英语复习材料
汪晓寒
location 场所位置
dumb 愚蠢的（foolish）,哑的（toneless）
assure 向某人保证（promise）,使确信（guarantee） glorious 极好的（wonderful），辉煌的（splendid），光荣的（completely）
exhaust 筋疲力尽，用完
community 社区 committee 交流 fade 渐渐消失，褪色 comtast 持续的，不变的 humiliate 羞辱，使丢脸 simultaneous 同事的 interference 干涉，干扰
keep （sb）in suspense 使产生悬念 talented /gift/ genius 天赋 typical 典型的
consist of / be made up of 由……组成 reversal 颠倒 critical 至关重要的 principal 主要的 initial 最初的
investigate 调查 elementary 基本的
vigorous 用力地，精力充沛的 colleague 同事
creative 独创的 creativity 创造力 originality 独创性 independence 独立 enormous 巨大的，极大的 breakthrough 突破
(一到五单元单词)
1)背离传统需要极大的勇气。(departure，enormous)'
It takes an enormous amount of courage to make a departure from the tradition. 3) 很多教育家认为从小培养孩子的创新精神是很可取的。(creative，desirable)
Many educators think it desirable to foster the creative spirit in the child at an early age.
5)如果这些数据在统计上是站得住脚的，那它将会帮助我们认识正在调查的问题。 (throw lighton, investigate, valid)
If the data is statistically valid, it will throw light on the problem we are investigating.
4. 手术康复后不久，他失业了，因此经历了人生的又一个困难阶段。 Shortly after he recovered from the surgery, he lost his job and thus had to go through another difficult phase of his life. 5. 与我们富裕的邻居相比，我们的父母就相当穷了，但是他们这是努力满足我们最起码的需求。
In contrast to our affluent neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but they have always tried to meet our minimal needs.
4. 玛丽在她的报告中试图从一个完全不同的角度来解释这些数据。
In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from a completely different angle. 5. 苏是一个很有天分的女孩。她那惊人的记忆力使她在同班同学中显得格外特出。 Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart from her classmates. 3) Sam not only lost his job but also both legs; he had to live on welfare for the rest of his life.山姆不仅失去了工作
5) Sean felt humiliated to hear his talent being questioned.听到有人质疑他的才能
2)食品和医药的价格在过去的三个月里急剧增长.
The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past three months. 4)他的成功表明流行与艺术价值有时候是一致的。
His success shows that popularity and artistic merit sometimes coincide.
The real challenge to us teacher is combining the best of both worlds into one . Creativity and basic skills need to be considered in terms of being means to an [end], rather than simply as ends in themselves . Some Chinese students may not [perform] well in hypothetical settings ,but when it comes to [facing] real life challenges and issues ,they are more than [competent] in resolving most of them, [equipped] as they are with their strong skill .The U.S. system may be [designed] to aim more at producing top of the cream students ,but that [approach] may do damage to the big bulk of the [rest] of the student body .The Chinese education system is [definitely] not perfect ,but it does produce a [quality] workforce ,And I truly believe that solid basic knowledge/skill focus is the single biggest force driving the rise of Chinese as a country . 翻译：真正的挑战是我们老师结合最好的两个世界成一个。创造力和基本技能需要在被指一个[结束]来考虑，而不是简单地作为自己的目标。一些中国学生可能不[假设设置执行]好，但说到[面临]现实生活中的挑战和问题，他们更比[解决他们大多数主管] [设置]，因为他们与他们的技能强。美国的制度可能是[设计]目的地生产极品学生，但[方法]可能会损害学生的身体[其它]的体积大。中国的教育体系是[肯定]不完美，但它会产生一个[质量]的劳动力，而且我真的相信，扎实的基础知识和技能的重点是单最大的驱动力的中国作为一个崛起的国家。
How dose spending connect to happiness?
One explanation lies in \don't accumulate wealth simply in order to [consume] it . Rather they accumulate wealth in order to display it , and their happiness is [fueled] by their neighbors' envy . As a result ,the country finds itself in the grips of a \\ [annual ] incomes of $50,000 try to emulate the consumption of those with $70,000 , who in turn try to emulate those with $140,000 ,and so an .
It's just [plain] common sense . It's [physically] impossible for a piece of paper like money to make you happy . Instead what makes people happy is the feeling of [security] or power money bring .
A recent survey [indicates] that those from the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans sand the Maasai of East Africa are almost [equally] satisfied . The Maasai are a [traditional] herding people who have to no electricity or running water and live in huts made of mud .
It [follows] that economic development and personal income cannot account for the happiness that they are so often linked to .
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