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Unit 4 Everyday economics
1．The district allows students to attend schools outside of their attendance boundaries as long as
space is available(adj.可得到的；可利用的；有空的)，which means students can choose to
continue to follow their chosen career pathway at a middle school with corresponding(adj.相应的；
相关的) programs.
2．Some education experts worry the focus on industry qualifications has resulted in(导致)
schools taking on(承担) responsibilities that should fall to(落在……身上，应由……承担)
businesses，like training workers for specific job duties ，damaging a more comprehensive
education in schools.
3．Career exposure has a big impact on(对……有大的影响) kids.We’re not really wanting
them to make a decision—‘I’m in the second grade and now I’m locked into(陷入；卷入)
being whatever when I graduate from high school in 10 years.
4．She studied biology at Mount St.Scholastica College in Kansas ，and then obtained a
master’s degree(获得硕士学位) from the University of Pittsburgh.
5．Women came to the council in part(在某种程度上) to search for solutions(寻找解决方法)
to the environmental problems—deforestation and desertification had caused many of the resources
women relied on(依靠，依赖) for food and clean water to decrease.
6．Fuelled(v.刺激，给……加油) by her knowledge of biology and her passion(n.酷爱；激情)
for helping others，Wangari decided to take action(采取行动)．
7．To achieve her goals，she came up with(提出) a practical(adj.切合实际的) but
impactful(adj.有影响力的) idea：to plant trees.
8．This concerns(vt.使担忧) Quick and other scientists because bees are essential to food
production.
9．The declining bee population can be caused(v.造成；引起) by several factors，including
parasites(寄生物) that harm(vt.损害；危害) or weaken the hives.
10．Habitat loss，chemicals，and climate change are also to blame(be to blame对……负有责
任)．
11．Famously popular in relation to(与……有关) anything Chinese，red is the national color
representing happiness，good luck，success and good fortune，which is widely used during
festivals and important events like weddings.
12．Yellow—corresponding to(与……对应) earth—symbolized royalty in ancient China and was
reserved(v.保留，预留) for the emperor.
