学词汇第1篇TheBritishqueueupandtheAmericanswaitinline,exceptforNewYorkers,whowaitonNooneseemstoknowtherea下面是小编为大家整理的学词汇必备6篇,供大家参考。
The British queue up and the Americans wait in line, except for New Yorkers, who wait on No one seems to know the reason for this local It is
something to ponder while waiting in/on
Another thing to ponder: It is estimated that Americans spednd up to five years of their lives in that tedious, weary but unavoidable process known as Studies show that otherwise rational people act irrationally1 when forced to stand in line or wait in crowds, even becoming
Queues are a grim reality of city While there seems to be no consensus2 onthe city"s worst line, the ones mentioned most often in talks here and there were lunchtime lines at banks and post offices and, among younger people, movie lines and college-registration
"Bank lines," said Mark Sloane, an "No matter what time of day you bank, the number of tellers4 is inadequate5 to the number of Even when the bank is open you see long lines infront of the money machines "
"Supermarkets," said Ed Frantz, a graphic6 artist, who once abandoned a full shopping cart in the middle of a long checkout7 It was not a political "The line was filled with coupon8 clippers and check writers," he "And suddenly I had to walk Food no longer "
In any line the fundamental rule is first come, first served, or what dsocial scientists call "distributive " Exceptions may be made, say, in fancy restaurants where the headwaiters have their favorites, but, in general, the rule
If misery9 loves company, so do sports Leon Mann documented this several years ago when, as a Harvard professor, he studied the long overnight queues for tickets to ball games in his native
"Outside the stadium something of a carnival10 atmosphere prevails," he wrote in The American Journal of "The devotees sing, sip11 warm drinks, play cards and huddle12 "
Like the teams they had come to watch, the fans in line took Some worked in shifts, with certain members leaving to take naps or eat meals, while others saved their places in Some staked claims in line with items of personal property such as sleeping bags and folding "During the early hours of waiting," Mann noted13, "the queues often consisted of one part people to two parts inanimate "
Nobody has ever seriously studied Helen Quinn"s Saturday morning line for Metropolitan14 Opera tickets, but perhaps someone should --Miss Quinn is not an official at the
For 15 years standees at the opera have been doing just that, thanks to Miss Quin"s ticketing She makes, dates and numbers her tickets-- one for each of the 175 standing15 room spots available-- and dispenses17 them to early Assured of a place, ticket holders18 then leave and return shortly before 8 to line up for the real
idiom 习语,成语 风格,特色
ponder 思索,考虑,沉思
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contemplate 盘算,计议 思量,周密考虑 注视,凝视
weary 疲劳的,疲倦的 使疲劳的,令人厌倦的 厌倦的,不耐烦
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tiresome 令人疲劳的,令人厌倦的
grim 讨厌的,糟糕的 严厉的 严酷的,无情的
consensus [单](意见等)一致,一致同意
patron 资助人,赞助人 老主顾,顾客
resent 对表示忿恨,怨恨
graphic 生动的,形象的 绘画的,文字的,图表的
coupon 礼券,优惠券 配券,票证
clip 夹子,回形针,别针 弹夹,弹仓 剪,修剪 剪报,电影片断
(clipped;clipping) 夹住,扣住 剪,修剪 削减,缩短
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clamp 夹头,夹具,夹钳 (用夹具等)夹紧,固定
prevail 流行,盛行 获胜,占优势 说明,劝说,诱使
prevalent 流秆的,普遍的
misery 痛苦,苦恼,苦难 悲惨的境遇,贫苦
carnival 表演会 庆祝,欢宴 狂欢节
[联想词]
feast 盛宴,筵席 节日
sociology 社会学
sip (sipped,sippig)小口地喝,抿,呷 小口喝
huddle 聚集在一起 把身子蜷成一团 使聚集在一起
挤在一起的人,一堆杂乱的东西
inanimate 无生命的,非动物的 无生气的,单调的
metropolitan 大城市的,大都会的
dispense16 分配,分发 配(药),发(药) 实施,执行
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disperse 分散,散开 消散,消失 使分散,赶散 使消散,驱散
词根词缀在记忆单词的时候也可以帮我们大忙。
我们常会碰到一些常见的词根词缀,虽然单词数量多,但是很多单词都是由一个我们知道的单词加上特定的词根词缀合成的。
举个例子,usual这个词加上否定前缀un就可以变成unusual。unusual这个词对我们来说算不上生词,只能算衍生词。
所以只要我们掌握了这些词根词缀,记单词的压力就会小很多。
跟浩如烟海的单词比起来,记忆这些词根词缀不在话下。
另外,记忆词根词缀能帮助我们猜测词义,对阅读理解和完形填空也有好处。
很多同学都喜欢腾出一整块时间来记单词,这样做可能当时的效果很好,但随着遗忘规律开始起作用,等到第二天、第三天、一周以后,你记过的单词也忘得差不多了。
这样低效率的记忆难免会打击我们的信心,让我们对记单词产生抵触心理。
我们应该牢记的是:单词的记忆依靠的是不断地重复,重复的次数越多越好。
所以没有必要去花整块的时间去记忆,利用好碎片化的时间足矣。
学霸们都是这样分配时间来记单词的:清晨起床10分钟,课间休息5分钟,午睡前10分钟,晚上睡觉前10分钟。
利用好了这些零碎时间,一样能事半功倍。
大学学霸就是这么记忆大学英语单词的。
如果你正在跟大学英语六级单词作斗争,以上的经验应该能给你一些启发。
祝大家早日突破大学英语六级词汇!
单词的发音和拼写之间是紧密相连的,相信很多同学都已经发现了这个规律。
这里我们不妨重新审视和总结下这个规律。
背单词久了大家就会发现,一些特定的字母组合往往都是发特定的音。
举个例子,dictation, function, edition, motion, attention等词,读一遍就会发现,这些词都是tion结尾的,而且这些词尾都是发/∫n/的音。
这就提示我们,以后遇到结尾发/∫n/的单词,都有可能拼写成tion。
这就将我们的记忆从一个个字母上升到了一个字母组合。
掌握这一规律,我们记忆单词就会牢固很多。
Three years ago, appalled2 by how many children were becoming addicted4 to cigarettes every year, the Vice5 President and I committed this administration to stopping the sale and marketing6 of cigarettes to Today, thanks to these efforts and the persistence7 of state attorneys general, the public health community, and leaders in Congress, we have the best opportunity ever to pass comprehensive anti-smoking legislation that well save millions of our children from a premature8, painful, and very preventable
This week, in a historic and resounding9 19 to 1 vote, a key Senate committee gave its stamp of approval to comprehensive legislation sponsored by Senator John McCain, a Republican, and Senator Fritz Hollings, a Democrat10, that would cut youth smoking by half over the next This bill represents a dramatic step It would raise the price of cigarettes, give the FDA full authority to regulate tobacco products, ban advertising11 aimed at children, and protect tobacco
We still have work to do in this Above all, we need to put in place tough penalties that will cost the tobacco industry if it continues to sell cigarettes to young Just this week the Centers for Disease Control released a disturbing report that more than a third of teenagers in the United States now smoke, even though it"s
It is time to hold tobacco companies Reducidng youth smoking must be veerybody"s bottom Let"s remember -- this is not about politics or money, or seeking revenge against the tobacco industry for past We"re not trying to put the tobacco companies out of business; we want to put them out of the business of selling cigarattes to This week"s progress in the Senate shows we have real momentum12 in both parties to do just
There"re still maly issues to be worked out and many long nights But we have within our grasp one of the most important public health victories our
nation has ever
Finally, lit me just pause a moment to observe the 30th anniversary of the death of one of America"s greatest heroes, Martin Luther His dream, deeply rooted in the American Dream, is a dream for all Let us here at home always strive to heed13 King"s words and live up to his
-------- Bill Clinton
appall1 使惊骇,使大吃一惊
[联想词]
terrify 使害怕,使惊吓
outrage15 激起的义愤,激怒
义愤,愤慨 暴行,骇人听闻的事件
addict3 有瘾的人 入迷的人
使成瘾,使入迷
[联想词]
cocaine 可卡因
toxic16 有毒的,中毒引起的
persistent17 坚持不懈的,执意的 持续的
persistence 坚持不懈,执意 持续性,持续状态
[联想词]
stubborn 顽固的,执拗的,倔强的 难对付的,难于克服的
legislation 法律,法规 2,立法的,法律的制定
[联想词]
legitimate 合情合理的 合法的,法律认可的
judicial18 司法的,法庭的,审判的 明断的,公正的
sue 控告,起诉 要求,请求 控告,起诉
prosecute19 对提起公诉,告发,检举 继续从事 起诉,告发
defendant20 被告
invalid21 无效的,作废的 无可靠依据的 病弱者,残疾者
testify 作证,证明 表明,说明 作证,证明
testimony22 证词 见证,证明
premature 比预期时间早是 不成熟的,仓促的
authority 权力,管辖权 官方,当局 当权者,行政管理机构 权威,专家
authoritative23 权威性的,可信的 专断的,命令式的
authorize24 授权,批准
[联想词]
definitive 最可靠的,权威性的 决定性的
accountable 负起责任的
revenge 报复,报仇
momentum 动力,冲力,势力 动量
[联想词]
impetus 推动,促进,刺激 推动力
strive 努力,奋斗,力求
heed 留心,注意,听从
legency 遗赠的财物,遗产
deadly 致死的,致命的 不共戴天的,殊死的 极度的,十足的 非常,极度地]
[联想词]
drastic 极端的,严厉的 激烈的,迅猛的
epidemic25 流行病 流传,流行 流行性的,流传极广的
lure26 吸引,引诱,诱惑
What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America -- breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine?
Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country"s excellent elementary schools; a labor1 force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums3 to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, "spatial4" thinking about things
Why mention the elementary schools? Because thanks to these schools our early mechanics, especially in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, were generally literate6 and at home in arithmetic and in some aspects of geometry and
Acute foreign observers related american adaptiveness and inventiveness to this educational As a member of a British commission visiting here in 1853 reported, "With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline, the American boy develops rapidly into the skilled "
A further stimulus7 to invention came from the "premium2" system, which preceded our patent system and for years ran parallel with This approach, originated abroad, offered inventors medals, cash prizes and other
In the United States, multitudes of premiums for new devices were awarded at country fairs and at the industrial fairs in major Americans flocked to these fairs to admire the new machines and thus to renew their faith in the beneficence of technological
Given this optimistic approach to technological innovation, the American worker took readily to that special kind of nonverbal thinking required in mechanical As Eugene Ferguson has pointed10 out, "A technologist thinks about objects that cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with in his mind by a visual, nonverbal The
designer and the inventor are able to assemble and manipulate in their minds devices that as yet do not "
This nonverbal "spatial" thinking can be just as creative as painting and robert fulton once wrote, "The mechanic should sit down among levers, screws, wedges, wheels, , like a poet among the letters of the alphabet, considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts, in which a new arrangement transmits a new "
When all these shaping forces -- schools, open attitudes, the premium system, a genius for spatial thinking -- interacted with one another on the rich mainland, they produced that american characteristic, Today that word implies mere12 But in earlier times it meant a friendly but competitive striving for fame and
invention 发明,发明物 捏造,虚构
inventor 发明家,发明者
[联想词]
inventory 详细目录 存货清单
breakthhrough 突围,突破 重大成就,惊人发现
[联想词]
breakdown 垮台,破裂 衰竭,衰弱 损坏,故障 分类
premium 保险金 额外费用 奖品,赠品,额外津贴
高级的,优质的 售价高的
[联想词]
subsidy 津贴,补贴
verbal 口头的 用言辞的,用文字的
[联想词]
vocal 发声的,嗓音的
spatial 空间的,与空间有关的
lever 杠杆 途径,工具,手段
撬动,撬起
wedge 楔(子) 把楔入,塞入
[联想词]
groove 沟,槽
hinge 铰链
interact 相互作用,相互影响
emulation 竞赛,竞争 仿效,仿真
imitation 模仿 仿制,仿制品 赝品
strive 努力,奋斗,力求
sculpture 雕刻,雕塑 雕刻作品,雕塑品
[联想词]
carve 切,把切碎 雕刻,刻
engrave14 在上雕刻 使铭记,使牢记
statue 雕像,塑像
bust15 胸像,半身像 胸部,胸围
marble 大理石
diploma 毕业文凭,毕业证书,资格证书
[联想词]
diplomat 外交官,外交家 有交际手段的人,圆滑的人
perpetual 永久的,永恒的,长期的 无休止的,没完没了的
literacy 识字,有文化,读写能力
literate 有读写能力的 有文化修养的
stimulus 促进 刺激
[联想词]
provocation 挑衅,挑拨 刺激,激怒
provocative16 挑衅的,煽动的 刺激的
precede 在之前,先于
precedent17 先例,范例,判例 惯例
patent 专利,专利权
专利(权)的,受专利保护的
得到的专利权
originate 起源于,来自,产生
创造,创始,开创
[联想词]
commence 开始
incentive8 刺激,鼓励
multitude 大量,许多 大众,民众
ambiguous 引起歧义的,模式棱两可的,含糊不清的
[联想词]
indefinite 不明确的,含糊的 无限期的
exdplicit 明确的,明晰的;详述的 直言的,毫不隐瞒的,露骨的
manipulate 操纵,控制,影响 操作,使用
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