Holding Onto a Dream.ppt

行政管理专业吕宏斌米占雄王淼王经纬 UNIT5 TextA HoldingOntoaDream 1 Whilepreparingtograduatefromhighschoolin1987 PriscillaVazquezwaitedanxiouslyforherletterfromtheUniversityofWashington hopingshewouldbethefirstpersoninherfamilytoattendcollege Whentheacceptanceletterarrived shewasoverjoyed TextA holdonto 抓住 坚持 保持也可写为holdonto注 口语中表示 停住 等一下 或打电话时 别挂断 用holdoneg Holdon WaituntilIgetmycamera Overjoyedadj 万分高兴的 欣喜若狂的eg Heisoverjoyedattheprospectofbecomingafather 他要当父亲了 十分高兴 beoverjoyedatsth doingsth 对 感到欣喜若狂beoverjoyedtohear find seesth 极其兴奋的听到 找到 看到某事 2 Therewasjustoneproblem TheUniversityofWashingtondidn thaveanygrantmoneytogivePriscilla Itofferedheronlyasmallloanandexpectedherfamilytocomeupwiththerest Myfamilywasmakingenoughmoneytogetby butnotenoughtopaythatmuchformetogotoschool shesaid HoldingOntoaDream TextA loan n借 贷款 借出的东西vt借出 贷予 同lend 反return payback onloan暂借的makealoanto 贷款给 comeupwith 提供 提出 想出注 表赶上相当于catchupwith getby 勉强 对付过去 过得去表勉强过活意同makeendsmeet常表示达到可以接受的标准 但不是很好 HoldingOntoaDream 3 Priscillacalledthefinancial aidofficeforadvice Theytoldherthatprospectivestudentsseekingmorefinancialaidareeligibleonlyiftheyhavelivedapartfromtheirparentsforaminimumoftwoyears Duringthattime theirparentscannothaveclaimedthemasadependentonthefamily staxforms Hearingthis Iwastotallystunned Priscillarecalls IrealizedIwasgoingtohavetotakesometimeoff work becomefinanciallyindependentfrommyparents andthenreapplytoschool Postponingmydreamhurt butitwastheonlypossibility TextA Theytoldherthatprospectivestudentsseekingmorefinancialaidareeligibleonlyiftheyhavelivedapartfromtheirparentsforaminimumoftwoyears 翻译 他们告诉她说 未来的大学生要寻求更多的经济资助 必须与父母分开生活至少两年才符合条件 Onlyif只有 仅仅在 条件下Ifonly常表示愿望 遗憾 假设的情况 eligible adj合格的 有条件被选中的 同qualified beeligiblefor有资格做 minimum n adj最小量 的 最低程度 的 反maximum atminimum至少reducesth toaminimum把 减到最小量 claim vt对 提出要求 同demand request require 声称 主张 同allege affirm n 书面 要求 索赔 声称 主张layclaimto声称对 的权力putinaclaim forsth 就某物的损坏 提出索赔要求 dependant n依赖他人生活者 受抚养者Bedependanton upon依赖于dependencen依靠dependv依靠依赖 taketimeoff 暂时放下 学业 工作等 休假time可换成具体的时间 apartform 与 分离eg Therecanbenoknowledgeapartformpractice 离开了实践就没有知识 postpone vt延迟 使延期 同delay putoff postponementn延迟 延期bepostponedto till until被推迟到 HoldingOntoaDream 4 Withinamonth PriscillahadfoundajobatarestaurantandmovedintoacheapapartmentinapoorneighborhoodofSeattle Shealsosignedupforajob trainingprograminthecity tolearntobeasecretary Itwasahardlifestyletoadjustto Igotupat6a m foralongcommutetoschool finishedclassat2p m startedworkatthree gotoffmyshiftat11p m andthenIcamebackhomeandcollapsed TextA Shealsosignedupforajob trainingprograminthecity tolearntobeasecretary 翻译 她还报名参加了城里的一个职业培训班 学的是秘书专业 Signup for 经报名或签约获得 从事 adjust vt校正 校准 调整 调节 改变 以适应vi适应adjustto adjust to调整以适应于adjust accustom adapt accommodate to使 适应 to为介词 HoldingOntoaDream 5 Priscillasoonfoundthatherrestaurantjobjustdidn tpayenoughforhertomakeendsmeet SoIwenttothelandlordofmyapartmentbuildingandaskediftherewasanycleaningworkIcoulddo Sincehefeltsorryforme heagreedtogivemethirtyhoursamonth TextA TextA Make both endsmeet 量入为出 使收支相抵eg beingoutofworkandhavingtwoyoungchildren theyfounditimpossibletomakeendsmeet 他们失业了 还要养活两个小孩 无法维持起码的生活 HoldingOntoaDream 6 Thejob trainingprogramwasdesignedtolastsixmonths Priscillafinisheditinfour Theytaughtmevariousofficeskillsandword processingprograms Ialsolearnedtoanswerthephoneinanofficesetting andwriteproperbusinessletters shesaid TheprogramhelpedPriscillafindemploymentasasecretarywithasmallcompany Itwasmyfirstdecentjob shesays Iwasnineteenyearsold livingonmyown andmaking 15 000ayear TextA employment n职业 雇佣 使用employv雇用employeen雇员employern雇主in outofemployment在 失业 HoldingOntoaDream 7 PriscillareappliedtotheUniversityofWashingtonandwasaccepted Shequalifiedforfinancialaidbecauseshehadbeenindependentfromherparentsformorethantwoyears Asofthefallof1990 Priscillawasfinallyacollegestudent workingfull timeduringthedayasasecretaryandgoingtoschoolfull timeatnight TextA HoldingOntoaDream 8 Balancingworkandschoolwasdifficult Iwasstayinguplatestudying andgoingtoworkearlyeverymorning Iwashavingahardtimeconcentratinginclass andahardtimeonthejobbecauseIwassotired shesays ButsheendedupwithtwoA sinherfirstsemesteranyway TextA stayup 不睡觉 熬夜后常跟late 表示熬夜到很晚 endupwith 以 结束endup后还可跟doingsthendin以 为结果 以 告终noend非常极其onend连续的 HoldingOntoaDream 9 Priscilladecidedtopursueanarchaeologymajor andinthesummerof1992 shegotherfirstopportunitytoreallytestoutherinterestinthesubject ThearchaeologicalfieldschoolofWashingtonStateUniversitywassponsoringasummerresearchprojectatasitealongsidetheSnakeRiverinWashington Priscillathrewherselfintothework andtheprojectsupervisorswereimpressed Attheendofthesummer oneoftheprofessorsofferedherajob Hesaid WejustgotacontractforaprojectinNorthDakota Wewanttohireyouifyou rewillingtotakeasemesterofffromschool TheofferwasadiversionfromPriscilla spursuitofherBA ButbythenInolongerdoubtedthatIwouldultimatelyfinishschool soIfeltcomfortablegrabbingthisopportunity shesays TextA sponsor vt赞助 主办人n赞助人 发起者besponsoredby由 发起 由 主办 diversion n转移 偏离 娱乐 消遣thediversionofariver河流的改道create makeadiversion分散注意力 打掩护 ultimate adj最后的 终极的 根本的 基本的totheultimateendsoftheworld到天涯海角 HoldingOntoaDream 10 WhentheNorthDakotaprojectended PriscillamovedtoCalifornia whereshecouldliverent freewithoneofherbrothers Iendedupworkingthreejobs tryingtomakeasmuchmoneyasIcould sherecalls Iwastiredofworkingfull timeandbeingafull timestudent Mygoalwastosaveenoughmoneytoletmegobacktoschool studyfull timeandworkonlypart time Priscilla sbrotherranahouse cleaningservice andheagreedtogiveherwork Andshedecidedtoenrollatalocalcommunitycollegewherethetuitionwasmuchcheaper TextA enroll 招收 登记 同recruit 使 注册入学 使 入会enrollsb as 招收某人为 enrollsb in 使某人加入 HoldingOntoaDream 11 Priscillatooksomeartclasses shewasanamateurphotographer andhelpedorganizeagalleryexhibitofstudents artwork includingherown Inthespringof1994 shegraduatedfromWenatcheeValleyCollegewithatwo yearAssociateofArtsdegree Aftergraduating PriscillaappliedtotheUniversityofWashingtononcemore Shewasacceptedandenrolledinthefallof1994 Nothavingtoworksomanyhoursallowedhertomakeschoolherpriority Thiswassuchaluxury Iwasalmostsorrytograduate Priscillalaughs ButIwasawardedmyBAinJanuaryof1996 TextA associate vt使联合 结合 使有联系vi结交 交往n伙伴 同事 合伙人adj副的associatewithsb 和某人来往 共事anassociateprofessor editor副教授 编辑 priority n优先考虑的事 优先 权 have takepriorityover比 优先givepriorityto优先考虑 HoldingOntoaDream 12 AsPriscillalooksbackonheryearsofstruggletomakeherdreamcometrue sheiscautiouslyencouraging