2009-2012四级仔细阅读核心词汇.doc

目录 2009. 12 2 Passage One: What Michelle Teach Us 2 Passage Two: Global Headhunting 3 2010.12 4 Passage One: Back to Academia: A Mid-life Crisis 4 Passage Two: Nine Ways to Live Longer--and Enjoy it 5 2011.6 6 Passage One: Interracial Roommates Can Reduce Prejudice 6 Passage Two: Forum Says Climate Shift Brings Deaths 7 2011.12 8 Passage One: Single-sex School Help Boys to Enjoy Arts 8 Passage Two: Are Money Problems Driving You Apart 9 2012. 6 10 Passage One: Married With Bankruptcy 10 Passage Two: The Secret Cost of Using Facebook 11 2012.12 12 Passage One: some lessons from the assembly line 12 Passage Two：Do we have gadget fatigue? 13  2009. 12 Passage One: What Michelle Teach Us focus on 集中于 election 选举（elective） candidate 候选人；申请人 be fascinated by sb./sth对...着迷（have / hold strong fascination for sb. /sth.） rarely ad. 很少；不经常（seldom/ infrequently） serve as a role model 作为榜样 possess 拥有（possession私人物品） admirable qualities （值得赞赏的特质） image n. 形象 (imagine 想象) enhance the image/ reputation of ... pay closer attention to sth. 更加关注 prevailing a. 普遍的；流行的 （prevalent a.） prevail v. 压倒；胜过 hot-tempered 暴躁的（Opp. tender） make-believe n. 虚构 stereotype 思维定式 eye-rolling 翻白眼 raise v.抚养 (bring up/rear a family) victim 受害人 inferior social group 社会的下等人群be inferior/ superior to... 比...低级/高级 social welfare 社会福利 mainstream publication 主流刊物 in-depth a. 深入的 on a regular basis 经常；例行的 for better or worse 无论好与坏 live up to sth. 不辜负; 符合 as a public figure 作为知名人士 critic n. 批评者 have little interest in sb. 对... 没什么兴趣 remain modest 保持谦虚 give priority to sb./ sth. 优先考虑 outshine v. 比... 更出色 fully display 充分展示 go a long way in doing sth. Passage Two: Global Headhunting the crop of high-school graduates 这一批高中生 vice-chancellor 校长 (the head of a university in Britain, who is the official head of a university; compare the Chancellor, who is the official head of a University but only has duties at various ceremonies） be equivalent to 等同于 make top-level hires from