上外課件：Unit 05B (第六冊,英語綜合教程,外教社)

1、unit 5 text explanationpart iiparagraph 4 the trouble is, real amerian values are not expressed by what we say we wish for, but by what we really do. we love our old people but not for more than an hour a two at a time. they seem to prefer their child-free retirement communities to life in extended

2、families. we believe in fiscal responsiblities but our own balance sheet look pretty much like the federal governments. intact not impaired or diminished in any way; undamaged in any way; whole the boy who found it on the street returned the money intact.在街上發(fā)現(xiàn)那筆錢的男孩原封不動地把錢送了回去。 the intact carcass of

3、 the prehistoric animal was prevented from putrefying by the arctic cold.史前時期動物的完整尸體,是由于北極嚴寒的保護不致腐爛.compassion a deep awareness of and sympathy for anothers suffering; the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it his unbounded courage and compassio

4、n made him an excellent leader of the nation他極大的勇氣和同情使他成為一名卓越的國家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。 compassionate: v.share the suffering ofhuddle crowd or draw together we all huddle round the fire .我們都擠在爐火周圍。 there is a huddle of people around the injured man.一群雜亂的人圍著那個傷員。 the committee members went into a huddle with the chairp

5、erson.委員會成員與主席私下碰頭開會。fiscal involving financial matters indeed, what is needed now is another dose of fiscal stimulus.實際上，現(xiàn)在亟需的是另一劑財政刺激方案。 government procurement is one of important parts on strengthening fiscal expenditure management and establishing public finance.政府采購是加強財政支出管理,建立公共財政的一項重要內(nèi)容。 fisc

6、al year： any accounting period of 12 months財政年度財政年度soup kitchen (n.) a place where food is dispensed to the needy since october she has been relying on the holy apostles soup kitchen for food.自去年10月份開始，她一直依賴圣徒會施舍處獲得食物。 i worked in a soup kitchen once and it was so sad but the poor people there had s

7、o much dignity!我曾經(jīng)在一個貧民救濟處工作過，那些場面很讓人難過，但是窮人們依然保持了足夠的尊嚴。baron n. a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank; a british peer of the lowest rank; a very wealthy or powerful businessman; the baron expect his baroness to marry a man of power and wealth.男爵盼望自己的女兒嫁個有錢有勢的人。 she is one of chinas rich

8、est women，but not your typical iron industry baron.作為中國最富有的女性之一，她并不是人們印象中典型的鋼鐵大王。 an oil baron石油大亨articulate (adj.) expressing or able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly in literary criticism the traditionalists were more articulate and aggressive.傳統(tǒng)主義者更善于文學批評，而且行動積極?！皌he more artic

9、ulate, the less said” is an old chinese proverb which i just make up myself.“說話越清晰，說得就越少”是一個我自己剛編的古老的中國格言。paragraph 7 we complain about the invasion of drugs but our culture tells us that no discomfort can be tolerated and that every desire deserves to be satisfied. we complain about crime but our s

10、ystem demonstrates that good guys finish last - that crime pays. we complain about the moral decadence of our young and the high incidence of teen pregnancies but our young have been carefully taught, by example, that responsibility is old-fashioned.invasion any entry into an area not previously occ

11、upied; the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder she complained that the questions were an invasion of (her) privacy.她投訴這些問題侵犯了她的個人自由. for over nine hundred years the sea has defended britain from invasion.九百多年來大海保衛(wèi)了英國，使其不受侵犯?！皌he invasion of iraq does not have a l

12、egitimate basis in international law.“對伊拉克的侵略在國際法上并沒有一個正當?shù)幕A(chǔ)。”derivation of invasion invade: march aggressively into anothers territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation侵略 invader: someone who enters by force in order to conquer侵略者 invasive: involving invasion or aggressi

13、ve attack invasiveness (n.)discomfort the state of being tense and feeling pain; an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress he still suffers considerable discomfort from his injury.他因那次受傷至今仍頗感不適. he wrote badly and handed in the composition with discomfort .他的作文寫得不好，交卷時很不好意思。 but for

14、 those who prefer using natural remedies to soothe discomfort, honey may be a decent option.對于那些習慣使用天然物質(zhì)來緩解疼痛的人來說，蜂蜜是相當好的選擇。tolerate put up with something or somebody unpleasant; allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting the school cannot tolerate cheating on exams

15、.學校無法容忍考試作弊現(xiàn)象。 we see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it.我們在每個街角、每個家庭中看見種種致命地罪行，并且還容忍它們。 can we tolerate in the future the history of mankind according to the logic of writing?難道我們能夠容忍未來人類的歷史就按這種邏輯去書寫嗎？derivation of tolerate tolerant: (adj.)showing respect for the

16、 rights or opinions or practices of others; showing the capacity for endurance tolerance: (n.) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions tolerantly (adv.) in a tolerant manner toleration: (n.) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; offic

17、ial recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion) tolerable (adj.) capable of being borne or endured; acceptabledecadence (n.) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities the decadence of morals is bad for a nation.道德的墮落對于國家是不利的。 hindu so

18、ciety during the eighteenth century had been passing through a period of decadence.印度社會在十八世紀期間經(jīng)歷了一個頹廢時期 decay (v.) become worse, rotincidence the relative frequency of occurrence of something; the striking of a light beam on a surface a recent study showed a significant role of economics in the inci

19、dence of colds.最近一次研究顯示，經(jīng)濟條件明顯影響著感冒的發(fā)病率。 the eskimos also had a low incidence of asthma, diabetes, hypertension, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, cancer and allergies.愛斯基摩人同時也少有哮喘，糖尿病，高血壓，牛皮癬，腸潰瘍，癌癥和過敏。pregnancy the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a de

20、veloping fetus in her uterus every minute a woman dies as a result of pregnancy complications.每分鐘都有一名婦女因懷孕并發(fā)癥而死亡。 do not eat during pregnancy or lactation.懷孕及哺乳中女性請勿食用。 pregnant pregnant: (adj.) carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life; rich in significance or

21、 implication so this is a very pregnant moment, not only for the future of america, but also for all of the mature industrial economies and, ultimately, for the world at large .因此這是個至關(guān)重要的時刻，這不僅僅對美國的未來、而且對所有成熟的工業(yè)化國家，并且最終對整個世界來說都是至關(guān)重要的。paragraph 8 the problem is, changing things is a problem. it is no

22、t a question of hoeing at the weeds on the surface of society, but of a real root job. who made the rules these days that determine how our society is going to work - the code of ethics behind the laws that determines or values and decides how we are going to live together in community.ethics the st

23、udy of what is morally right and what is not; motivation based on ideas of right and wrong what do you understand it by business ethics?你是怎樣按職業(yè)道德標準來理解它的? the way i see it, unethical ethics are better than no ethics at all!在我看來，不道德的道德規(guī)范要比沒有道德規(guī)范好得多！ ethic: the principles of right and wrong that are ac

24、cepted by an individual or a social group; a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.道德規(guī)范；倫理paragraph 9 it isnt the church. its not so much that their moral leadership is being ignored as that, to a great extent, theyve abdicated the role. collectively they seem to exude the s

25、ame relativism and insecurity about right and wrong as the rest of us. simply saying because god says so doesnt work very well anymore.abdicate give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations he was forced to abdicate his claim on the property.他被迫放棄要求財產(chǎn)的權(quán)利 he chose to

26、abdicate rather than mar the image of the monarchy.為了維護統(tǒng)治者的形象，他(愛德華)選擇了退位。 abdication (n.) a formal resignation and renunciation of powersexude release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; to produce from inside oneself they seemed to exude confidence and the smell of money.他們似乎渾身充滿了自信和錢的味道。 you

27、 have to exude confidence and you have to transfer that confidence to the players.所以你在比賽場上時刻都要展現(xiàn)出自信，并且要將自信專遞給每名隊友。relativism n.(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved zhuangzis optimism is based on his knowledge of

28、 the world, from the perspectives of materialism and relativism.莊子的達觀是建立在對世界的唯物主義和相對主義的認識之上的。 what is your take on cultural relativism?你是怎么看待文化相對主義的呢？paragraph 10 in spite of what president bush says, we do seem to have lost our wills. what wed really like is for someone else to do something about t

29、he homeless and the violence and the drugs and the sick and the old. and wed like for it to be done without a tax increase because we dont want to pay for it. it is ours to do with as we will, to shape and form with or collective resources in order to create a real american dream.yearn desire strongly or persistently; have a desire for something or someone who is not present; have affection for; feel tenderness for after such a long winter,we yearn for warm sunshine.經(jīng)過這漫長的冬天，我們渴望見到溫暖的陽光。 we yearn for a happy li