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Section A
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Toward a
brighter future for all
1.
Good
afternoon!
As president
of
the university,
I
am
proud to
welcome
you to this
university. Your achievement is the
triumph of years of hard work, both of your own
and
of your parents and teachers. Here
at the university, we pledge to make your
educational
experience as rewarding as
possible.
下午好！作为校长，我非常自豪地欢迎你们来到这所大学。你们所
取得的成就是你
们自己多年努力的结果，
也是你们的父母和老师
们多年努力的结果。
在这所大学里，
我们承诺将使你们学有所成
。
Words and phrase
1. achievement
n
something very good and
difficult that you have succeeded in
doing:
e.g.
An Olympic silver medal is
a remarkable achievement for one so young.
2. triumph
n
being successful or victorious
成功
,
胜利
shouts of
triumph
great achievement or success
成功
one of the triumphs of modern science
v.
~ (over sb/sth) be
successful or victorious
triumph over one's
difficulties
战胜困难
.
3.
pledge
v
~
sth
(to
sb/sth)
(fml
)
promise
solemnly
to
give
(support,etc);
give
(one's word, honour, etc) as a pledge
保证给予（支持等）
;
以（誓言﹑
名誉等）作
担保
:
pledge loyalty to the king
发誓效忠国王
be pledged
to keeping a secret
誓守秘密
.
~
sb/oneself
(to
sth/to
do
sth)
promise
solemnly
that
sb/one
will
do
sth
or
support
a
cause,
etc
保证某人
[
自己
]
做某事或支持某事业等
The Government has pledged itself to
send aid to the famine victims.
政府已承诺赈济
饥民
.
[Tn] leave
(sth) with sb as a
pledge
典当（某物）
:
He's pledged his mother's wedding ring.
[Tn] (fml ) drink to the health of
(sb); toast (sb)
为（某人）的健康祝酒
;
向（某人）
祝酒
:
pledge the bride
（新娘）
and
bridegroom
（新郎）
4. rewarding
adj
giving you
satisfaction, pleasure, or profit
值得的；有意义的；有
回报的
Our journey to the orphanage
(
孤儿院
) was a very rewarding
experience.
Antonym:
unrewarding
Synonym: satisfying
5. as...as possible
as
+ adj / adv +as as + adj
+ n + as
尽力做某事的意思
We have to run as fast as possible.
Can you say it as loudly as possible?
I hope you’ll stay as long as
possible.
We need as many
apples as possible.
You must come back
as soon as possible.
Word
formation note:
adj suffix -ing
1.
-ing
加在某些
transitive
verb
后，构成
adj
，主要用于表示事物的性质或特征，或
某
物或某事给人的感觉、
情感、
印象等。
这类词包括
welcoming, charming, discouraging,
disgusting, frightening, alarming,
surprising
等。例如：
a
welcoming smile
热情的微笑
a charming house on the outskirts of
the town
在城镇郊外的一栋漂亮的房子
an alarming increase in housing price
房价的惊人增长
A
surprising number of men stay bachelors.
有相当多的男子仍然是单身。
2.
-ing
加在
intransitive verb
之后，构成
adj
，表示某事或某人仍然处于某种
状态。例
如：
a
recurring problem
反复出现的问题
his aging mother
他那日渐苍老的母亲
He wore
his hair in the prevailing fashion.
他的头发理的是当时盛行的发型。
Paraphrase
1 Your
achievement is the triumph of years of hard work,
both of your own and of your
parents
and teachers.
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.
2 Here
at the university, we pledge to make your
educational experience as rewarding as
possible.
Meaning:
Here
at
the
university,
we
promise
to
make
your
educational
experience
as
worthwhile as possible.
2.
In 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.
us.
woke me up
every morning in college. It is still on my office
desk.
在欢迎你们到来的这一刻，我想起自己高中毕业时的情景，还有妈妈为我和
爸爸拍
的合影。
妈妈吩咐我们：
“姿势自然点。
”
“等一等
,
”爸爸说，
“把我递给他
闹钟
的情景拍下来。
”
在大学期间，
那个闹钟每天早晨叫醒我。
至今它还放在我办公室
的桌子上。
Words and phrase
1. remind
v
inform (sb) of a fact or tell (sb) to
do sth he may have forgotten
提醒
:
Do I have to remind you yet again?
Remind me to answer that
letter.
~ sb of
sb/sth
cause sb to remember
or be newly aware of sb/sth
使某人回想起或意
识到某人
[
某事物
]
:
He reminds me
of his brother.
This song
reminds me of France.
reminder
n
sth. that makes you notice,
remember, or think about sth.
起提醒作用
的东西
The cold served as a reminder that
winter wasn’t quite finished.
The
waiters
were
clearing
the
tables,
which
served
as
a
reminder
that
it
was
time
to
leave.
2.
pose
v
(a) [I, Ipr] ~ (for sb) sit or stand in
a particular position in order to be painted,
drawn or
photographed
摆好姿势（以便画像或拍照）
:
He had to pose wearing a laurel wreath.
他得摆好戴着月桂花冠的姿势
. *
(b) [Tn] put (sb) in a particular
position in order to paint, draw or photograph him
使
（某
人）摆好姿势（以便画像或拍照
）
:
The artist
posed his model carefully.
那位画家仔细摆好模特儿的姿势
.
[I] (derog
贬
) behave in an unnatural or
affected way in order to impress people
装腔
作势
: Stop posing
and tell us what you really think.
别装蒜啦
,
告诉我们你的真实想法
吧
.
pose n
1 position in which a
person poses or is posed (pose 1b)
（为画像或拍照而摆的）
姿势
,
姿态
:
She adopted an elegant pose.
她摆了一个优美的姿势
.
2 (derog
贬
)
unnatural or affected way of behaving, intended to
impress people
装腔作
势的举动
: His
concern for the poor is only a pose.
他对
穷人的关心只不过是做做样子
罢了
.
Paraphrase
1 In
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.
3
Let
me
share
with
you
something
that
you
may
not
expect.
You
will
miss
your
old
routines and your parents' reminders to
work hard and attain your best. You may 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 doing your laundry! But know this:
The future is
built on a strong
foundation of the past.
让我来告诉你们一些你们未必预料
得到的事情。你们将会怀念以前的生活习惯，怀
念父母曾经提醒你们要刻苦学习、取得佳
绩。你们可能因为高中生活终于结束而喜
极而泣，
你们的父母也
可能因为终于不用再给你们洗衣服而喜极而泣！
但是要记住：
未
来是建立在过去扎实的基础上的。
Words and
phrase
1. routine
n
[C, U] fixed and regular way of doing
things
程序
;
公事
;
常规
:
She found it difficult to establish a
new routine after retirement.
do sth as a
matter of routine
按常规办事
[attrib
作定语
] routine tasks, chores,
duties, etc
日常工作﹑
日常事务﹑
例行职责
.
[C] set sequence of
movements in a dance or some other performance
舞蹈等表演的
成套动作
: go
through a dance routine
做一套舞蹈动作
.
routine
adj
usual; habitual; regular
通常的
;
惯例的
;
例行的
:
the routine procedure
例行手续
*
routine maintenance
定期的保养
*
routinely
adv.
2. attain
v
[Tn] succeed in getting (sth); achieve
attain a position of power
获得权位
attain one's goal, objective, ambition,
etc
attain our target of 50000
达
到我们的
50000
英镑的目标
.
attainable
adj
that can be attained
These objectives are
certainly attainable.
attainment
n
[U]
success in reaching
达到
;
到达
:
The attainment of her ambitions was
still a dream.
她要实现抱负仍是一种梦想
.
[C usu pl]
thing attained, esp skill or knowledge
成就
;
造诣
:
a
scholar of the highest attainments
造诣极高的学者
.
ed
adj [pred]
(not before noun) no longer
doing, dealing with, or using sth.
~ (with sb/sth) (infml
口
)
I
won't be finished for another hour.
我还有一个小时才能完事
.
Are you finished with my tools yet?
我的工具你用完了吗？
She
decided she was finished with working for others.
她决定不再为别人做事
.
4.
may have done sth.:
used
for talking about past possibilities
She might have changed her mind and
decided not to come.
5.
foundation
n
[U] act of founding (an institution,
organization, etc)
建立
,
创立
,
创办
:
the foundation of the university
[C] (a)
(organization set up to provide) sums of money for
research, charity, etc
（为研
究﹑
慈善事业等提供的）基金
,
基金会
:
You may be
able to get support from an arts foundation.
[C usu pl]
layer of bricks, concrete, etc forming the solid
base of a building underground
地基
;
房基
;
基础
:
lay the foundations of a building
给建筑物奠基
[C, U]
principle, idea or fact on which sth is based;
basis
（作为某事的）基本原则
﹑
思想或事实
;
基础
:
lay the foundations of one's career
奠定个人事业的基础
*
That rumor has no
foundation.
那谣言没有事实根据
.
Grammar
一、情态动词用于对现在内容推测的常见句型有：
1
、
Can/may do
sth
：表示对现在内容的可能性的推测；
2
、
Must do
sth
：表示对现在内容的肯定性的推测。
二、情态动词用于对过去内容推荐的常见句型：
1
、
can/may have
done sth
：表示对过去内容的可能性；
2
、
must have done
sth
：表示对过去内容的肯定性的推测。
例：
It must have rained last
night, for the road is wet.
He may have got lost.
Mr
Green must have failed to receive my letter,
otherwise he would have replied.
I
believe he must have had an accident, otherwise he
would have arrived on time.
Collocation note:
1
．
do
是最常见的表示“做”的动词。
e.g.
Today I have a lot of work to do.
2
．
do<
/p>
常常和表示锻炼或劳动等方面的名词或动名词连用。
e.g.
do physical exercise/the dishes/one’s
cooking
Paraphrase
1. You will miss your old routines and
your parents’
reminders to work hard
and attain
your best. (Para. 3)
Meaning: You will miss your usual life
patterns and your parents’ reminding words that
you should work hard and achieve the
best you can.
2.
You
may
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 doing
your laundry! (Para.
3)
Meaning:
Perhaps
you were
so
happy
that
you
cried because
at
last
you
finished
high
school, and
perhaps your parents were so happy that they cried
because eventually they
wouldn’t have
to do your laundry any more!
Note:
Pay
attention
to
the
humor
the
president
creates
by
contrasting
the
different