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Unit 3 Festivals and customs(2)
1.Upon graduating(upon/on doing...一……就……) in 2017,she joined Kenya School of Law
in 2018.
2.After college,she qualified(qualify v.取得资格;使合格 qualified adj.具备……资格的;
能胜任的 qualification n.资格;学历;资历) herself as a lawyer of the High Court of Kenya
on July 2,2020.
3.“My dream to pursue a career in law began way back(很久之前) in high school when I
developed an interest in law,” she said.
4.Terrible cultural practices(熟词生义:n.习俗;惯例) like early marriage are still very
common,robbing the youth of(剥夺) the opportunities to be educated.
5.Her desire(v.& n.愿望;渴望) grows stronger when she finds many people can’t speak for
themselves.She wants to raise their voice and make them heard(过去分词作宾补) by the
authorities.
desire to do sth渴望做某事
have a desire to do sth/have a desire for sth渴望……
6.Her remarkable(adj.非凡的) achievement is a source of encouragement to many young girls
whose(引导定语从句) dreams look too big compared to(与……比起来) their life’s
circumstances(环境).
7.The treaty will create a new body(熟词生义:n.机构;团体) to manage the conservation of
ocean life and establish marine-protected areas on the high seas.
8.Treaty negotiations were initially(adv.最初;开始) anticipated to conclude on Friday,but
stretched(v.延续) through the night into Saturday.
9.Hearing is one of our most important senses(n.感觉官能;感觉;理解力).
make sense有意义;讲得通
make sense of理解
in this sense在这种意义上
in a/one sense/in some senses 从某种意义上
in no sense 绝不
There is no sense in doing sth.做某事是没道理的。
10.Listening to loud music through earphones has been identified as one of the major(adj.主要
的 n.专业,主修科目 v.主修;专攻 majority n.大多数) causes of hearing damage inyoung people.
11.In more severe cases(n.情况),cotton buds may damage the thin skin and even negatively
affect your hearing.
in case of 以防;万一
in this/that case 在这种/那种情况下
in no case 在任何情况下都不;决不
12.Damage to the middle and inner ear due to head injury can result in(导致) hearing loss.
13.Peter volunteers at Dean Valley Primary School,Bollington,and he is a huge hit(熟词生义
n.很受欢迎的人或事物) with all of the children he tutors.