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Unit 6 Women, Half the Sky Text A A Woman Can Learn Anything a Man Can (Para. 2) ironic: adj. humorously sarcastic or mocking *我如此拼命要守住的这个秘密，却被他们这么漫不经心的对待. (=How ironic is it to have something I tried so desperately to keep secret treated so casually.) * It is sadly ironic that in these modern times it still takes weapons to prevent war. CF: sarcastic, satiric ironic 这三个词都是形容词, 都有“讽刺的”之意。 sarcastic 指运用讥讽的、嘲笑的（方法、方式）。例如： Must you always be so sarcastic when I ask you anything? 每当我问你时，你有必要总是这样嘲笑吗？ satiric 指喜好讽刺的、含有讽刺的。例如： Gulliver’s Travels is a satiric book. 《格利弗游记》是一部讽刺小说。 ironic 指讽刺的、具有讽刺意味的。例如： It was ironic that he should have been invited to play for the Scotland team on the very day that he broke his legs. 具有讽刺意味的是他正好在跌断腿的那一天收到了要为苏格兰队踢球的邀请。 2. (Para. 2) convert: vt. change the nature, purpose, or function of something * The room was converted from a kitchen to a lavatory. (=Many kinds of clean energy are converted into electricity, since they cause less environmental pollution.) CF: reform, convert revise 这三个词都是动词，都有“改良”、“改变”之意。 reform 指为除掉不完善、不圆满的东西而做的激烈变革。例如： The Chinese government has reformed the pattern of economic construction. 中国政府改革了其经济建设的模式。 convert 指为了能适应新的用途或目的，而改变某一事物的性质或状态。例如： They converted the study into a nursery when the baby was born. 婴儿出生时他们把书房改成了育婴室。 revise 指先仔细考虑和检查，找出需要改正、改善的地方，然后进行必要的变动。例如： The dictionary has been completely revised. 这部词典已彻底修订过了。 3. (Para. 3) distinguish: vt. 1) recognize the difference between (people or things) * People who cannot distinguish between colors are said to be color-blind. *这对孪生儿长得很像, 无人能分辨出谁是谁. (=The twins are so alike that no one can distinguish one from the other.) 2) deserve to be noticed by doing sth. very well (=She distinguished herself by her patience and bravery.) * Peter first distinguished himself by winning a junior tournament at Wimbledon. 4. (Para. 4) credit: n. 1) praise; approval; recognition (=He got all the credit for the discovery.) *事情