should college students be encouraged to establish a busines

In the past, college students

were

guaranteed

jobs

upon

graduation.

But

thi

s

national

policy

has

become

history

.

Worse

still,

well-educated young people

are

confronted

with

a

daunting

challenge

in

landing

a

job.

Many

people

have

even

thus

become

skeptical about the value of

college

education

.

In

the

face

of

this

disturbing

situation, some suggest that

college

graduates

should

consider

establishing

a

business of their own.

Is this suggestion adoptable?

Some

people

would

give

a

positive

answer

to

this

question.

In

their

minds,

young people with a decent

education

should

be

encouraged

to

apply

what

they

have

learned

and

tap

their

pioneering

spirits

in

the pursuit of their dreams,

like what Steve Jobs and Bill

Gates

did

in

their

early

years. Besides, if they really

establish a business of their

own, they can help

alleviate

the

pressure

in

the

job

market.

Other

people

think

differently. In their opinions,

young

people

are

both

lacking

in

the

capital

for

business

investment

and

necessary

social

experience

and may very likely fall into

traps

ubiquitous

in

the

business world

.

Both

opinions

mentioned

have some element of truth.

As far as I am concerned, in

a

culture

that

only

glorifies

success

and

doesn

’

t

give

people

a

second

opportunity,

young

people

might

as

well

play

safe

by

first

working

in

an

enterprise

so

as

to

accumulate

some

work

experience

and

become

financially

independent

.

After that, they will stand a

better

chance

of

establishing and

managing a

lucrative business

.

Invoke = implement

Invoke a new law

Invoke the power of the law

Invoke sb

’

s help

Provoke sb

’

s thought

–

thought-provoking

revoke

sb

’

s

accusation

against sb else

evoke

–

provoke

e-: out ---pro: forward

evoke a strong response

the

event

evokes

the

memory of my childhood.

Torturous

–

torture sb.

Enforce

–

invoke

–

implement

In

close

proximity

to

=

very

like

The

spelling

in

French

is

in

close

proximity

to

that

of

English.

Surprisingly,

many

people

choose

to

live

in

close

proximity to volcanoes.

Personal

property

–

properties of the metal

Complexity

–

complex

Velocity =speed

I

really

hope

that

the

economic

boom

in

our

country can translate into a

substantial

improvement

in

our living conditions.

Dignify

–

dignity

Strike a pose

Strike a condescending pose

before

Strike a humble pose before

sb.

Dignified people

Garment

Department

Store

for Dignified People

Office politics

Currents

洪流

Treacherous

–

treachery n.

Navigate

–

navy

Wondrous

–

wonder

--wonderful

Barbarous

–

barbaric

–

barbarity

The

barbarity

of

the

Japanese

during

the

war

can

scare

the

hell

out

of

anyone.

Ostentatious

–

ostentation

Yield

–

vt.

Yield to

…

Weak-minded

people

will

yield to pressure very easily.

All

traffic

vehicles

must

yield to pedestrians.

Condensed milk

By

any

stretch

of

imagination

A flight of imagination

Stroke

–

at the stroke of 12

Stride of steps

Stitch

A stitch in time saves nine.

Piracy

–

pirate

Expiration

–

expire

Aspiration

–

aspire for /after

/to

With quiet resignation

Indignation

–

indignant

Be indignant at sth

Mortification

–

with

mortification

He

left

the

place

with

mortification.

Altercation

–

alternation

Alter

–

other

Alternate in doing sth.

Please

make

such

alternations

as

your

enlarged

vision

would

dictate.

请斧正

!

Budge sth

–

move

Brook

–

tolerate

I tried to open the door but

it didn

’

t budge.

I

cannot

brook

his

interference with my affairs.

Budget your money /time

Hedge

Trudge

through

the

deep

snow

Bent

–

bend

Band

Wrest sth from sb.

Wrack

—

ship wrack

Wriggle

A snake wriggled across the

road.

Wrestle with sb.

–

wrestler

Inhospitable

–

hospitable

Lethal =deadly

Lethal poison

Lethal injection

Legalize sth.

Momentous =consequential

A

momentous

event

–

significant

Momentum

势头

Voracious

–

greedy

A voracious reader

He

looks

at

the

food

with

voracious eyes.

vore

herbivorous --herbivore

—

carn ivore

—

carnivorous

vulnerability to sth.

Be vulnerable to sth.

Volatility

–

volatile=changeable

The

world

is

becoming

all

the more volatile.

He

has

a

volatile

disposition.

Innocuity

–

innocent

Be innocent of a crime

Innocuous

Noc/x: harm

Innocent

–

innocence

Noxious = harmful

Noxious gas

Innocuous

–

innocuity

Siege

–

besiege sb.

Befriend /bewitch sb.

Surge in the stock market

Plunge

Purge sb. From

Visage

–

vis

-age

The visage of winter

The visage of a thief

Transliterate

–

trans- literate

Coca-Cola

–

transliteration

Transmutable

–

tra ns

—

mutate

Mutation

Transmute A into B

The

cells

in

our

body

are

transmutable.

Luxuriant

–

luxury

Itinerary

Omnivore

–

omnivorous

Omnipotent

–

omniscient

Naturalize

–

naturalization

Immigration

and

naturalization bureau

Nationalize

Materialize

Their

hopes

have

not

been

materialized.

Evangelize

–

angel

In the fabric of

架构

Fabricate

构造

,

编造

Fa?ade

–

face

Behind

the

fa?ade

of

democracy

Vestige

Veracity

–

very

Veracity of the information

The

veracity

of

the

countryside people

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