文档内容
Unit 5 Launching Your Career
1．At all hours of the day，white-aproned bakers occupy themselves in(忙于……) working in
the Hot Bread Kitchen，throwing flour across butcher block tables...
2．But Hot Bread Kitchen is more than(不仅仅……) a bakery.
more than＝over超过；不仅仅；表示“非常”时其后常用形容词
3．In 2008，Rodriguez launched the bakery in the small Brooklyn apartment she shared with
roommates，hiring two immigrant(n.移民，外侨；immigrate v．迁徙) women as her first
bakers.
4．But for every person who questioned(熟词生义：v.怀疑，质疑) it，there were five people
who(who引导定语从句，修饰people) were interested in supporting us.
5．These women’s diverse homelands are reflected in(反映，映出) many of the bakery’s
products，like heritage tortillas and the wildly popular m’smen，a buttery bread.
reflect vt.& vi.反射(光、热、声等)；反思；回想；仔细考虑
reflect on/upon认真思考
6．From the time I was a young girl，all I wanted(省略 that 的定语从句) was to play
outside(不定式作表语)．
7．I used the ferns in my childhood backyard to raise myself up muddy Pacific Northwest slopes，
sat by the edge of the property’s wooded stream(n.小河，小溪；其他意思：v.流动，涌动)
and imagined it was a winding(adj.曲折的，蜿蜒的) river.
8．Though my travels have taken me from Antarctica to the Arctic，it’s the temperate in-
between that captivates me(强调句)．
9．It’s(it作形式主语代替不定式) all worth it(值得的) to roll into the salty Pacific Ocean，
turn on my cameras as I sink to the seafloor，and shine my lights on early spring in the Inian
Islands.
worth常用的结构：
be (well) worth doing sth (很)值得做某事
10．Early on，Webb-McRae was interested in family law，so she clerked(熟词生义，此处为动
词，意为“当职员、文书、书记员”) for a judge involved in that field.
11．During that time，she found she had a passion for(对……充满热情) criminal law and
decided to work for that.12．Her responsibilities are complex and she says she has a role to play in(play a role in在……
中发挥作用) this system.
13．Our justice system certainly is not perfect，but I’m passionate about(对……充满激情)
doing my little part(尽我的绵薄之力) to make it better.I believe in action and moving the ball
forward.
14．This unique culture，composed of(由……组成) knowledge，skills and practices concerning
management of tea plantations，picking of tea leaves，and the processing，drinking and sharing
of tea，is the 43th entry from China on the list，whose total tops(熟词生义：v.排名领先) all
other countries.
表示“由……组成”的短语：consist of，be composed of，be made up of，be comprised of
15．The tea that has appealed to(吸引) the world for thousands of years finally received top-level
global recognition as a shared cultural treasure of mankind.
16．In China，it is reported that(据报道……) over 40 vocational colleges and 80 universities
have set up majors(n.专业) in tea science or tea culture，with over 3,000 graduates specializing
in tea production and art every year(with复合结构作状语)．
