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Unit 1 book1 3
rd
Toward a Bright Future for All
I.
New words
pledge
[pled
?
]
n.
保证，誓言
vt.
保证，许诺；
keep his
pledge
At this moment, in
this election, we must pledge once more to march
into the future.
在这一时刻，在这次选
举中，我们必须再一次保证，向未来挺进。
pose
vt.& vi.
1.
使摆姿势
;
以?身份出现
;
招摇
;
炫耀
2.
提出
;
造成（威胁、问题等）
;
引起
;
产生
n.
姿态
;
姿势
;
装腔
作势
;
伪装
After the wedding we all posed for a
photo.
工人运动对他们的利益造成了直接威胁。
The workers' movement poses a direct
threat to their interests.
routine
[ru
?
'ti
?
n]
n.
[
计
]
程序；日常工作；例行公事
adj.
日常的；例行的
早上
8
点到办公室，一直呆到下午
5
点，这已经成了我的惯例。
Arriving at
the office at 8 a.m. and staying there until 5
p.m. has become my routine.
The problem was discovered during a
routine check.
例行检查
tain
：
hold
attain v
获得（
at
加强动作
+tain
→拿住了→获得）
attainable a
可达到
的（
attain+able
→获得
attainment n
成就，
造诣（
attain
获得
+ment<
/p>
→获得的成就）
同根词
contain v
包含，包容（
con
全部
+tain
→全部拿住→包容）
obtain v
获得，达到
（
ob
加强动作
+tain
→拿到→获
得）
retain v
维持，保留
（
re
回
+tain
→拿回来→保留）
sustain v
支持；赡养
（
sus
下面
+tain
→在下面拿住
[
撑住
]
→支
持）
entertain v
招待；娱乐
（
enter
在中间
+tain
→在<
/p>
[
工作
]
中间拿
）
entertainment
娱乐，款待
maintain v
维持；坚持
（
main[=man
手
]+tain
→用手拿住→坚持）
maintenance n
维护；坚持
comprehensive
adj.
综合的；广泛的；有理解力的
comprehensive
evaluation
综
合
评
价
，
综
合
评
价
法
comprehensive
analysis
综合分析
fascinating
fascinate
['f?
sineit]
vt.
1. (
用个人的魅力、独特的能力等等
)
迷住；使着迷；使陶醉，使神魂颠倒：
The actress's beauty fascinated
everyone.
2.
使呆住，慑住?使动弹不得；蛊惑：
Snakes are said to
fascinate small animals.
据说蛇能蛊惑小动物。
a
fascinating trip
Pursue
[p
?
's
ju
?
]
vt.
继续；从事；追赶；纠缠
他想工作两年以后再去读学士学位。
He wanted to pursue a bachelor's degree
after working for two years.
The police
are pursuing an escaped prisoner.
警方正在追捕一名越狱逃犯。
pursuit
n.
overwhelm
[
??
v
?
'welm]
vt.
淹没；压倒；受打击；覆盖；压垮
Flood overwhelmed the city.
洪水淹没了那座城市。
I was overwhelmed by such a temptation.
我经受不住那样的诱惑。
be
overwhelmed by
受不起
,
被征服，震撼
be
overwhelmed with
淹没于
My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to
the point of death.
我心里甚是忧伤，几乎要死
People were overwhelmed with amazement
.
said .
”
分外好奇
available
adj.
可获得的；可购得的；可找到的；有空的
We must utilize all available
resources.
我们必须利用可以得到的一切资源。
We have a single room available .
我们有一间单人房间可以租（给你）
。
Mr Leach is on holiday and was not
available for comment.
利奇先生休假了，不方便作出评论。
sample
英
[
?
s
ɑ
:mpl]
美
[
?
s?
mpl]
n.
样品
;
标本，榜样
;
（化验的）取样
;
vt. <
/p>
取?的样品，尤指用样品来检验
;
品尝<
/p>
;
抽样调查
We sampled a selection of different
bottled waters.
我们品尝了一系列不同品牌的瓶装水。
We're giving away 2000 free samples.
我们正免费发放
< br>2,000
份样品。
assume
英
[
?
'sju
?
m]
美
[
?
'sum] vt.
假定
I assume that
every college student has access to the Internet.
我以为每个大学生都可以使用互联网。
virtual
英
[
?
v
?
:t
?
u
?
l]
美
[
?
v
?
:
rt
?
u
?
l
]
adj.
[
计
]
虚拟的；实质上的，事实上的（但未在名义上或正式获承认）
Up to four players can compete in a
virtual world of role playing .
He
claimed to be a virtual prisoner in his own home.
yield
[ji
?
ld]
vt.
屈服；出产，产生；放弃
n.
产量；收益
我们绝不会向征服者屈服。
We
shall never yield to a conqueror.
Instead of high yield, however, they
got water and air pollution.
transmit
trans-<
/p>
表示“变换，改变，转移”
transplant
移植（
trans+pl
ant
种→转移过去→移植）
transmit
传送，传播（
trans
+mit
送→横着送消息→传播）
transform
Transfer
transmit
Miss,mit=
send,cast,
表示“送，放出”
commit
v
委托；委任
(com
共同＋
mit
→共同送→委任）
submit v
使屈服；
提出（
sub
下面＋
mit
→送下去→屈服）
permit
v <
/p>
许可，允许（
per
始终＋
mit
→始终放出来→许可）
omit
v
省去，略去（
o
< br>出＋
mit
→送出→省略）
admit v
许可入学等；承认（
ad+mit
→送来→许可进入）
II.
Text
structure:
( structured writing ) The
passage can be divided into 3 parts.
Part1 (para.1-3)
Opening
part of the welcome speech
Part 2
(para.4-7) Making the best of what you have.
Challenging
yourself.
Facing new experiences.
Opportunities and
responsibilities.
Part 3 (Para.8)
Concluding remarks of the
welcome speech.
III. Detailed study of the text
1. As president of the university, I am
proud to welcome you to this university.
句型
1
achievement is the triumph
of years of hard work, both of your own and of
your parents and teachers. (Para. 1)
Meaning:
Your
entering
this
university is
an
important
success.
This
success
is
due
to
many
years
of your hard work, and many years of your
parents
’
and
teachers
’
hard
work.
welcoming
you
to
the
university,
I
am
reminded
of
my
own
high
school
graduation and the photograph my mom
took of my dad and me. (Para. 2)
Meaning: When I am welcoming you to
this university, something I remember is my
own high school graduation and the
photo my mom took of my dad and me.
Remind sb. of sb./sth.
make
sb. remember sb. that they know or sth that
happened in the past.
The song always
reminds me of our holiday in Mexico.
will miss your old routines and your
parents
’
reminders to work
hard
?
Reminder:
n. sth that makes you notice, remember, or think
about sth.
The cold served as a
reminder that winter wasn
’
t
quite finished.
寒冷的天气提醒人们冬天还没有过去。
have cried tears of joy to
be finally finished with high school,
and your parents may have cried tears
of joy to be finally finished with your laundry!
Figures of speech
In a
speech, the speaker can employ a variety of
figures of speech to make his speech
vivid and powerful, such as simile,
metaphor, contrast, parallelism and repetition.
parallelism
In
parallelism,
coordinate
ideas
are
arranged
in
words,
phrases,
sentences
and
paragraphs to emphasize and point out
relations.
Parallel structure can make
a speech powerful, persuasive and thought-
provoking.
More examples:
I have a dream that my four children
will one day live in a nation where they will not
be judged by the color of their skin
but by the content of their character.
I have a dream that one day every
valley shall be
exalted
（尊贵的）
, every hill and
mountain shall be made low, the rough
places will be made plain, and the
crooked
（弯曲的）
places will be
made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be
revealed,
and flesh shall see it
together.
我梦想有一天，我的四个孩子将生活在
一个不是以皮肤的颜色，而是以品
格的优劣作为评判标准的国家。
我梦想有一天，深谷弥合，高山夷
平，歧路化坦途，曲径成通衢，上帝的
光华再现，普天下生灵共谒。
If he did, I am sorry I
never told him
（我是多么对不起他，
我是个多
么不孝敬的儿
子，我是多么后悔）
_ how sorry I
was, how unworthy I was, how I regretted it
I think of them (
每当我因为一些琐事而怨天尤人的时候，每当我嫉妒别人运气比
我好的时候，
每当我没有一颗
“好心”
的时候
) when I complain about trifles, when