大学英语精读【上外版】第二版11课考试内容总结.doc

UNIT 11To give students some guidelines on how to improve their studies【text】curiosity Such people are tremendously curious. The whole world is of interest to them, and they observe what others do not. Nobel-Prize winner physician Albert put it wellwhen he said,”discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something differently.” With this curiosity comes an “investigative spirit”; the learning is not so much the acquisition of information as it is an investigation -a questioning, a turning over of the object of study to see all sides and facets. It is not knowing in the sense of having a rigid opinion, but the ability to look again at another time, in a different sight, as suggests, and to form a new understanding based on that observation.Discipline Any disciplinebut especially those with great subtlety and complexity, like yoga and tai chican be a lifelong pursuit. Persistence, consistency, and discipline are required. Without these, our learning is but froth without substance. There are no shortcuts. The fruit of these seemingly dry qualities(which we prefer to admire in others) is the satisfaction of having tasted the fullness of completion, or the thrill of meeting a difficult challenge with success. Perhaps, though, our culture is in need of redefining what it means to study. If we can look at our chosen discipline or craft as an ongoing process rather than a discrete accomplishment, the potential for learning can be infinite. With this attitude we may find ourselves treating even the most mundane discovery with wide-eyed wonder and joy.WORD 31. 习得 acquisition (v.acquire)2. 方法 approach3. 獾，纠缠 badger4. 自满 complacency(placent 自满的)5. 通信 correspondence(correspondent 记者)6. 累积的 cumulative (cumulus 积云)7. 恶魔 demon8. 分散离散的 discrete（不谨慎不显眼的discreet）9. 象征,化身 embody (n.embodiment =personification=representation)10. 构想出 formulate11. 主动性，积极性 initiative12. 生计 livelihood13. 平庸的mundane14. 不断发展的 ongoing15. 吃，喝，参与活动 partake16. 相关的 pertinent17. 陷阱 pitfall18. 史无前例 precedence (v.precede)19. 之前的 priorto20. 与。成比例的(dis) proportional21. 开放 receptivity22. 放弃 relinquish23. 仓库，智囊 repository24. 僵硬的，一尘不变的 rigid(rigorous严密的)25. 严格批评的 scathing26. （名誉上的）污点 stigma27. 竭尽全力地 strain28. 不符合职业道德的 unethical29. 瑜伽 yoga30. 充分实现 live up to31. 千方百计地做go out of ones way to do32. 细微之处,微妙 subtletyPARAPHRASELook again at another time, in the different light= view again at another time from different perespectiveWith wide-eyed wonder and joy= with immense pleasant surpriseBe spoon-fed= be provided with ready answers and ideasDo thing that have no precedence in our experience= do pioneering workDrop your prior knowledge= dont let the knowledge you have acquired be a hindrance to your learning of something newDerivation1) substantial-substance2) motivatemotivation3) commitmentcommitted4) restrictiverestriction(s)5) subtlesubtlety6) thrilling(enjoyable,exciting)thrillPhrasal verb1) At will= as one wishes2) With a will= energetically3) Put it well=explain(put ones point of view)=say4) Take precedence over 超越5) Break through defense line6) Hold on to =insist7) Live up to the principles we have laid down制定8) Hand in the thesis= submit9) See to =take care of10) Be absorbed in = attentive to11) Dedicate to =written in honor of12) Face up to=accept13) Be bogged down=get so involved in14) Be caught up in =enthralled15) Enter on= begin considering16) In the mood for doing17) Own up to doing18) Exempted from diong19) Set ones heart on doing=decide20) Justify/excuse for doinng21) Dissuade sb from doing22) Stand up for23) Be worn out24) Be back out of the schemed25) Run up against a difficulty=come across26) Come round to 过访，回心转意27) Fall in with=agree with28) Try onsentence rewriting l Non-finite verb forms(a general sense)l prepositions and adverbs