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1、2006Text OneL:amazing a. 令人惊讶的；了不起的machine n.体系，系统；机器homogenize v.同化 homogenization n.democratize v.(使)民主化uniform a.统一，一致 uniformity n.discourse n./v.说话，评论，演讲absence n.在本文等于 casualness 意为“随意，随便，不经意 ”launch v.发起，开始elegant a.intimate a.令人感到亲切的，亲密的，私密的 intimacy n.cater to A 迎合 Aknowledgeable a.有知识的，有见识
2、的，饱读诗书的elite n.精英regardless of 不管，不顾；尽管有class n.阶级；等级；班级mass media force n.因素fit into 融入，适合common a.共同的；普通的；常见的elevating a.激励人心的；有提升作用的poisonous a.有毒的；有害的 poison v./n. 毒害；毒药forum n.precedent n.unprecedented a.resistant to A assimilation n. assimilate v. assimilative a.prior to A = before A index n.(
3、复数 indices)指标，参考标准；索引intermarriage n.residence n. resident n.bilingual a.proficient in sth graveyard n.native-born a.foreign-born a.Hispanic n.讲西班牙语的人 a.西班牙的；西班牙人的；西班牙语的remote a.immune to A divisive a.造成不和的，制造分裂的pocket n.口袋pockets of 一些seethe v.沸腾seething anger 强烈的愤怒turbulent a.动荡的；骚动的 turbulence n.
4、deteriorate = aggravate v.恶化 deterioration n.monopolize v.垄断popular a.大众的；受欢迎的，流行的reward v./n.回报；报酬 rewarding a.有回报的fruitless a.毫无成果的；不结果的S:But particularly when viewed against Americas turbulent past, todays social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment. =But particularl
5、y when todays social indices are viewed against Americas turbulent past, todays social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.但尤其是，当我们把今天的这些社会指标放在美国动荡的历史背景下去看时，它们很难让人想到一个黑暗并且每况愈下的社会环境。Text TwoL:Stratford n.一个英国小镇，莎士比亚的故乡Avon n.经过 Stratford 镇的一条小河Stratford-on-Avon n. Avon
6、河上的 Stratford 镇distinct ad.明显的；不同的 distinctly ad.branch n.分支；分公司royal a.皇家的present v.上演；给superb a.一流的，优秀的production n.作品；产品memorial a./n.纪念townsfolk n.市民，镇民live off = live on 靠生活sight n.景点；景象；视力worthy a.可敬的；值得的theatre = theater n.剧院penny n.(英国金钱单位)便士frank a.坦诚的，坦白的 frankly ad.beard n.络腮胡子sandal n.凉鞋
7、，凉拖delicious a.有趣的；美味的 deliciously ad.irony n.讽刺 ironic a.earn ones living = make a living 谋生share n.一份，份额sightseer n.观光者castle n.城堡palace n.宫殿playgoer n.看戏的人manage vt.设法做到sight-seeing n.观光playgoing n.看戏nightfall n.夜幕降临local a.当地的；地方的；局部的council n.议事会，理事会subsidy n.补助，补助金wing n.侧厅，边房；翅膀，翼cocktail n.鸡
8、尾酒lounge n.大厅，休息室decorate v.装饰，装修banquet n./v.宴会and so forth = and so on 等等attendance n.出席，参加break record 打破记录three years in a row 连续三年rocket vi.迅速增加，迅速上升clientele n.顾客，主顾all over 到处；浑身pointed a.尖的；突出的dedicated a.专注的；献身的bun n.小圆面包bed down = sleep vi.睡觉flagstone n.石板standing-room ticket 站票hold v.(hel
9、d, held)保留box office 票房；票房收入stage n.舞台；阶段on and off stage 台上台下terms n.关系；条件be on good terms 关系好than prep.除了no other than B 只有 B，正是 Bon the rise 正在上升/增加on the decline 正在下降/减少Text ThreeL:prehistoric a.史前的extinct a.灭绝的 extinction n.game n.猎物fishery n.渔场；渔业biological matter 生物质over time 随着时间的过去，经过一段时间pr
10、edator n.肉食动物，捕食者half v.(halved, halved)减半vessel n.船只prey n.被捕食者，猎物sonar n.声纳saturate v.饱和 saturation n.bait v./n.装有诱饵的；诱饵hook v./n.钩trap v./n.诱捕；陷害；陷阱stock n.(动物)群shark n.鲨鱼take into account = take into consideration 考虑current a.流行的；当前的marine a.海的，海洋的detect v.探测 detection n.matter vi. = count 有重要性，
11、重要maximum n./a.最大量，最大化sustainable a.可持续的yield n./v.出产量；出产；让步，屈服crop v.收获outlive v.活得比长so far 迄今为止out of date 过时的be concerned with A 担心 A；关心 Aapplication n.应用；申请 apply v.S:That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass
12、 of a target species is about 50% of its original levels.这一点很重要，因为理论表明，(在一个渔场中) 当一个目标种群的数量是最初数量的约 50%时，我们才能从中获得最大限度的可持续捕捞量。Text FourL:weird a.奇怪的suit v.适合worst of all 最糟的是skeptical = sceptical a.怀疑的 skepticism = scepticism n.skeptic = sceptic n.怀疑者；怀疑论者skeptical of A 怀疑 Amisery n.悲惨，不幸 miserable a.p
13、erpetual a.永久的massacre n.屠杀innocent n.无辜者 a.无辜的；天真的，无知的damn n.该死depict v.描述，描绘 depiction n.track v.追踪，跟踪ideology n.思想体系；意识形态reminder n.暗示exhausted a.筋疲力尽的literacy n.有文化 literate a.worshipper n.信教者peril n.危险 perilous a.someday ad.某一天worm n.虫子bombard A with B 用 B 轰炸 Aanchor n.主播，主持人；锚 v.固定；稳定messenger
14、 n.信使feature v.以为特色；是的特色；起重要作用beam v.微笑；发光；光束，光柱celebrity n.名人 celebrated a.著名的agenda n.议程lure v.引诱 luring n.celebrate v.庆祝arthritis n.关节炎live with 承认，忍受( 不愉快的事物) ；住在一起bitter a.苦的；令人不快的clove n.丁香somehow ad.不知何故，以某种方式a breath of fresh air 一股清新的空气be expressive of = express v.表达out of prep.处于，源自in the wa
