名词理解障碍与运用困难详解讲义

1. A medal was awarded to Otto's uncle for he had contributed richly to the war

effort.

2. State financial support given in the form of scholarship has stimulated students to

greater efforts.

3. Another disturbing thought is that cloning will lead to efforts to breed

individuals with genetic qualities perceived as desirable (math geniuses, soccer players. etc.).

4. Russia’s withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the

Chinese people; on the contrary, it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater

efforts.

5. Although there are laws designed to protect the consumers, there is not a

sufficient number of law enforcers to cover all the abuses of the marketplace. 6. The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever

witnessed.

7. Almost everything used to taste better when I was a kid. For quite a long time, I

thought that observation was merely an index of advancing age.

8. The poor are the first to experience technological progress as a curse which

destroys the old muscle-power jobs that previous generations used as a means to fight their way out of poverty. .

9. The vehicle-carrying services run 24 hours a day, all-year round, with up to

four departures hourly.

10. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3％last

year, close to its lowest level in 30 years, before rising slightly to 2.5％this

July.

11. Many Bolivians work in the informal economy and do not declare all their

income to tax collectors. They fear the census will lead to tougher tax

enforcement.

12. He has been engaged in scientific pursuit for 30 years.

13. Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie has become the universally recognized

Queen of the Dolls.

14. For reasons of simplicity and economic presentation, illustrative examples from

our basic material are seldom given without being adapted and edited.

15. Following a game, many parents and coaches focus on the outcome and find

fault with youngsters’ performance. Positive reinforcement should be provided regardless of the outcome.

16. It’s common to marry right out of college. But these marriages are what keep

the divorce statistics high! You should be 100％sure that you’d not end up as a statistic!

17. The company rolled out the product across the US with a high visibility of ad

campaign.

18. Languages come with heavy cultural baggage too -- in French or German if you

miss the cultural references behind a word you’re very likely to be missing the meaning.

19. Imported roses are sold across the entire breadth of the industry, from big

flower shops to street-corner stands.

20. Seeing the extraordinary chemistry between Ingrid and Bogart, many

moviegoers assumed that their relationship must have continued.

21. What is the philosophy behind the effort of updating California’s website?

22. Unlike these people who have made no commitment to fitness, you may have

made a commitment to a physical fitness program that might be rather narrow in scope.

23. Many of our most telling illustrations come from the invaluable files assembled

by Dr. Jacobson over many years of meticulous scholarship.

24. It is the reduction of the “new” ideas to commercial practice, either through

necessity or dedication, or through the availability of new technology, that

makes news and money.

25. Unfortunately, modern motorists can’t even learn to drive, let alone master

the subtler aspects of roadsmanship. Years ago the experts warned us that the car-ownership explosion would demand a lot more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.

26. Many colleges and universities offer an orientation program for new students.

27. A building can never be a home unless it has been altered and modified to

reflect change of occupancy.

28. “Verbicide”, the murder of a word, happens in many ways. Inflation is the

commonest: those who taught us to say “awfully” for “very”“tremendous” for “great” and “unthinkable” for “undesirable” were verbcides.

29. Mass man, sociologists and psychologists say, is on the increase. Conformity,

standardization, and similarity -- all on a cheap and vulgar level -- are replacing the great American ideas of colorful liberty and dignified individualism.

30. Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally

lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world.

31. For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home

is a luxury: they must work to survive. Others face a hard decision.

32. For the robotics revolution to occur, we must achieve widespread robot literacy.

Just as there has been a computer literacy program, there must be a robot

literacy campaign.

33. Just how critical this eye maneuvering is to the maintenance of conversational

flow becomes evident when two speakers are wearing dark glasses: there may be a sort of traffic jam of words caused by interruption, false starts, and

unpredictable pauses.

34. Major public awareness campaigns were undertaken to ensure that the

transition (to euro from individual national currencies) runs as smoothly as

possible.

35. The official whose house was broken into and a large sum of money had been

stolen was reluctant to report the theft to the police.

36. Children whose parents were stimulating without being supportive were

candidates for fatigue.

37. His satire was so brilliant that even his victims laughed at it.

38. Not only all his relatives, friends and colleagues had to be satisfied, but many

mere acquaintances also made claims on his generosity.

39. We need more research and reports on the failure of men as fathers and

housekeepers and on the growing burdens imposed on working mothers.

40. Amongst the most popular books are those classified as science fiction.

Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people.

41. But a foreigner might not have the knowledge and sympathy necessary to write

the king's biography -- not for a readership from within the kingdom, at any rate.

42. Some areas had better access to market than others and were therefore more

involved in commercial agriculture than in farming.

43. Despite all the glamour of high technology, Germany doesn’t have big

problems of pollution.

44. In place of government inactivity, a number of local organizations have

emerged.

45. The theme of Negro college youth was campus involvement. Good grades,

athletics, popularity -- these were the things that mattered.

46. Given the likely strong seasonal variation in attendance, it was not possible to

predict future attendance or profits.

47. The government plans to contract its payroll.

48. The bureau predicts between now and 2010 some 22 million new jobs will be

created. And 36 million more openings will result from retirements and others who drop out of the workforce.

49. One pair of hair-thin glass fibers can carry the equivalent of53 000 phone calls

simultaneously.

50. Separate journals have now appeared aimed mainly towards either professional

or amateur readership.

51. Applicants for immigration are classified as either preference or

nonpreference. The preference visa categories are based on certain relationships to persons in the US.

52. Salaries should be varied by merits, not by seniority.

53. Americans recognize that there is a past on which the present rests. But they

have not developed their sense of the depth of time to the extent that this has been done in the Middle East and South Asia.

54. The thing immediately noticeable about him was the closeness with which his

blue eyes were set.

55. People wonder at the rapidity with which the weather can change in this area.