人大芸窗研究生英语阅读教程Lesson 1课件.pptVIP

* Language Points 30. fatality n [c] plural ( last line of para.6) 1) a death in an accident or a violent attack ●撞车很厉害，但无人死亡。 It was a bad crash, but there were no fatalities. ●酒后驾车死亡人数在过去10年中下降了10% 以上。 Drunk driving fatalities have declined more than 10 percent over the past 10 years. * Language Points 2) n [u] fml the feeling that you cannot control what happens to you ●他命中注定不得尽享天年。 His fatality predestined his early death. ●做坏事总没有好报应。 Crime brings its own fatality with it. * Language Points Synonyms: casualty, death, loss * Language Points 31. stakes n ( line 1, para.7 ) 1) money or things of value that are put at risk, as in a bet, or a risky financial investment; risk losing a lot or it will be dangerous if you fail. ●载人空间轨道飞行风险很大。 The stakes in manned orbital flight are very high. * Language Points ●对布莱尔来先生来说，这已经是最高的政治赌注 了。 For Mr Blair the political stakes could hardly have been higher. 2) at stake: if sth that you value very much is at stake, you will lose it if a plan or action is not successful. * Language Points ●世界贸易谈判正处于成败的重要关头。 At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks. ●中华民族到了生死存亡的关头。 The Chinese nation has reached a point where its very existence is at stake. * Language Points 32. it falls to somebody/sth (line 1, para.7) it becomes sbs duty, responsibility ●完成这项工作的任务落在我头上。 It falls to me to finish the work. ●保护环境是我们时代的责任。 It falls to our times to take care of our environment. * Language Points 33. leave one to ones own devices ( line 2, para.7 ) to make one rely on oneself ●如果我们让她自己想办法，她会处理好的。 She will manage if we leave her to her own devices. ●我会让他自己决定，一切都会很好。 I will leave him to his own devices and everything will turn out fine. * Language Points