阅读基础 单词4

串讲4 单词摘取为主

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• 例证题注意人物（作者）态度【80%在前】
• 阅读不要自己理解，回到原文中找到依据

观点都在例子前后

虽然回答的是yes，但问的是是否“反对”, 所以she应该是反对的。中间放很多话来绕你。

Asked if she opposed … , she wanted to know if … . When assured that they do, she replied, “Then I would have to say yes.”

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brochure

a booklet that contains descriptive information or advertising 小册子（说明信息或广告宣传）

But the children had shown progress, even though the teaching was based on a few simple concepts in a few pages of a brochure.
但是孩子们已经表现出了进步，尽管她的教学依据的只是那本只有几页的小册子上的一些简单概念。

lest

in order to prevent something from happening 以免 $\color{red}{ = in \;case }$

Men should not ask a woman out too soon, lest she think you are interested only in her looks.
男士不应该过早的邀请女人出来，以免她认为你只是迷恋她的美貌。

fairness

公平

Up or down, investors could at least take comfort in fairness and transparency.
无论是涨是跌，投资者都至少可以对公平性和透明性感到安心。

conspicuous [kən’spɪkjʊəs]

very easy to see because of being different 显著的

only under the dual guidance of school and family can conspicuous effects be achieved.
也只有在学校和家长的双重引导下，才能产生显著的效果。

引人注目，出风头

Most people don’t want to be too conspicuous.
大多数人不愿过于显眼。

subtle

not very noticeable or obvious 微妙的

too subtle to recognize 太微妙以至于无法识别

课堂题外话
我现在的四六级搭档叫“潘赟”，你看“赟”字你认识吗，不仅要有文有武还得有钱，你看这个名字就要受到歧视的。老师他不认识这个字啊，他就不点你回答问题对不对？你想想，“潘~ 潘斌贝？”不能这么念对不对，不能这么念啊（笑~~），那干脆就不念了，不叫你呗，你是不是就缺乏了在课堂回答问题的这种锻炼啊？因为课堂上你就锻炼了在公共场合发表自己见解的一种能力。
所以这种姓名歧视你自己都没有意识到是吧。(yet unaware of such a disadvantage)

perish

to come to an end 消失

Death is normal; we are genetically programmed to disintegrate and perish , even under ideal conditions.
死很正常。我们生来就注定要被分解走向灭亡，即使是在理想的条件下也是一样。

to be lost or destroyed 毁灭

Everyone else will be left to perish and the people from the ships will be left to rebuild civilization and repopulate the planet.
其他所有人都将被留下面临毁灭，而船上的人则会幸存下来繁衍生息，重建文明。

pursuit

the process of trying to achieve something 追求

I know him to be nothing but a man of pleasure, a dandy who has given himself up to the relentless pursuit of sensual pleasure.
我知道他是一个放荡的人，一个不顾一切、死心塌地地追求情欲之欢的花花公子。

an activity that you enjoy 事务（职业）

With the pursuit of career, the longing for life in a large number of professional, I opted for the service industry - tourism.
怀着对职业的追求，对生活的向往，在众多的专业中，我选择了服务业—旅游。

physician

a doctor ( who is a specialist in general medicine and not surgery )

My determination to become a physician, and my parents’ support of that ambition, turned our lives upside down.
我决心成为一个内科医生，并且我的父母支持我这样的决定，这样可以停止我们混乱的生活。

quest

a search for something, especially a long or difficult one [ = pursuit ]

You are the girl I have been searching for years together and I feel my quest has ended now.
你是那个我寻找无数年想要一起的女子，我感觉我的追寻已经结束。
Man will suffer many disappointments in his quest $\color{blue}{for}$ truth.
人类在探索真理过程中必然会遭受挫折。

corrupt

doing illegal things in order to gain money or power 腐化的；受贿的

One of the general’s problems is that he is surrounded by corrupt officers and “Yes” men.
大将的问题之一是，他身边充斥着腐败的官员以及对其唯马首是瞻的好好先生。

immoral

This corrupt film is full of sex and violence.
这部堕落的影片里充斥了色情和暴力。

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• 有个印象

单词	意思	备注
vaccines	疫苗	vaccine的复数。【免疫：immunization】
epidemics	流行病	provide … to prevent epidemics 预防~
doom	厄运；末日
individual	单独的	receive individual attention 受到个别关注
surgical procedure	外科手术

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