2015公共英语三级考试(PETS3)笔记.docVIP

　2014下半年公共英语三级考试(PETS3)学习笔记 　Dialogues /monologues: 　　1、 Brief Account of the history of China. (中国历史简述) 　　Account：在这里应理解为“说明”的意思。 　　2、 China traces its origins as a clearly separate political and cultural unit to ancient times. 　　追溯到古代，中国是一个政治与文化划分得很清楚的国家。 　　as：在这里应理解为“被看作”。 　　3、 The dominating class in the later dynasties was made up of scholar-officials, who were recruited to serve the government based on their intelligence and skills rather than their family background. 　　(1)make up of sth 由……组成。如： 　　Farming and mining make up most of the country’s industry. 　　(2)rather than 与其(某人/某事)，不愿，不要，不是。如： 　　It’s management that’s at fault rather than the work-force. 　　错在资方而不在劳方。 　　4、 Its downfall in 1911 led the country to be torn apart by warlords, civil war, and Japanese invasion for several decades. 　　tear sth apart：彻底毁灭或击败某物，严厉地批评某事物。如： 　　The critics tore her new play to pieces. (剧评家们把她的新戏批评得一无是处。) 　　5、 Governor Arthur Phillip directed the ships carrying “transported” convicts and jailors into Jackson, to the north. transported 在这里为过去分词作定语，修饰 convicts and jailors. 　Passage: 　　Why study history? 　　I turned down the lights in my classroom and asked the students to close their eyes and, “Imagine you are at a beach on a sunny day.” With your mind’s eye, look around you. You see the waves lapping at the shore. To your left you see children in colorful swimsuits building sand castles, laughing and splashing in the water. To the right you see a boat dock painted blue. Several small boats are tied to the dock. You are living in the present, observing your surroundings and feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin. 　　After spending some time sitting on the beach, you are becoming bored and hot, and you begin to think of the future. What do you want to do? How did you decide? Based on your past experience you know the water will be cool and refreshing, and playing in the waves will be fun, so you decide to go for a swim. Living in the present, you are making a plan for the