【搭配】 crash into…与……相撞‖air crash 空难
12. assume vt. 设想,假设;装出……样子;承担;接受;呈现;采取
【巧记】 assumption n. 假定,设想‖assumable a. 可假定的,可设想的‖assumed a. 假定的,虚构的‖assuming a. 自负的,傲慢的‖assumptive a. 假想的,傲慢的
【搭配】 assuming that=supposing that 假定‖assume office 就职‖assume a new aspect 呈现新面貌
【辨析】 assume, presume, suppose
assume指武断地把尚未证实的事作为事实或依据;presume指根据过去的经验或现实做出推测;suppose指猜想,认为。
【例句】 Mary assumed the plane would take off at 10 o’clock but was wrong。
玛丽认为飞机十点起飞,但错了。
From their speech, I presumed them to be experts。
从他们的讲话,我猜想他们是专家。
I suppose you’re right。
我认为你是对的。
13. individually ad. 单独地,独自地
【巧记】 individual a. 单独的,个人的,独特的,个性的n. 个人,个体(可数名词)‖individuality n. 个性
【辨析】 individual, personal, private
individual 指个人,个体,区别整体;personal指强调本人,非他人所能代表;private指秘密的,隐私的。如 a private conversation 私人谈话。
14. threaten vt. 威胁,恐吓
【巧记】 threat n. 威胁,恐吓,凶兆‖threateningly ad. 威胁地
【搭配】 a threat to sb/sth. 对……的威胁
【辨析】 threat, menace
threat指程度弱,让被威胁者感到危险的存在;menace指胁迫意义较浓,范围狭窄,主要使人有明显的威胁或恐怖感。
15. reconcile vt. 使和解,使……一致
【巧记】 reconciliation n. 和解,调解
【搭配】 reconcile sb. to/with…和……言归于好‖be reconciled with sb. 和某人言归于好‖be reconciled to sth. 顺从,听从…
核心词组
when it comes to 谈到、述及到、提起
provide…with…提供
interact with…与……有关系
praise sb. for sth. 因为……而表扬……
have an advantage over 比……有优势
block one’s path to 阻挡了通向……的道路
(总字数:506;单词:347;中文:159)
Passage 2
教育类议论文。根据对188,000多名学生的调查,我们可以得出结论,当代大学生选择专业时比以往更功利。他们主要的目标是生活富有,而不是是否有意义。当前大学生们学习的主要课程往往为财务而不是文学、历史等科目,但从长远看,我们知道拓宽专业领域日实施通才施教,这样学生们才能学会思考和发现问题,这也是教育的真正意义所在。
According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over 188,000 students, today’s traditional-age college freshmen are “more materialistic and less altruistic (利他主义的)” than at any time in the 17 years of the poll。
Not surprising in these hard times, the student’s major objective “is to be financially well off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life。” It follows then that today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting。
Interest in teaching, social service and the “altruistic” fields is at a low. On the other hand, enrollment in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up。
That’s no surprise either. A friend of mine (a sales representative for a chemical company) was making twice the salary of her college instructors her first year on the job—even before she completed her two-year associate degree。
While it’s true that we all need a career, it is equally true that our civilization has accumulated an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from out own and that we are better for our understanding of these other contributions—be they scientific or artistic. It is equally true that, in studying the diverse wisdom of others, we learn how to think. More important, perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs。
Weekly we read of unions who went on strike for higher wages, only to drive their employer out of business. No company; no job. How shortsighted in the long run!
Bet the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated
wisdom of the ages, we improver our moral sense. I saw a cartoon recently which shows a group
of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table; one of them is talking on the intercom (对讲机) : “Miss Baxter,” he says, “could you please send in someone who can distinguish right from wrong?”
From the long-term point of view, that’s what education really ought to be about。
核心词汇
1. survey vt. 纵览,环视;调查,检查,测量
【巧记】 investigate vt. 调查、检查‖survival n. 幸存,活下来‖survival n. 生存者,幸存者
【搭配】 make a survey of 测量,调查
2. response n. 回答,回应,反应,反响
【巧记】 respond vi. 回答,做答,反应‖respondence n. 作答,响应‖respondent a. 回答的,反应的n. 回答者‖responsibility n. 责任、职责
【搭配】 in response to 作为……的反应‖make no response 没有反应
3. traditional a. 传统的
【巧记】 tradition n. 传统
【搭配】 by tradition 按照;据口传‖keep up fine tradition 保持优良传统
4. materialistic a. 实利主义的
【巧记】 material n. 物质、材料、原料a. 物质的‖materialism n. 唯物主义‖materialize vt. 使具体化‖materialist n. 实利主义者
【搭配】 in material form 用具体形式
5. objective a. 客观的n. 目标, 目的
【巧记】 object n. 物体, 目标‖objectively ad. 客观地‖objection n. 反对
【搭配】 be objective about 对……很客观‖object to sb./sth. 不赞成,反对
【辨析】 object, oppose
object 指个人对某事提出不同意见;oppose指着重动作,反对的对象一般是重大的事。
6. financially ad. 财政上的
【巧记】 finance n. 财政(家) (pl。) 资金vt. 为……提供资金‖financial a. 财政的‖financially ad. 财政上‖financier n. 财政家
【搭配】 finance market 金融市场‖minister of finance 财政部长‖financial means 财产、财力‖financial recession 经济萧条‖financial aid. 助学金
7. philosophy n. 哲学
【巧记】 philosophical a. 哲学的,达观的,冷静的‖philosopher n. 哲学家、哲人‖philosophyic(al) a. 哲学上的,哲人似的,冷静的
8. literature n. 文学(作品)文献, 图书资料
【巧记】 literacy n. 识字, 有文化, 有读写能力‖literal a. 文字上的,字面的‖literally a. 字面地, 逐句地‖literary a. 文学的,从事写作的‖literate a. 在读写能力的, 有文化的, 受过良好教育的
9. enrollment n. 吸收,招收
【巧记】 enroll vt. 登记,编入,使入伍 (入学)‖enrollee n. 被征入伍者,入学(会)者‖enrollment n. 登记,注册(人数);入学(人数)
10. representative n. 代表,代理人a. 典型的,有代表性的
【巧记】 represent vt. 代表,代理,表示,象征‖representation n. 代表,表现描写‖representational a. 描写的,表示的
【辨析】 representative, agent, substitute
representative指某人或物代替其他的人或物;agent指被授权代表另一个人或团体专处理事物的人员;substitute 可以替代另一个人或事物的代用品。
11. career n. 生涯,职业
【巧记】 careerist n. 追求出人头地的人
【辨析】 occupation, profession, trade, career
occupation指人们正在从事的工作;profession指人们经过多年的学习,总结从而获得资格任证后才能从事的专业性能的职业;trade指有熟练的技能以盈利为服务的工作;career 终生从事的工作。
12. civilization n. 文明
【巧记】 civilian n. 平民的, 民用的, 民众的‖civilize(ise) v. 使文明、开化
13. accumulate vt. 积聚,积累vi. 堆积,积累