I. Key words and phrases in Text A
Try to remember all the items in the Words and Phrases to Drill Box on page 15.
II. Additional Expressions in Text A
Locate the English expressions from Text A for the following Chinese expressions.
很难
对---一无所知
就职机会
处于劣势
咬紧牙关
渴望独立
不禁不寒而栗
文化熏陶
把成绩提高到A
有敢冒风险而为的精神
III. Useful Sentences in Text A
Translate the sentences into English, then compare the original sentences with yours.
1. 我的数学和实际总是相当好,但是我知道这些会给我带来什么样的结果。
2. 我申请参加这个暑期班,这倒不是因为我相当工程师,二是因为我渴望独立,想离开父母的房子自己单独过上六周。
3. 许多人认为,如果你擅长某件事,那你就能轻而易举地把它学好。
IV. Tricky Sentences in Text A
Translate the sentences into Chinese.
1. I was lucky enough to have a teacher who didn’t take my bad grades as a judgmentof my abilities, but simply as an indication that should study more.
2. I’m not (abnormal), but I do know thatif I hadn’t stumbled into that summer program, I wouldn’t be an engineer.
3. Instead of translating our differenceinto hard and fast conclusions about the human brains, why can’t we focusinstead on how incredibly flexible we are?