2) unchanging

* She is my constant companion.

* 产品的价格不是固定的，而是随供求的变化而变化。

(=The price of the product is not constant but varies with supply and demand.)

25. (L.172) in charge of: having control (over) or responsibility (for)

* I am in charge of the department.

* He was left in charge of the shop while the manager was away.

Collocation:

take charge of in one’s charge on a charge of bring a charge against sb. face a charge

负责

由某人照管 以…罪名 指控某人 面临控告

26. (L.181) exceptional: adj. unusual

* All her children are intelligent, but the youngest boy is really exceptional.

* He was an exceptional man with great business talents.

27. (L.184) fill out: complete (a document or form) by supplying required information

* Fill in your name on this check.

* Please fill out the application form and signed it at the bottom.

Collocation:

fill in 填入；填上 fill in for sb. 临时代替 fill up 填满；装满 fill with 用…填满

28. (L.190) proof: n. evidence or facts that are sufficient to establish a thing as true or

believable

* I wouldn’t demand proof of honesty from my friend.

* 美国研究人员发现证据证明，不吸烟的人与吸烟的人一起工作也能得癌症。

(=Researchers in America have found proof that non-smokers can develop cancer by working with smokers.)

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29. (L.197) junior: adj.

1) younger

* You are my junior.

* Jane is several years junior to her husband.

* Do you want John Brown Senior or John Brown Junior, the father or the son?

Pattern: be junior to

NB:

Abbrs.: Jr. or jr., used after the name of a person who has the same name as his father, e.g. Tom Brown, Jr.

2) lower in rank than others

* He is a junior officer.

* 他被提升为高级职员之前，做了三年低级职员。

(=He had been a junior clerk for three years before he was promoted to senior clerk.)

Text B

Ⅱ. Language Study

1. (Para. 2) “I made some comment about him, but I got the typical teenager guttural sigh and

Katie rolled her eyes at me as if to say, ‘Oh Dad, you are so out of it’ ”.

Translate the sentence into Chinese.

(=“我说了几句评论他的话，但是得到的却是十几岁孩子惯用的用喉音低声发出的叹息。

凯蒂对着我翻白眼，似乎在说，‘喔，爸，你怎么这么闭塞。’”)

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2. (Para. 2) comment:

1. n. a written or spoken remark giving an opinion

* We’d like to invite your comments on our performance. 博客带来了素不相识之人作出的讨厌的评论。

(=With blogs come nasty comments made by someone you hardly know.) 2. v. express an opinion about sb. or sth.

*Dear friends, kindly comment on my essay on values. 他评论说这本小说是美国文学的杰作。

(=He commented that this novel was a masterpiece in American literature.)

3. (Para. 6) rely on: depend upon sb. or sth. to do what you need or expect them to do

*More employers are relying on pre-employment testing to help them make smarter hiring decisions.

传统的广告依靠诸如电视、杂志等媒体去接触尽可能多的观众。

(=Traditional advertising has relied on such media as television and magazines to read the greatest number of audience possible.)

4. (Para. 6) define: vt. give the distinguishing characteristics of; state precisely the meaning of *Have scientists defined the age of earth precisely? 你如何定义成功与你的幸福感有很大关系?

(=How you define success has a lot to do with your sense of happiness?)

5. (Para. 6) apart from: in addition to; except for

*Apart from being too large, this house is too far away from public transportation. 尽管出了车祸，但除了一些擦伤，她没有受伤。

(=Apart from a few bruises, she was unhurt despite the car accident.)

6. (Para. 7) As telephones became ubiquitous in the last century, users — adults and teenagers

alike — found a form of privacy and easy communication unknown to Alexander Graham Bell or his daughters.

Paraphrase the sentence.

(=The popularity of telephones in the last century enables the users, both adults and

teenagers, to keep their privacy and communicate easily, which is quite beyond Alexander Graham Bell or his daughters’ expectations.)

7. (Para. 7) alike:

1. adj. similar, like one another

*The twins are as alike as two peas in a pod.

虽然这些绵羊看起来很相像，但那位老人仍能一一区别。

(=Much as the sheep look alike, the old man can tell one from another.) 2. adv. in a similar way

*Laws treat all people alike, be they foreign visitors or local VIPs.

我相信北京将向运动员、现场观众和全世界的电视观众一样证明，这是一块神奇的土地。 (=I believe that Beijing will prove to be a land of wonders to athletes, spectators and the

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worldwide television audience alike. )

8. (Para. 9) popularity: n. the quality of being well liked or admired

*Despite its popularity, 90 percent of Chinese can't pronounce the Chinese character囧, according to an online survey.

教育展在高中毕业生及其家长中非常受欢迎。

(=The education exhibition enjoyed huge popularity among high school graduates and their parents.)

9. (Para. 9) trend: n. a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing *Economic globalization has become a general trend.

2001年，纽约引领了禁止驾驶时使用移动电话的潮流。

(=In 2001, New York led the trend towards some sort of prohibition on mobile phone use while driving. )

10. (Para. 9) impact: n. strong effect or influence *The war had a devastating impact on Europe.

电脑对现代生活产生了很大影响。

(=The computer has made a great impact on modern life.)

11. (Para. 9) mobile: adj. not fixed in one position, able to move freely or be moved easily from

place to place

*Mobile hospitals were urgently needed in the earthquake-stricken area. 在北京几乎每三人中就有一人属于流动人口。

(=Nearly one of every three people in Beijing belongs to the mobile population.)

12. (Para. 11) consume: vt. use (time, energy, fuel, etc.)

*The toilets in a busy restaurant can consume a lot of water, so it's important to install low-flow units.

从现在起中国将出口更少的高能耗产品。

(=From now on China will export fewer high energy consuming products.)

13. (Para. 12) Baby boomers who warned decades ago that their out-of-touch parents couldn’t be

trusted now sometimes find themselves raising children who — thanks to the Internet and the cellphone — consider Mom and Dad to be clueless, too.

Translate the sentence into Chinese.

(=婴儿潮中诞生的人几十年前曾警告说，他们的父母脱离时代，不能信任。现在他们自

己也有了孩子，这些孩子由于互联网和手机的缘故，也认为爸妈一无所知。)

14. (Para. 13) and the like: and so on

*My drawer is full of pens, books and the like.

孩子们在托儿所能学习唱歌、跳舞、绘画及诸如此类的东西。

(=Children can learn singing, dancing, drawing and the like at the daycare center.)

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