Unit OneUnit One

March. 4, 2003March. 4, 2003

TuesdayTuesday

ContentContent1. Public Speaking

2. Unit 1

3. Exercise and Discussion

4. Listening Comprehension

Idioms

• Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.

• Don’t put the cart before the horse.

• Make the best of a bad job.

• Live and learn.

Difficult Sentence

Thus, for instance, it may come as a shock to mathematicians to learn that the Schrodinger equation for hydrogen atom is not a literally correct description of this atom, but only an approximation to a somewhat more correct equation taking account of spin, magnetic dipole, and relativistic effects; and that this corrected equation is itself only an imperfect approximation to an infinite set of quantum field-theoretical equations.

Language Points

Sermon

1. A religious discourse delivered as part of a church service.

2. An often lengthy and tedious speech of reproof or exhortation.

Sermonize v.

To deliver a sermon to (someone).

Appreciate • To recognize the quality, significance, or magnitu

de of:– appreciated their freedom.

• 重视他们的自由• To be fully aware of or sensitive to; realize:

– I appreciate your problems.• 我充分意识到了你的问题

• To admire greatly; value.• To increase in value or price, especially over time.

– Depreciate

Consolation

• find consolation in one's work

• 在工作中找安慰

• consolation money• 抚恤金； 慰藉金

• consolation prize• ( 给落选人的 ) 安慰奖

• Dutch consolation• 不起作用的安慰

Console

1. v. To allay the sorrow or grief of.

2. n. A central control panel for a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system.

Cliché

Dedication

• To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

• To set apart for a special use:– dedicated their money to scientific research. 把他们的钱用于科学研究

• To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action:– dedicated ourselves to starting our own business.

• To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.

• To show to the public for the first time:– dedicate a monument. 为一座博物馆举行落成仪式

Refuge

• seek refuge in flight– 逃难

• seek refuge from– 躲避

• seek refuge with sb.– 求某人庇护

• take refuge in– 避难到 ; 求助于 ..., 用 ... 搪塞过

去

• game refuge– 禁猎区

• glacial refuge– 冰川残遗种保护区

Refugee

Quote

• To repeat or copy the words of (another), usually with acknowledgment of the source.

• quote out of context– 断章取义

• To state (a price) for securities, goods, or services.

– 报价 , 报出有价证券、商品或服务项目（价格）

v.intr. Incline v.tr.

• To deviate from the horizontal or vertical; slant.

• To be disposed to a certain preference, opinion, or course of action.

• To lower or bend the head or body, as in a nod or bow.

• To cause to lean, slant, or slope.

• To influence to have a certain tendency; dispose:– Recent events incline us to

distrust all politicians.

• To bend or lower in a nod or bow:– inclined her head in

acquiescence.

n. An inclined surface; a slope or gradient.

Counter1.adj.

• Contrary; opposing:– It moves and counter moves on the checkerboard.

2.v.

• To move or act in opposition to; oppose.

• To offer in response:– She countered that she was too busy to be thorough.

Immediate

• immediate cause• 直接原因

• immediate family• 至亲 , 直系亲属

• immediate neighbor • 近邻

• in the immediate future

• 在最近的将来

• take immediate action• 采取紧急行动

• immediate reply• 立即答复

• Immediate welcome• 立即受到欢迎

• immediate knowledge• 直觉感知

Define • To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain:

– define the properties of a new drug– a study that defines people according to their median

incomes.

• To delineate the outline or form of:– gentle hills that were defined against the sky.

• To specify distinctly:– define the weapons to be used in limited warfare.

• To serve to distinguish; characterize:– Portraits that defined the style of an epoch.

Wash one’s hands of

• To refuse to accept responsibility for.

• To abandon; renounce.

Beaten adj.

• Formed or made thin by hammering:– beaten gold.

• Worn by continuous use; familiar and much traveled:– a village located well off the beaten path.– off the beaten track

• 人迹罕至的• Totally worn-out; exhausted.