Vocabulary List.doc

Vocabulary List1fierce：adj./fis/猛烈的,残忍的,狂暴的,激烈的 Eg: As competition gets fiercer and pressure more intense, many schools are phasing out class ranking systems, but not everyone thinks thats a good idea.(P30) He said: Competition for accounting talent, both in the UK and internationally, is getting fiercer.2. nuisance:n./nju:sns/妨害行为,骚扰行为 Eg: In the western Chicago suburb,crime is a nuisance,not a problem.(P30) The prosecutor indicted him of nuisance.3. vicious:adj./ vis/恶毒的,恶意的,凶残的,剧烈的,严重的 Eg: But its vicious at the top-so much so that Napervilles school officials recently voted to stop using a class ranking system.(P30) This becomes an increasingly vicious circle until he is willing to change how he sees.4.upperclassman:n./ ,pkl:smn/高年级学生;大学三、四年级学生 Eg: The rankings will be phased out over the next year,with 2007s upperclassmen deciding whether to include such a rank in their official transcripts.(P30) Mike is a university freshman. He is talking to Patty, an upperclassman.5. transcript:n./ trnskript/成绩单 Eg: The rankings will be phased out over the next year,with 2007s upperclassmen deciding whether to include such a rank in their official transcripts.(P30) This is an academic transcript.6. proponent:n./ prpunnt/支持者，倡导者 Eg:The goal,proponents say,is to cut down on the hyper-competition and lessen the stress at such a critical learning point and maturation curve in kids lives.(P30) The proponent thinks to have originality, anti thinks to have degenerate ill will.7. maturation:n./,mtjurein/成熟 Eg:The goal,proponents say,is to cut down on the hyper-competition and lessen the stress at such a critical learning point and maturation curve in kids lives.(P30) Another candle adds another maturation to the charm of your life.8.valedictorian:n./,vlidikt:rin/致告别辞的毕业生代表 Eg:Even in Naperville,a valedictorian is still expected to address the class,but that honor is not chosen until the last weeks of a school year and is not forwarded on to schools in official transcripts.(P31) I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class ,Iyid the best of everyone who failed.9. neuropsychology:n./ ,njrsaikldi/神经心理学 Eg:A clinical psychologist and school consultant at the University of Chicago Hospitals who specializes in pediatric neuropsychology.The application of brain electrical activity mapping in neuropsychology is intro-duced.10. deserve: vt./ diz:v/值得；应得，该得，应受(赏罚、帮助等 Eg: The reality is that we have made in the last 10 years more of rank than it deserves because some kids dont really shine until they enter into adulthood.(P31) You deserve it.11. adulthood: n. / dlt,hud/成年Eg: The reality is that we have made in the last 10 years more of rank than it deserves because some kids dont really shine until they enter into adulthood.(P31) It is said to be characteristic of adolescence and early adulthood.12.gauge:v./ geid /测量,评估 Eg: While forcing colleges and universities to rely on perhaps less reliable or easily gauged measures or on standardized tests like the ACT or SAT.(P31) The amount of money one makes is not the only gauge of ones success.13. opaque:adj./ upeik /模糊的，不透明的 Eg: It makes it a little more opaque for us on the admissions side,but we fully understand it.(P32) This is an opaque cup.14.conceivable:adj./ knsi:vbl /可想象的，可相信的 Eg: Its conceivable a student could get a B in gym and get knocked down 40 places in rank.(P32) It is conceivable that knowledge plays an