报告老板第八集插曲.docx

报告老板第八集插曲 　　1)背离传统需要极大的勇气。是麻省理工学院的生物学教授。她渴望知识，努　　力工作。然而，作为一名科学家，她不能不注意到校园里男女不平等(genderinequality)的　　各种表现。男女教授做同样的工作，但是到提升的时候，行政领导却很有选择性。具有讽刺　　意味的是在取得这么多的文化进步以后，妇女在高等学府里却仍然处于不利的地位。当她增　　加实验室面积的请求被拒之后，她知道她必须起来抗争。因此她咬紧牙关向校长申诉。这次　　抗争以胜利告终，南希也因此变成了男女平等的倡导者。　　NancyHopkinsisabiologyprofessoratMIT.Shecravesknowledgeandworkshard.However,as　　ascientist,shecouldn’thelpnoticingallkindsofindicationsofgenderinequalityoncampus.Men　　andwomenprofessorsdidthesamework,butwhenitcametopromotiontheadministratorswere　　ratherselective.Itwasironic,thataftersomuchculturalprogress,womenwerestillata　　disadvantageininstitutionsofhighereducation.Whenherrequestformorelabspacewasrefused,　　sheknewshehadtofight.SoshegrittedherteethandcomplaintothePresident.ThefightendedinvictoryandNancywasconvertedintoagender-equalityadvocate.　　1）自从新政策生效之后，很多小企业在这个城市涌现出来。(springup)　　Manysmallbusinesseshavesprungupinthecitysincethenewpolicywentintoeffect.　　2)听到这一消息后，她略微一笑，然后便又习惯性地皱起眉头。(habitual)　　Onhearingthenews,shesmiledbriefly,andthenreturnedtoherhabitualfrown.　　3)他稍微停顿一下以加强讲话的效果，然后说，“我们可以通过新的渠道进入这些市场”。(foreffect,channel)　　Hepausedforeffect,thensaid:“Wecanreach/enterthesemarketsthroughnewchannels.”　　4)学校新添的音乐厅可以帮助它培养年轻的音乐人才。(addition,nourish)　　Theadditionofaconcerthalltotheschoolwillhelpitnourishyoungmusicaltalents.　　5)我们必须首先建立一个主权国家，否则就无法保护我们的人身自由。(liberty,establish)Wehavenowaytoprotectourpersonallibertiesuntilwehaveestablishedasovereignstate.　　ThoughhowtheEnglishlanguagecameintoexistenceremainsamysterytomanypeople,linguistsbelievethatEnglishandmostotherEuropeanlanguageshavedescendedfromacommonsource:theIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.EnglishwasfirstspokenbytheAnglo-SaxonswhoinvadedEnglandinthefifthcentury.ThepassedontousthebasicvocabularyofEnglish.Inoverfifteencenturiesofitsdevelopment,Englishhaseicheditselfbymassiveborrowing.AsBritishimmigrantslandedinAmericaandestablishedtheUnitedStatesasanindependentnation,anewvarietywasaddedtotheEnglishlanguage:AmericanEnglish.Thoughsomepeopleworrythatthela