大学英语课件Unit-1.ppt

New words and phrases upgrade workshop superintendent Superintendent of schools ivory supposedly outcome first-hand bizarre legitimately New words and phrases howling howl monologue drone diagram molecule accounting enumerate clause federal New words and phrases forgettable hasty contagion unwashed morality intervention intervene guise dictator approval New words and phrases dynamics self-expression digression marital informality chit-chat imaginative lot exposure New words and phrases come across as might as well on the whole Sentence Analysis (Para. 1) He fired the learned professors and sent them back to their ivory tower. Ivory tower: a place where people are separated from the realities of ordinary life and so are unable to understand them. (脱离实际生活的)象牙塔 2. (Para. 1) The college professors, who were supposedly going to show the public school teachers how to be more effective, were themselves poor teachers. Many college students could have predicted such a disastrous outcome. 参考译文：这些大学教授，本来是要向公立学校的老师展示如何让教学更有效，但他们自己本身就是糟糕的老师。很多大学生都能预测到这样的灾难性的后果。 supposedly: according to what is supposed, but not known for certain 根据推测；据认为；大概 disastrous adj. disaster n. 灾害，灾难 (Para 3) Assume for one moment that a student actually manages to stay awake during the monologue and is brave enough to ask a question. 暂时假设有个学生在这长篇大论的课上设法保持住清醒，并鼓起勇气提问。 monologue: long speech by one person, esp. in a play, etc ( Para. 3 ) This formality does not, as some students mistakenly suppose, indicate respect for the student as a fledgling member of the academic community. 参考译文：这种礼貌，不是一些学生所误以为的那样，表明她对学生的尊敬，把他当成学术界一位初出茅庐的成员。 fledgling: adj. young and inexperienced 4. ( Para. 4 ) No sooner has she delivered her last forgettable word than the Knowledgeable One packs up her notes and shoots out the door, heading back to the privacy of her office, where she can pursue her specialized academic interest— free of any possible interruption from students. 参考译文: “知识渊博的人”一说