的非洲草原上放牧,使之退化成沙漠。
novel
a.新颖的,新奇的
n. (长篇)小说(联想:小说必须新颖才能畅销)
novelty
n.1.新奇,新颖 2.新奇的事物
renovate
v.更新,修复
renovation
n.革新
innovate
v.改革,创新
innovation
n.革新,改革
innovator
n.改革者,革新者
(注:大家都知道原来联想电脑的英文标识是Legend,意思是"传奇",算是不错的品牌名,但可惜在国外早被其它公司注册了。因此,联想公司后来就造了一个生词:lenovo。意思是:"Le"来自于原先的"Legend","nov,或novo"在拉丁文中是"创新"的意思。代表了联想精神,即要"秉承传统,又要创新"的企业精神。)
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