黑暗版阅读真题解析2000 Text 3

作者: 来源:沪江考研 时间:2007-12-22 23:00

重点词汇:

farfetched /5fB:5fetFt/ (牵强的)即far+fetch+ed,far远的,fetch拿来,-ed形容词后缀,叫别人到很远(far)的地方去把东西拿回来(fetch),这个要求是很"牵强的"(fartetched)。

futurist /5fju:tFErist/ (未来派的;未来派艺术家)即futur(e)+ist,future(未来;未来的),-ist后缀。If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.我们如果在过去和现在之间展开争吵,就会发现我们丧失了未来。Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.失去的每一小时都构成未来不幸发生的可能。future - something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour 未来--每个人都在以每小时60分钟的速度接近的东西。future shock - the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time 未来的冲击--我们通过让个人在太短的时间内承受太多的变化而施加给他们的破坏性压力和定向障碍。

undergo /7QndE5^Eu/ (v.经历;承受)即under+go,"在下面走"→经历。You cannot create experience, you must undergo it.你不能创造经验,你必须经历它。undergo a long process of tempering 经受长期的磨练。

corresponding /7kCris5pCndiN/ (相应的;符合的)即cor+respond+ing,cor-共同(con-在r前的变形),respond反应(见2003年Text 2),-ing形容词后缀;动词形式为correspond(相应;符合;通信)。Two delusions fostered by higher education are that what is taught corresponds to what is learned, and that it will somehow pay off in money.高等教育造成了两种错觉,一是教的东西就等于学到的东西,二是它总会通过某种方式以金钱回报。Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense-experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought.科学试图将杂乱纷繁的感官经验纳入思维的逻辑有序的体系中。

interpret /in5tE:prit/ (v.解释;口译);interpretor(译员)←interpret+or后缀表"人"。The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.哲学家们只是以不同的方式解释世界,而问题在于改变世界。interpretor - someone who lies in two languages 译员--用两种语言说谎的人。

essential /i5senFEl/ (必不可少的;本质的);名词形式为essence(本质;精华),记谐音"爱深思"→只有爱深思(essence)才可能发现事物的"本质"和"精华"。As a researcher perhaps two characters are most essential, one is love for sciences, the other is curiosity.作为研究人员有两种品质也许是最基本的:一是对科学的热爱,一是对事物的好奇心。The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.浪漫的爱的本质是奇妙的开始,随后注定是悲伤与不可能。

finite /5fainait/ (有限的)即fin+ite,fin词根"完"(如finish→fin+ish后缀→v.n.完成),-ite形容词后缀,"有完的"→有限的。反义词:infinite(无限的;无限的东西)←in否定前缀+finite。参define(下定义;限定),2002年Text 4)。We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.我们必须接受有限的失望,但我们决不可失去无限的希望。a finite number of possibilities 有限的几种可能性。

explanatory /iks5plAnEtEri/ (说明的,解释的)即ex+plan+atory,ex-前缀=out,plan即plain(元音可增减),-atory形容词后缀,"简单明白地表达出来的"→解释的;动词形式为explain←ex+plain;名词形式为explanation←ex+plan+ation。Mediocrities can explain everything, and are surprised at nothing.庸人能够解释一切,他们对任何事都不感到意外。←mediocrity参2000年Passage 2。A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations.少许的含糊有时能省去大量的解释。

fulfill /ful5fil/ (v.完成,履行)即ful+fill,ful即full"完全",fill"填满",故"完全填满"→完成。Only they who fulfill their duty in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occassions.只有在日常工作中尽责的人才会在重大时刻尽责。

determine /di5tE:min/ (v.决心;确定)即de+termine,de-加强前缀,termine词根"结束"(参terminal,2002年Text 2),故"使结束"→决定;名词形式为determination←de+termin+ation。The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.不致失败的最可靠方法是决心成功。When it is not in our power to detemine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.在无法认定何者正确之时,就应采用可能性最大的一个。The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.人生最重要的事就是确立一个伟大的目标,并有决心使其实现。

all the same 仍然;at will 随意。

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