颉斌斌《长难句66句》笔记_考研_英语_06.颉斌斌_25颉斌斌《长难句66句》笔记

颉斌斌长难句66句 第 1句【 2010 英一 textl】 Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter- century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage. 【生词】 take place发生， 举行 decline v.&n减少， 衰退 quarter n四分之一； 一刻钟 scope n范围， 领域 far reaching a影． 响深远的， 波及广泛的 seriousness n严重性；严肃；认真 inexorable a．不可阻挡的；无情的 coverage n新闻报道；覆盖范围 第2句【2010英一textl】 It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. 【生词】 point n观点；要点；目的；时刻；程度 imagine v想像；认为；胡乱猜想 impossibility n不可能的事；不可能性 high-quality a高质量的 average a普通的；平均的 criticism n．评论；批评；意见 第3句 For example, some early societies ceased to consider certain rites essential to their well-being and abandoned them, nevertheless, they retained as parts of their oral tradition the myths that had grown up around the rites and admired them for their artistic qualities rather than for their religious usefulness. 第1页【生词】 cease v终止， 结束 n停止 oral a．口头的；口腔的 consider v考虑， 斟酌；认为， 视为 tradition n传统， 惯例；传统故事， 传说 certain a必然的；确定的；某个 myth n错误的观点， 荒诞的说法；神话 rite n.（宗教等的）仪式；惯例 admire v.钦佩， 仰慕；欣赏， 观赏 essential a必不可少的， 非常重要的；基本的 artistic a艺术的， 艺术家的；有艺术鉴赏力的 well-being n幸福， 安康；（国家的）繁荣 quality n质量 abandon v抛弃， 遗弃；舍弃 religious a.宗教的，与宗教相关的；虔诚的 nevertheless ad然而， 不过 usefulness n有． 用；有效性；有益 retain v保． 持， 保留；储存；记住 第4句【2010英一textl】 Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. 【生词】 yet conj然而， 但是； adv还是， 仍然 consist of= be composed of由……组成 considerable a相当大的；重要的 in large part在很大程度上 significant a重要的；显著的；意味深长的 review v复习， 审查 n评． 论， 评论文章； collection n作品集；采集， 聚集；征收 审查；回顾 publish v．出版， 发行；发表 第5句【2010英一textl】 We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. 【生词】 be removed from与……远离 stylish a时． 髦的， 现代风格的 the turn of the 20th century 20世纪初 criticism n评论；批评 unfocused a茫然的；无目标的 ornament n装饰 newsprint n新闻用纸C=newsp ap er) appear v．出版；出现 dirt-cheap a非常便宜的；毫无价值的 第2页第6句【2010英一textl】 "So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism;' Newman wrote, "that I am tempted to define'journalism' as'a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are'. " 【生词】 author n．作者；创始人 contempt n.轻视， 蔑视；忽视， 不顾 brain n智力， 智慧；脑 apply v应用；申请；涂；实施 literary a文学的；书面的 keep their own end up （在困难中）仍乐观 gift n．天赋；礼物 而尽本分， 坚持不懈 tempt v．引诱；冒…．．的风险 be tempted to do sth动词性复合谓语： ＂倾 define v．给……下定义， 解释 向千做某事” 第7句【2010英一text2】 Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. 【生词】 curb n控制， 抑制 v控制 decision n判决， 裁定；决定 business n商务；商业；公司；事情 so-called a．所谓的；号称…．．．的 method n方法， 办法；条理 case n案件；具体情况，实例；病例 claim n声称；索要 v声称；要求 approve v批准；同意， 赞成 dramatic a戏剧性的；显著的；引人注目的 pool n水池 v集中（资源、 钱财等）以备共用 about-face n.（思想、 态度、 行为等）彻底改变 mutual a．共同的；相互的 circuit n环行；电路；（法官的）巡回审判 fund n．资金；基金，专款 v．资助 the Federal Circuit联邦巡回法院 asset n资产， 财产 introduce v引进介绍 State Street Bank道富银行 patent n专利（权），专利证书；专利发明 第3页第8句【2010英一text2】 The Federal Circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court's judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should "reconsider" its State Street Bank ruling. 【生词】 order n命令， 指示；顺序 v命令；预定 typical a典型的， 一贯的， 平常的 state v声明，陈述；表明；公布 n国家， panel n．陪审团；专题讨论小组 州；状态 issue v颁布；发表 n．议题，争论点；分配 case n案件；案例；具体情况 evaluate v评估， 评价；估值 hear v．听审；聆听；得知 reconsider v．重新考虑；重新审议 judge n法官；裁判员 ruling n.（尤指法庭的）裁决，裁定；统治 第9句【2010英一text3】 In his book The Tipping Point; Malcolm Gladwell argues that "social epidemics" are driven in large part by the actions of a tiny minority of special individuals, often called influentials, who are unusually informed, persuasive, or well connected. 【生词】 tip n．尖端；实用的提示；小费 v．倾倒；轻触 individual n．个人，个体 a单独的；独特的 epidemic n.（迅速的）盛行；流行病 a盛行的 influential a有很大影响的；有支配力的 drive v驱动；迫使；驱赶 n驾车路程；欲望 n有影响力的人 action n．行动；行为 v务必做 informed a有见识的；消息灵通的；了解情 tiny a极小的， 微小的 况的；有根据的 minority n．少数， 少数派； persuasive a有说服力的， 能使人信服的 in large part很大程度上 well-connected a人脉广的 The Tipping Point 《引爆点》 第4页第10句【2010英一tex3】 The researchers' argument stems from a simple observation about social influence: With the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey - whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media, not interpersonal, influence - even the most influential members of a population simply don't interact with that many others. 【生词】 argument n理由， 论点；争论 interpersonal a．人际关系的， 人际的 stem n. （植物的）茎 v阻止；封堵 influential a./n有影响力的，有势力的；有 stem from= result from起源千 影响力的人或事 observation n观察， 监视；观察力 simply ad简直， 完全地；只， 仅仅 with the exception of... 除了．．以外 interact with...与．交流 celebrity n名人；名望 few/a few修饰可数名词 outsize a特大的 little/a little修饰不可数名词 presence n存在， 出席；仪态 few/little表否定含义，强调没有，所剩无几 primarily ad主要地， 首要地， 根本地 a few /a little 表肯定含义， 强调有， 还剩一点 function n．功能；函数 第11句【2010英一text4】 These rules say they must value some assets at the price a third party would pay, not the price managers and regulators would like them to fetch. 【生词】 value v.给．估价；重视 manager n管理者；经理 asset n资产， 财产 regulator n监管者， 监管机构； 调节器 a third party第三方 fetch v售得， 卖得；拿来 第5页第12句【2010英一text4】 The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes its reconstruction of rules later this year is strong. 【生词】 act n法案， 行为 v．行动；假装；演出 fold V结束；折叠；屈服 overall a总的， 全面的 n制服， 罩衣 complete v完成， 结束 planning n规划；计划编制 reconstruction n重建， 改造 pressure n．压力；紧张；气压 rule n．规章；行事准则 v统治；支配；裁定 第13句【2010英一text4】 Charlie McCreevy, a European commissioner, warned the IASB that it did "not live in a political vacuum" but "in the real world" and that Europe could yet develop different rules. 【生词】 commissioner n委员， 专员；长官；警察局局长 warn v告诫， 警告；提醒；预先通知 vacuum n真空 v用真空吸尘器打扫 a真空的 could yet早晚， 总有一天 第14句【2010英一text4】 And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not sell assets for fear of booking losses, yet are reluctant to buy all those supposed bargains. 【生词】 dead a萧条的；死气沉沉的；去世的 n死者 paralysis n瘫痪， 停顿 partly ad在某种程度上；部分地 booking n预定 in large part很大程度上 loss n．丧失， 损失；去世 第6页booking losses账面亏损 supposed a被假设的；所谓的；误以为的 asset n资产， 财产；有利条件 for fear of唯恐， 以免， 担心 bargain n便宜货；协议， 交易v．讨价还价 be reluctant to do不愿意做．． 第15句【2010英一text4】 The FASB and IASB have been exactly that, cleaning up rules on stock options and pensions, for example, against hostility from special interests. 【生词】 exactly ad恰好， 完全；精确地， 确切地 enmity n仇恨；敌意 pension n养老金， 退休金 opposition n.（强烈的）反对， 异议 interest n利息；利益集团；兴趣 oppose v反对（计划、 政策等）；抵制 clean up纠正；清理 opponent n反对者；对手 stock options股票期权 opposite a相反的；对面的 hostility n敌意 第16句 The child who is raised in an environment where there are many stimuli which develop capacity for appropriate responses will experience greatly intellectual development. 【生词】 appropriate a合适的 v挪用；拨出（款项）；私占 response n反应， 响应 experience n经历， 往事；经验 v经历；体会到 intellectual a智力的 n．知识分子 第7页第 17句【2009英一textl】 But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks. 【生词】 researcher n研究人员 path n途径；通道 discover v发现；发觉 entirely ad完全地 consciously ad有意识地；自觉地 cell n细胞；电池；小房间 conscious a意识到的；神志清醒的 innovative a革新的， 新颖的 develop v. （使）成长；逐渐形成；发展 track n．路线， 轨道 v追踪 parallel a．平行的；相似的， 同时发生的； trains of thought思路定式；固有思维 ad平行地 n共同点 v和．平行， 相似 第 18句【2009英一textl】 At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life. 【生词】 adolescence n青春， 青春期 valuable a值钱的；有益的；重要的 capacity n．能力；容量；职责 decade n．十年， 十年期；十进 preserve v保护；保持；保存 orso大约， 左右 mode n．方式；模式 shut down关闭 第 19句【2009英一text2】 It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man can boost his paternal (fatherly) wisdom -or at least confirm that he's the kid's dad. 第8页【生词】 wise a.明智的；有学问的 v意识到，觉察 wisdom n智慧；明智；知识 boost v促进；增加；宣扬 n激励；增长 confirm v确认；证实；使确信 paternal a父亲的；父亲般的；父系的 at least至少 fatherly a．父亲般的， 慈父般的 第20句【2009英一text2】 More than 60, 000 people have purchased the PTKs since they first became available without prescriptions last year, according to Doug Fogg, chief operating officer of ldentigene, which makes the over-the-counter kits. 【生词】 purchase v购买 n采购；购买的东西 kit n成套设备；配套元件 v装备 available a可购得的， 可获得的；可利用的 operate v运营， 操作；动手术 prescription n处方， 药方；计划；秘诀 chief operating officer 首席运营官(COO) 第21句【2009英一text2】 Among the most popular: paternity and kinship testing, which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put up for adoption. 【生词】 paternity n.＜法律＞父亲的身份；父系来源 relative n亲戚，亲属 a相关联的；相对的 kinship n亲属关系 adoption n采用；选择；领养 adopt v.收养；采纳 track down追踪；搜索， 查出 biological a生物学的；亲生的 第9页第22句【2009英一text2】 This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other great-grandparents or, four generations back, 14 other great-great-grandparents. 【生词】 reveal v揭示， 透露；表明 n揭示 generous a慷慨的；大量的 genetic a基因的， 遗传学的；共同起源的 general a总体的， 普遍的； 一般的 ancestor n.［生物］祖先， 上代 generalize v概括， 归纳；推广， 普及 generation n．一代； 一代人的时间；产生 great-grandparent n曾祖父或曾祖母 generate v产． 生， 引起 even though虽然， 即使 generation n．一代；产生 第23句【2009英一text2】 Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is compared. 【生词】 critic n批评者；评论家 reference n参考 criticism n批评 collection n收集物；一堆（东西）， 一群（人） argue v主张， 认为；说服；争论 sample n样本， 样品 commercial a．商业的；以获利为目的的 第24句【2009英一text3】 Progress in both areas is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political, and intellectual development of these and all other societies; however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong. 第10页【生词】 undoubtedly ad无疑， 肯定 view n想法；风景；图片 v看待考， 虑； political a政治（上）的，政府的；政党的 观看；观察 intellectual a智力的；聪明的；思想的n．知 priority n最重要的事；优先，优先权 a优先的 识分子 promote v促． 进；升职促； 销 conventional a．符合习俗的；传统的 rapid a迅速的， 快的 第25句【2009英一text3】 We are fortunate that it is, because building new educational systems there and putting enough people through them to improve economic performance would require two or three generations. 【生词】 fortunate a幸运的；吉利的 generate v．产生；引起 improve v提高；改善 general a．一般的；普遍的；全体的 performance n表现；业绩；表演 generalize v普及， 推广；概括 generation n．一代人； 一代； 一辈 generous a慷慨的；丰富的， 充足的 第26句【2009英一text3】 Yet the research revealed that the U.S. factories of Honda, Nissan, and Toyota achieved about 95 percent of the productivity of their Japanese counterparts - a result of the training that U.S. workers received on the job. 【生词】 research n研究； 调查 training n训练， 培训；锻炼 reveal v揭示；表明；显示 n揭示 receive v得到；经受；接收 achieve v. （经努力）取得；获得成功 Honda n本田（汽车品牌） productivity n生产力；生产率 Nissan n尼桑（汽车品牌） counterpart n对应的人（或事物） Toyota n丰田（汽车品牌） 第11页第 27句【2009英一text3】 More recently, while examining housing construction, the researchers discovered that illiterate, non-English-speaking Mexican workers in Houston, Texas, consistently met best-practice labor productivity standards despite the complexity of the building industry's work. 【生词】 examine v捡查；测验； （医生）诊察；审问 standard n. （品质的）标准，规范 a普通 illiterate a．不识字的；不通顺的 n文盲 的， 标准的 consistently ad．一贯地， 始终； 一致地 despite prep尽管， 即使 best-practice最佳实践；最佳做法 complexity n复杂性；难题 housing construction住宅建筑，住房建设 complex a复杂的；合成的 n综合大楼； non-English-speaking不讲英语的；非英语的 综合体 labor n劳动；劳工；分挽 v劳动 building industry建筑业；建筑工业 productivity n生产率， 生产力 第 28句【2009英一text4】 To take this approach to the New Englanders normally means to start with the Puritans'theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church - important subjects that we may not neglect. 【生词】 approach n方法；靠近；通道 v靠近；解决 normally ad通常［公众号： 利之学姐］整理，严禁盗用 mean v意味着 a吝啬的 n．中间；平均数(means n方式；财富） theological a神学的 innovation n．创新；新思想 distinctive a独特的；与众不同的 Puritan n清教徒 a清教主义的 subject n主题；科目；主语；主观；实验对象；臣民 v遭受；服从(subjectto) n e g le c t v .疏 于 照 顾 ； 忽 视 start with以．开始 第12页第 29句【2009英一text4】 Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts churches in the decade after 1629, there were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston. 【生词】 learned a搏学的；学术性的； 习得的 gentleman n绅士；有教养的人 minister n部长；大臣；牧师 v照料， 服侍 lawyer n律师 church n教堂；教会 official n．官员， 高级职员 a．公务的；官方的 decade n．十年， 十年期 crown n皇冠；王国；王权 v为．加冕 like prep像；例如 v喜欢；希望conj如同 journey v.（尤指长途）旅行 n.（尤指长途） n喜好 a相似的 旅行 orso大约 第30句【2009英一text4】 While few craftsmen or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed, it is obvious that their views were less fully intellectualized. 【生词】 craftsman n．工匠， 手艺人 dependent n靠他人生活者(=dependant) a依靠的；取决千 servant n．仆人；雇员 literary a文学的；书面的 intellectualize a文学的；书面的 v使知识化， 使理智化，对．作纯理 let alone更不必说．．；更不用说 composition n. （音乐、 艺术等的）作品；作文；成分 第13页第31句【2009英一text4】 Sexual confusion, economic frustrations, and religious hope - all came together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father that the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words: 【生词】 sexual a性的；性别的；生殖的 moment n．时机；时刻 confusion n．困惑；不确定；混淆 Bible n.《圣经》 economic a经济的；有利可图的；节约的 line n字行；线条；列 frustration n．沮丧；挫败 settle v决定；解决；定居 religious a．宗的教 ；虔诚的；认真的 fate n命运 decisive a．决定性的；果断的 magical a有魔力的；奇妙的 第32句【2008英一textl】 Studies of both animals and humans have shown that sex hormones somehow affect the stress response, causing females under stress to produce more of the trigger chemicals than do males under the same conditions. 【生词】 somehow ad．以某种方式；不知怎么地 produce v引． 起；繁育；生产 n农产品 affect v．影响 n情感 trigger v引． 发，激发；触发 n起因， 诱因 effect n．影响 chemicals n化． 学品，化学制品 effective a有效的；实际的 condition n条件；疾病；条款；前提 v训 efficient a高效的 练；影响；养护；使习惯千 affection n喜爱；钟爱 sex hormones性激素；性荷尔蒙 affectionate a．表示关爱的 stress response应激反应；压力反应 第14页第33句【2008英一textl】 The kinds of interpersonal violence that women are exposed to tend to be in domestic situations, by, unfortunately, parents or other family members, and they tend not to be one-shot deals. 【生词】 violence n暴力；剧烈 unfortunately ad不幸地 interpersonal a．人与人之间的；人际（关系）的 member n成员， 一分子；会员 domestic a家庭的；国内的 one-shot deals 一次性交易 situation n．处境， 形势 第34句【2008英一textl】 I was living in so much frustration that that was my escape, to go to school, and get ahead and do better. 【生词】 frustration n挫折， 失败；沮丧 escape n逃跑；逃避现实；漏出 v逃离；避开；漏出 get ahead取得进展；获得成功 第35句【2008英一text2】 The Internet -and pressure from funding agencies, who are questioning why commercial publishers are making money from government-funded research by restricting access to it - is making free access to scientific results a reality. 【生词】 pressure n．压力；挤压；紧张 fund v．资助；为．提供资金 n资金；基金 第15页agency n．代理机构；经销机构 restrict v.限制；约束 question v.质疑；问， 质询 n．问题 reality n现实；事实 commercial a商业的；贸易的；商业化的 make money赚钱， 挣钱 commerce n.（尤指国际间的）贸易；商业商务 access to接近；取得 第36句【2008英一text2】 The report, by John Houghton of Victoria University in Australia and Graham Vickery of the OECD, makes heavy reading for publishers who have, so far, made handsome profits. 【生词】 heavy a令人忧虑的；（心情）沉重的 profit n利润 reading n阅读；阅读材料；解读 so far迄今为止 publisher n．出版人（或机构）；发行人（或机构） OECD经济合作与发展组织 handsome a．可观的；英俊的 第37句【2008英一text3】 The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years, and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger, longer frames. 【生词】 major a主要的；严重的；主修的（课程） n．少校；主修课 v主修， 专门研究 professional a．职业的；娴熟的 n专家 dramatically ad剧烈地， 明显地 adjust v.调整；适应 uniform n制服 a全部相同的 v使一致 frame n框架；体格 v制定；表达 fit V．适合；符合；安置 a健康的；合适的 n适合；匹配 第16页第38句【2008英一text3】 Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today's people -especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations -apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s. 【生词】 typically ad典型地； 一般地 generation n．代， 一代， 一代人 about prep关千， 对千 ad．大约， 左右；几 apparently ad显而易见地， 明显地 乎；到处 a现成的；即将发生的(beabout reach v达到 to do sth) limit n限度；极度 inch n．英寸 1960s 20世纪60年代 第39句【2008英一text3】 But as diet and health improved, children and adolescents have, on average, increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years, a pattern known as the secular trend in height. 【生词】 diet n．日常饮食 v节食 a低脂的， 低糖的 improve v.改善；提高 health n．医疗； 卫生；身体状况；健康 adolescent n．青少年 a青春期的 第40句【2008英一text3】 Moreover, even though humans have been upright for millions of years, our feet and back continue to struggle with bipedal posture and cannot easily withstand repeated strain imposed by oversize limbs. 第17页【生词】 upright a直立的；挺直的；诚实的 repeated a重复的；反复发生的 struggle v斗争；奋斗；争夺 strain n．压力；损伤 v损伤；拉紧 bipedal a双足行走的；两腿行走的 impose v.把．强加千；推行 posture n姿势；态度 oversize a太大的；超大型的 withstand v顶住；经受住 limb n．肢；臂；翼；（树的）主枝 第41句【2008英一text4】 They have been spurred in part by DNA evidence made available in 1998, which almost certainly proved Thomas Jefferson had fathered at least one child with his slave Sally Hemings. 【生词】 spur v激励；鼓舞；促进 n激励；马刺 evidence n证明；证据 v证明；作为．．的证据 distinctive a独特的；特别的；有特色的 proof n证据；证明， a．防．．的；抗．．的 v给（织物等）做防护处理；使防水（或防火等） witness n证据；目击者；证人 v．目击；是发生．．的地点（或时间、 组织等）；见证 testimony n证据；证明；（尤指法庭上的）证词， 证言 available a可获得的；可购得的；有空的 certainly ad无疑；确定；当然 prove v证明是， 结果是；显示（优点） father v成为．．的父亲；创立 n父亲；奠基者 in part部分地；在某种程度上 第42句【2008英一text4】 While Washington and Jefferson privately expressed distaste for slavery, they also understood that it was part of the political and economic bedrock of the country they helped to create. 第18页【生词】 privately ad私下地；秘密地 distaste n不喜欢；厌恶 express v表达n快递服务；特快列车a. slavery n奴隶制；奴隶身份 快速的；快递的；特意的 bedrock n．牢固基础；基本原则；基岩 第43句【2008英一text4】 The three-fifths formula handed Jefferson his narrow victory in the presidential election of 1800 by inflating the votes of the southern states in the Electoral College. 【生词】 formula n．方案；公式；配方， 药方；惯用语 inflate v使大幅增加；膨胀；鼓吹； （使）涨价 narrow a勉强的；狭窄的；狭隘的；狭义的 vote n选票；投票；选举权 v投票；推举；提议 presidential a总统的 electoral a有关选举的 election n选举； 当选 the Electoral College选举团 victory n胜利；成功 第44句【2008英一text4】 Washington, who had begun to believe that al/men were created equal after observing the bravery of the black soldiers during the Revolutionary War, overcame the strong opposition of his relatives to grant his slaves their freedom in his will. 【生词】 observe v观察；注意到；评论；遵守；庆祝 opposition n．反对；对手；对立 bravery n勇敢；勇敢之举 relative n亲属；同类事物 a．比较的；相对的 revolutionary a．革命的；突破性的 n革命家 will n．遣嘱；毅力；意愿 v想要；决心 overcome�，克服；战胜＝getover the Revolutionary War独立战争 第19页第45句【2007英一textl】 If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006's World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months. 【生词】 examine v检查； 调查；测验 noteworthy a值得注意的；显著的 certificate n证明；合格证书 quirk n. （尤指偶发的）奇事，怪事；怪癖 tournament n．锦标赛 elite a．出类拔萃的；精锐的 n精英 第46句【2007英一textl】 This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one. 【生词】 success n成功，胜利；成功的人（或事物） lead v.引领；导致；促使 memory n记忆力；回忆 conclude v得出结论；结束；达成 genetically ad基因地， 遗传地 act n法令， 条例；行为，行动 determine v.决定；查明；确定；裁决 memorize v记忆；记住 later ad．后来；随后 a．后来的；近末期的； cognitive a认知的；感知的；认识的 晚年的 intuitive a．直觉的；有直觉力的；易懂的 coupled with加上， 外加 第47句【2007英一text2】 It's not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers. 第20页【生词】 obvious a.明显的；公认的；当然的 suit v适合；满足（某人）需要相配 n套装；诉讼 capacity n．能力；容积；职位；功率；生产量 elude v避开；使达不到；使不记得 visualize v想象， 使形象化；使显现 poet n诗人 object n.物体；目标；宾语；对象 v反对 philosopher n哲学家；善于思考的人 numerical a．数字的；用数字表示的 figure out解决；算出；想出；理解 第48句【2007英一text2】 Superhigh scores like vos Savant's are no longer possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among age peers, rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by 100. 【生词】 statistical a统计的， 统计学的 multiply V乘以；成倍增加；（使）繁殖 peer n.同龄人；同辈；同等地位的人 v仔细端详 no longer不再 chronological a按时间顺序排列的；按时间 population distribution人口分布 计算的（年龄） be based on根据， 以．为基础 divide v．除以；（使）分开；分配；使产生 rather than而不是；宁可．也不愿 分歧 n差异；分歧 第49句【2007英一text2】 In his article "How Intelligent Is Intelligence Testing?", Sternberg notes that traditional tests best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge, components also critical to problem solving and life success. 【生词】 note v指出；留意；记录 n笔记；便条；注释 creativity n．创造力， 独创性 assess v评定；估算 practical a实际的；切实有效的；务实的 analytical a. (=analytic)分析的 component n组成部分；成分；部件 measure v估量；测量；量度为 n措施； critical a．至关重要的；批判性的；批评的 衡量；尺度 第21页第so句【2007英一text2】 Research has found that IQ predicted leadership skills when the tests were given under low-stress conditions, but under high-stress conditions, IQ was negatively correlated with leadership -that is, it predicted the opposite. 【生词】 predict v.预言；预告 opposite a相反的；对面的 n对立面 leadership n领导；领导才能；领导层 be correlated with...与．相关 negatively ad．消极地；否定地；负地 low-stress/high-stress低压力／高压力 第51句【2007英一text3】 Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money. 【生词】 steelworker n炼钢工人 fluctuation n波动， 起伏 airline n航空公司 harsh a残酷的；艰苦的；刺耳的 employee n受雇者；雇工；雇员 outlive v．比．活得长；比．经久 auto n．汽车 retirement n退休；退役 rate n．比率；率；速度 v评估；划分等级 worry about焦虑．．；担心．． interest rate利率 stock market股票市场 第52句【2007英一text3】 For much of the past year, President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a savings-account model, with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments for payments depending on investment returns. 第22页【生词】 president n总统国家主席； （机构、俱乐 guarantee v保证；担保 n保证；确保；保修单 部、 学院等的）负责人 payment n款额， 款项；支付；报答 campaign v参加运动；领导运动 n活动；战役 depend on依；赖 取决千 model n模式；模型；范例；模特儿 v当 investment returns投资效益 模特儿；将做． 成模型 a模范的 tradeA f oBr 把A交换成B retiree n．退休人员；退休者 savings account［金融］储蓄账户 第53句【2007英一text3】 Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen - and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families'future healthcare. 【生词】 absolute a完全的；绝对的；地道的 spread v展开；扩；散 传播 healthcare n.医疗保健服务 legislative hall立法厅 share n股份；责任；份额 deductible n免赔额；可扣除的部分 a可 bear v忍受；承；担 生育（过去式：bore过 扣除的，可减免的 去分词：born) n熊 investment n投资；投资额； （时间、精力 fashionable a流行的，时髦的 的）投入 health-savings plans健康储蓄计划 dose n剂量 absolute cost绝对成本 risk n．风险；危险人物 v冒险 第54句【2007英一text3】 Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent - and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance - have jumped eightfold in just one generatio. 【生词】 demographics n人． 口统计数据 attendant a伴随的；随之而来的 n服务 assistant n助． 手 员；随从 第23页attendance n．出席；出席人数 odds n可能性， 几率；不利条件 assistance n帮助， 援助 odd a奇怪的；偶然出现的， 临时的；奇数的； eightfold ad．八倍地；八层地 a. 八倍的； work against 对．．不利；违背 有八部分的 第55句【2007英一text3】 From the middle-class family perspective, much of this, understandably, looks far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility, and a good deal more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders. 【生词】 perspective n视角， 观点 acceleration n加速；加速度 inspection n检查；视察 wholesale a．大规模的；批发的 ad．大批地 understandably ad．可以理解地；合乎情理地 n批发 exercise v运用；行使；锻炼 n运动； 习题 overburden v．使负担过重 frightening a引起恐惧的；骇人的 第56句【2007英一text4】 Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to earn them - especially in America - the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: data insecurity. 【生词】 board n董事会；膳食；木板 v登上（火 governance n统治；管理；治理；统治方式 车、 轮船或飞机） ；寄宿 sort out解决；整理 accounting n会计 earn v赚得；获（利） ；赢得 compliance n服从；顺从；遵从 nasty a．令人不愉快的；严重的；无礼的 feeble a无效的；无力的；虚弱的 headline n. （报纸的）大字标题；新闻摘 corporation n.（大）公司；法人；法人团体 要 v给（报道、 文章）加标题 第24页inevitably ad不可避免地；意料之中 suite n套房；一套家具；套装软件 threaten v威胁；预示凶兆；危及 suit n．套装，西装；诉讼 v．满足（某人） threaten to do 预示坏的结果 需要；适合；相配 insecurity n不安全 executive suite管理层；商务套房 executive n管理人员；行政部门 a管理 heads rolling (heads will ro||） 要有许多人 的；行政的 掉脑袋（尤指失去工作） 第57句【2007英一text4】 Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss' s agenda in businesses of every variety. 【生词】 odd a奇怪的；偶然出现的；奇数的 ad．大 agenda n待议事项，议事日程 约，左右 business n．行业；商业；事务 staff n．全体员工； （大、 中、 小学的）管理人员 variety n多样化；不同种类 concern v.为．．配备员工；任职千 n担心； put right 使恢复正常；校正 重要的事物 v有关；使忧虑 information protection信息保护 telecom n．电信，电讯；电信业 be on one's agendas在某人的议事日程上 第58句【2007英一text4】 Several massive leakages of customer and employee data this year - from organizations as diverse as Time Warner, the American defense contractor Science Applications International Corp and even the University of California, Berkeley -have left managers hurriedly peering into their intricate IT systems and business processes in search of potential vulnerabilities. 【生词】 massive a．大而重的；非常严重的；大量的 employee n雇员，受雇者(employer雇主） leakage n泄露，透露；渗漏 data n数据；资料（单数形式datum) customer n．顾客；主顾 diverse a多种多样的，不同的 第25页defense n．防御；国防体系；辩解 vulnerability n脆弱（性） contractor n订约人，承包商 in search of寻找；寻求 application n应用；申请；生效；勤奋 the American defense contractor Science peer v仔． 细端详(peerinto) n.同辈人 Applications International Corp美国国防承 hurriedly ad.匆忙地，仓促地 包商科学应用国际公司 intricate a错综复杂的；难理解的 the University of California, Berkeley加州大 process n进程；步骤 v处理 学伯克利分校 potential a．潜在的；可能的 n．可能性；潜力 第59句【2007英一text4】 Surely it should be obvious to the dimmest executive that trust, that most valuable of economic assets, is easily destroyed and hugely expensive to restore - and that few things are more likely to destroy trust than a company letting sensitive personal data get into the wrong hands. 【生词】 dim a迟钝的；暗淡的；模糊的 v减弱；变暗淡 restore v恢复；修复；归还；使复位 executive n主管，经理；行政部门 a经营 sensitive a敏感的；体贴的；易生气的 管理的；行政的 personal a．个人的；私人的；亲自做的；个别的 valuable a值． 的钱 ， 贵重的；宝贵的 第60句【2007英一text4】 Meanwhile, the theft of information about some 40 million credit-card accounts in America, disclosed on June 17th, overshadowed a hugely important decision a day earlier by America's Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that puts corporate America on notice that regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security. 【生词】 theft n偷窃；盗窃罪 adequate a足够的；合适的 disclose v透露；公开；使显露 credit-card account信用卡账户 overshadow v使黯然失色；使蒙上阴影；遮盖 America's Federal Trade Commission (FTC)美 regulator n监管者，监管机构； 调节器 国联邦贸易委员会 第26页第61句【2006英一textl】 Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet "some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation's assimilative power:• 【生词】 note v.留意， 注意；指出， 表明 n笔记； immigrant n. （外来）移民；外侨 便条；注释 remain v剩余， 遗留；保持不变；逗留 remote a遥远的；远亲的；微小的；远程的 somehow ad．以某种方式（或方法）；不知 village n．村庄；村民 怎么地 fan n扇子；迷；狂热爱好者 v煽起；激 immune a免疫的；不受影响的 起；扇 assimilative a.同化的；同化力的 superstar n超级明星 power n．影响力；统治；权力；力量；功率 fear v．害怕；担心 n害怕；担忧 v．驱动； （使）迅猛移动 第62句【2006英一textl】 But particularly when viewed against America's turbulent past, today's social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment. 【生词】 particularly ad特别；尤其 turbulent a动荡的；汹涌的 indices n指数；目录(index的复数） index n索引； （物价和工资等的）指数；标志 v为．编索引；将．编入索引 deteriorate v．恶化， 变坏；退化 第63句【2006英一text2】 It is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in much of the town's revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. 第27页【生词】 playgoer n戏迷；爱看戏的人 pour…into… 向．投入大量．．；川流不息地 contend v声称， 主张；竞争， 争夺 涌入 revenue n.财政收入；税收收入；收益 bring in赚得；推行 cash n．现金；资金 第64句【2006英一text3】 That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels. 【生词】 matter v事关紧要， 要紧 n．问题， 事情；事态 theory n．学说；理论 suggest v提议；使认为， 表明；推荐；暗示 maximum a最高的；最多的；最大极限的 n最大量；最大限度；最高限度 minimum a最低的；最小的；最低限度的 n最小值；最少量；最低限度 sustainable a可待续的；不破坏生态平衡的 yield n产量；利润 v．出产；屈服；放弃 fishery n渔场 biomass n生物量 crop v有收成；种庄稼；剪裁 n庄稼；收成 target n．目标；指标 v把．作为攻击目标；面向 original a起初的；首创的；真迹的 n原稿； （思想、 行为、 衣着）独特的人 level n．数量， 程度；标准， 水平；级别 a．平坦的；等高的；平静的 v使平坦；使相等 第65句【2006英一text4】 In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in danger and that they would someday be meat for worms. 【生词】 literacy n读写能力 第28页powerful a强有力的；有影响力的；效力大的；强壮的 remind v提醒， 使想起 worshipper n礼拜者；拜神者 someday ad有一天，有朝一日 worm n蠕虫；寄生虫；蠕虫病毒 mass communication大众传播；大众传媒 in danger处千危险之中 第66句【2006英一text4】 Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori. remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. 【生词】 surround v．围绕， 环绕；与．紧密相关；包围 promise n承诺， 诺言；获得成功的迹象；吉兆 v承诺；保证；预示 religion n宗教信仰；宗教 deny v否认；拒绝接受；拒绝给予 live with sth. 忍受， 容忍（不快的事） Memento mori记住你终将死亡（拉丁语） 第29页