我真诚地相信，对于孩子们来说，对于想要指导他们的父母们来说，感受比知道要重要得多。如果事实是以后能长出知识与智慧的种子，那么情感和感官印象则是种子必须赖以生长的沃土。幼儿时期就是培育土壤的时候。一旦情感被激起—— 一种对美的感受，对新的和未知事物的激动，一种同情、怜悯、敬慕或爱恋的感觉——我们就会渴望了解引起我们情感反应的事物。一旦找到，这种知识就比纯粹的信息具有持久得多的意义。为孩子们的求知欲铺平道路比向他们灌输一堆他们不准备吸收的事实更为重要。 XII
1.We soon grew weary of her constant complaints, and avoided her as much as possible.
2.The mayor will preside over a meeting this afternoon that will pave the way for plans to build a new highway.
3.If we had more time at our disposal, I'd take you up this mountain. The view from the top is truly awe-inspiring.
4.Anyone who is in love with life will have no difficulty in finding the symbolic as well as the actual beauty in the migration of the birds. 5.Watching the magnificent view of the ebb and flow of the tides fills me with an inner contentment that I find nowhere else. 6.His misfortune aroused great sympathy among the listeners, who are keen to help heal his mental wounds.
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7.Recognition of the importance of Dr. Hawkin's research may be difficult or impossible for a layman, but it is sure to have a lasting impact on our lives.
8.Mr. Smith has long wished for a chance to relate his lunar landing experience to the young people around him, but he never has enough time at his disposal. 4单元 TEXA III
1.inevitable 2.conviction 3.piercing 4.solemn 5.grim 6.grip 7.induced,Presumably 8.potent 9.segment,reckoned 10.equipped 11.commenced 12.incidentally IV
1.correct form:in the dead of night definition:very late at night 2.correct form:be considerate of definition:care about 3.correct form:all along synonym:from the start 4.correct form:fearful of synonym:anxious about 5.correct form:under too much pressure definiton:stressed by too many worries 6.correct
form:worked
on
synonym:affected,influenced
7.correct form:to concevive of synonym:to imagine
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8.correct form:bug out synonym:go crazy VI
1.purified(六级词汇) 2.identify 3.intensify 4.horrified
5.classified(四级词汇) 6.exemplifies(六级词汇) 7.beautify
8.simplify(四级词汇) VII
1.Hopefully 真希望与各类有成就人士的随意交谈会对我们的学生在人生认识上有所教益。
2.Most important 最重要的是，一旦确立了目标你就要非常坚决地为之努力。
3.as i see it 以我之见，只求平稳、过于害怕冒险是不对的。 4.strictly speaking 从严格意义上来说，许多医学院和法学院的学生是在为他们的家长而学习
5.To tell the truth 老实说，老师们也有很大压力。 6.in other words 换句话说，问题在于整个社会。 IX CADBA CBDCB ACBDD AAD X
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我希望于所有学生的是从未来的严酷无情中得到一些解脱。我希望他们有机会把他们每一阶段的教育纯粹作为一种经历来享受，而不是作为一种为下一步作准备的令人厌倦的需要。我希望他们有权利试验、跌跤，并懂得失败如同胜利一样具有教育意义，而不是世界的末日。当然，我的希望是天真的。在美国人没有声明而拥有的为数不多的权利之中，有一个便是失败的权利。成就是民族之神，它在我们的媒体中受到崇拜——身价百万的运动员，富有的主管人员——它在我们对财富的赞扬中得到荣耀。年轻人就是在这样一种强有力的国教的熏陶下长大的。 XI
1.We'd like to remind our viewers to be considerate to your neighbors and keep your TVs turned down after 10 PM.
2.I hope my advice will work with students under pressure — the road ahead is full of unforeseen opportunities.
3.Incidentally, Linda is a shy person who might feel uneasy about speaking in the presence of so many strangers.
4.In order to get ahead in their studies, students need to equip themselves with independent study skills instead of relying on their teachers for everything.
5.Young people nowadays are growing up old, with the conviction
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that achievement is measured by how many possessions one owns. 6.Many students justify their working part time by saying that it reduces the economic pressure on them.
7.What you need to do right now is to fill in the forms you were given when you arrived.
8.A career in itself requires one's lifelong devotion, but it does not mean that after you get into a certain profession you must continue in that same one all along. 5单元 TAXTA III 1.legislation
2.compiled
3.assumptions
4.emigrate
5.acquaintances 6.renowned,ambition
7.confusion,orderly 8.amused 9.impressive(amusing would also work) 10.supplement IV
1.delegation 2.overthrow
3.a visa,questionnaire 4.preach(to me,to others) 5.reckless VII
1.femisism 2.hereoism 3.idealism 4.extremism
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