- I used to think that the rich are superior to me, but I was wrong.
- be used to 会出时态考题。古今对比的题
- be used to doing (习惯于) = be accustomed to = be condition to
- the rich 表示:富人
- superior: 大于
- but 表转折,后面的最重要
- I used to think that the rich are superior to me, so I aspire to be one of them.
- 转折连词:so
- aspire to 可望做什么
- Inspired by a teacher, I have scarcely been lazy these days.
- Inspired 激励
- scarcely 否定复词
- few/little/hardly/barely/rarely/seldom 几乎没有
- His failure in business result from his divorce.
- A result from B => A <- B:A是由B造成的
- divorce: 离婚
- A -> B 原因是A ;B是结果
- give rise to : 引起
- give birth to : 引起
- cause: 造成;
- lead to
- result in
- bring about
- failure: n.失败;v. 失败 -》fail to 碰到动词如何翻译:不能;无法;没有;翻成否定函义
- Mary was accustomed to pretending to be superior to others
- was accustomed to 习惯于做某事
- pretend to do sth. 假装做某事
- >
- would rather do A than do B : 我宁愿做A也不做B
- more than = over
- prefer A to B: 更喜欢A
- outnumber: 数量上超出
- superior
- In large measures, English is indispensable in study.despite the fact that some students regard it as a burden.
- measures: v.测量;n.方式;方法 => In large measures:在很大的程度上
- take measures to do sth. 我们采取行动做某事
- indispensable = important 表示主语是重要的。
- 重要的:important / significant: 意义重大/ essential / crucial / critical 批评的;重要的 / vital 致命的
- despite: 虽然. 表示让步,转折
- 让步:although / though / as / even if / even though / despite / in spite of
- 转折的词:but / however / yet / whereas ...
- regard A as B: 把A看作B
- burden: 负担
- While everyone is in a tough time, we can't discard our faith in victory.
- While: 让步转折
- tough: 困难的;艰难的;棘手的
- discard: 丢弃
- Regardless of the impracticality of the measures, the governor still carried out the plan.
- Regardless: 不管;不顾
- impracticality: 不切实际
- practice: n.实践;练习;做法
- practical: adj. 实践;实际
- governor: 洲长
- carried out: 实施;执行
- perform: 实施;执行
- conduct: 实施;执行
- A of B: 翻译: A<-B
- Some advocate we should put priority to the moral education of our children in that once morality cracks, so does our community.
- some: 一些
- 表支持:be for / agree with / support(支持;养家) / advocate(主张;倡导) / follow
- 反对:be against / reject / refuse / object / oppose
- put priority to 重视
- in that = because
- once: 一次;一旦;曾经
- cracks: 裂开
- community: 社区;(本意:一大群人聚集;具体语境具体翻译)
- so 助动词/情态动词 | be 主语:情况一样
- neither/nor 助动词/情态动词/be 主语 :和情况一样不
About the time that schools and others quite reasonably became interested in seeing to it that all children, whatever their background,were fairly treated, intelligence testing became unpopular.
Some thought it was unfair to minority children. Through the past few decades such testing has gone out of fashion and many communities have indeed forbidden it.
- reason: n.原因
- reasonable: adj.(人)讲道理;(物)合理的
- be interested in 对...感兴趣
- seeing to: 照料;盯着点;确保
- fairly: 公平;公正
- treated: 对待;招待;处理
- some: 一些人(观点)一般与作者观点相反
- minor: adj. 少数的; n.未成年人
- majority: 大量的;多数人
- a majority of => a ~ of 名词 => 许多;大量的
- major: n.专业;adj.大量的;主要的
- decades: 十年
- out of fashion: 不流行(从时尚出去了) -> out of work/control
- 禁止: forbid / ban / prohibit
- 允许: allow / permit / permission
- allowance: n.津贴;额度
- tax allowance 免税
- beggage allowance of 20 kilos 有20千克行李的额度
- indeed: 的确
However, paradoxically, just recently a group of black parents filed lawsuit (诉讼) in California claiming that the state's ban on IQ testing discriminates against their children by denying them the opportunity to take the test (They believed correctly, that IO tests are a valid method of evaluating children for special education classes.) The judge, therefore, reversed, at least partially, his original decision.
- However 表转折;是要推翻上文
- paradoxically 矛盾地;悖论地
- just recently 目前的;现在的 (表示时间的词:古今对比)
- a group of ( a ~ of) 许多;大量;一些;(具体情况具体翻译)
- filed: v.归档;归类; 提出;
- file: n.文件 ; 锉刀(指甲刀 nail file)
- file for: = apply for 申请
- claiming: 声明;声称 (文章中后面跟的是:观点)
- discriminates: 歧视
- against: 反对
- denying: 拒绝;否认
- admit: 承认;准许... 进入
- Admission is free: 入场免费
- valid: 有效(力)的
- effective: 有效(果)的
- evaluating: 评估
- reversed: 反转;颠倒 (本文:撤销)
- partially: 部分的
- part: n.部分
- partial: adj. 部分的;偏爱的
- impartial: 公平的;公正的;(不偏爱的)
- original: 起源
And so the argument goes on and on. Does it benefit or harm children from minority groups to have their intelligence tested? We have always been on the side of permitting, even facilitating, such testing. Ifa child of any color or group is doing poorly in school it seems to us very important to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence or whether some other factor is the cause.
- benefit: v. 好处;利益;
- benefit(v.) from: 从...受益
- be beneficial for/to: 有益于
- on the side of : 在....一边
- permitting: 允许
- even: (表递进)
- facilitating: 促进
- boost: 促使;促进
- color or group(本文:皮肤的颜色、种族)
- to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence or whether some other factor is the cause 找主语
- it is adj (for sb.) to do sth.
- whether A or B
- to know => to do 不定式来充当主语
What school and family can do to improve poor performance is influenced by its cause. It is not discriminative to evaluate either a child's physical condition or his intellectual level.
- improve: 改善;提高
- poor performance: 不好的表现
- influenced: 影响
- cause: 因素
- What school and family can do => 主语(主语从句)
- either ... or ...: 要么....要么....
Unfortunately, intellectual level seems to be a sensitive subject, and what the law allows us to do variesfrom time to time.The same fluctuation back and forth occurs in areas other thanintelligence. Thirty years or so ago, for instance, white families were encouraged to adopt black children. It was considered discriminative not to do so.
- sensitive:敏感的
- varies: 变化
- X varies from Y to Z : X(观点)因Y/Z(人)而异
- fluctuation: 波动
- back and forth: 前前后后
- other than: 除了
- no other than: 正是
- for instance = for example
- encourage sb. to do sth. : 鼓励某人做某事
- adopt: 适应
And then the style changed and this cross-racial adopting became generally unpopular, and social agencies felt that black children should go to black families only. It is hard to say what are the best procedures. But surely good will on the part of all of us is needed. As to intelligence, in our opinion, the more we know about any child's intellectual level the better for the child in question.
- cross: n.交插 v.穿过
- cross-racial: 跨种族
- procedures: 程序;手续;步骤
- will: n.意愿
- on the part of: 就...而言;关于;
- the more ......the better........
- the 比较级 the 比较级: 越....越....
1. Why did the intelligence test become unpopular in the past few decades?
A) Its validity was challenged by many communities.
B) It was considered discriminative against minority children.
C) It met with strong opposition from the majority of black parents.
D) It deprived the black children of their rights to a good education.
2. The recent legal action taken by some black parents in California aimed to _____
A) draw public attention to IQ testing
B) put an end to special education
C) remove the state's ban on intelligence tests
D) have their children enter white schools
- The author believes that intelligence testing ______
A) may ease racial confrontation in the United States
B) can encourage black children to keep up with white children
C) may seriously aggravate racial discrimination in the United States
D) can help black parents make decisions about their children's education
- The author's opinion of child adoption seems to be that _____
A) no rules whatsoever can be prescribed
B) white families should adopt black children
C) adoption should be based on IQ test results
D) cross-racial adoption is to be advocated
- Child adoption is mentioned in the passage to show that _____
A) good will may sometimes complicate racial problems
B)social surroundings are vital to the healthy growth of children
C) intelligence testing also applies to non-academic areas
D) American opinion can shift when it comes to sensitive issues
答案:B C D A D
商业类文章If you know exactly what you want, thebest route to a job is to get specializedtraining.A recent survey shows that companieslike graduates in such fields as business andhealth care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training
- exactly: 精确;准确;
- route: 路径;方法
- survey: 调查
- immediately:立刻;
- on-the-job: 在职;在岗
That's especially true of booming fields that are challengingfor workers. At Cornells School of Hotel Administration, forexample, bachelor's degree graduates get an average of four orfive job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Largecompanies, especially, like a background of formal educationcoupled with work experience.
- boomming: 迅速发展的
- range from A to B : 从A到B范围
- rapid: 快速
- advancement: 前进
- formal education: 正式的教育
But in the long run, too much specialization doesn't pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially. but the impact of a degree washes out after five years.
- But: 推翻上文
- pay off : 偿还;
- flood: 洪水
- stamp: 印章;邮票;
- approval: 支持;
- command: 要求;命令
- wash out: 消逝
As further evidence of the erosion of corporate faith inspecialized degrees, Michigan State's Scheetz cites a patternin corporate hiring practices. Although companies tend to takeon specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists formiddle and upper-level management. “They want someonewho isn't constrained(限制)by nuts and bolts to look at thebig picture,says Scheetz.
- A of B of C: C->B->A
- cites: 引用
- pattern: 模式
- tend: 往往
- take on:雇佣
- seek out: 寻找
- nuts and bolts: 螺丝螺帽(文中意思是:小)
- big picture: 大(与文中前面一起;总体上意思是:大格局的)
This sounds suspiciously like a formal statement thatyou approve of the liberal-arts graduate. Time and againlabor-market analysts mention a need for talents thatliberal-arts majors are assumed to have: writing andcommunication skills, organizational skills, open-mindednessand adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solveproblems. David Birch claims he does not hire anybody withan MBA or an engineering degree,“I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doingthings,” says Birch. Liberal-arts means an academicallythorough and strict program that includes literature, history,mathematics,economics, science, human behavior-plus acomputer course or two. With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize.“A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace,says Scheetz.
- liberal-arts: 文科
- statement: 声明
- approve of : 支持
- suspiciously: 怀疑的/可疑的
- time and again: 一次又一次
- majors: 专业
- are assumed to: 被认为
- assumed:假设
- talents: 才能;天才
- less-than-canned: 灵活的
- through: 通过
- thorough: 全面的;彻底的;充分的
- under your belt: 经历过;获得某物
- feel free to do: 随意的
- combination: 结合