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1、TPO 6Conversation1：University's Career Services Office 大学就业 /职业服务办公室 career fair 招聘会 flyer 宣传单 poster 海报 make a note of that 把它记下来recruit 招聘look for employment 找工作 get my resume together with me 带上简历that's a give n那是肯定的。along the lines of 从。方向考虑；按照；the flyers and posters list all the busines

2、ses that are sending representatives to the career fair. 宣传单和海报上列出了所有会派代表来招聘会的公司。declare a major 申请专业 accounting 会计学 a zillion other employees 很多其他的员工 opportunities for advancement 提升机会 tailor 调整if you plan on attending future career fairs, I recommend you sign up for one of our interview workshops.

3、 如果你计划参加将来的招聘会，我推荐你报名参加我们一期面试案例分析 会。interview case workshop 案例分析会Job interview workshop 求职面试技巧工作坊Lecture1：Econo mics经济学boom and bust 繁荣与萧条 （大繁荣后紧接着发生严重的不景气） dot-com 网络公司 crash 破产，坠毁the dot-com crash of the 90s 90年代末的互联网泡沫危机（指自 1995年至 2001年间的 投机泡沫。）spring up（过去式 sprang up）涌现，出现VERB If something sprin

4、gs up, it suddenly appears or begins to exist. 冒出; 涌出 例：New theatres and arts centres sprang up all over the country. 新的剧院和艺术中心在全国雨后春笋般涌现出来。get carried away 得意忘形；失去理智tulip 郁金香Netherlands 荷兰hail from 来自，（人）出生于celestial 天的Celestial is used to describe things relating to heaven or to the sky. 天上的 ; 天堂的

5、 例：.the clusters of celestial bodies in the ever-expanding universe., 不断扩展的宇宙中的这些天体群。Celestial Mountains 天山 remote 偏僻的 mountainous 山地的，多山的Turkish nomads 土耳其游牧人（ nomadic 游牧的）Europeans were travelling to Istanbul and Turkey as merchants and diplomats. 欧洲人前往 伊斯坦布尔和土耳其经商或从事政治外交活动。Turk 土耳其人 tulip bulbs 有

6、金香球茎unheard of 闻所未闻的 a great novelty 新奇的事物 roast 烤enormous amounts of money huge amounts of money 大笔的钱streak 条纹 petal 花瓣prized ；valuable 珍贵的，值钱的，价高的，昂贵的craze 狂热 specialized 专门化的 tulip mania 有金香狂热；有金香热潮prospering 繁荣的 dis po sable in come可支配收入 luxuries 奢侈品【be experienced at 对。有经验then along comes a thr

7、illing new commodity （第二个条件）出现一种新奇刺激的商品 unregulated 无监管的 not regulated; uncontrolled 无管理的no government constraints 没有政府的限制和约束explode 暴涨，激增 no government constraints ， where prices could explode. 没有政府监 管，价格得以自由攀升。In other words, tulips were literally worth their weight in gold. 换句话说，有金香已如黄金 般珍贵。promi

8、ssory notes 本票，期票As demand grew, people began to sell promissory notes guaranteeing the future delivery of prized tulip bulbs. 随着市场需求的不断增长，人们开始出售本票来确保未来高价郁金香 球茎的交付 / 供给。at marked up 以标高的价格but it was all pure speculation 但这完全是投机行为 at a profit 获利；获得利润 mortgage 房屋抵押贷款 ingredient 要素，原料 conditions 条件 bid

9、der 出价人，投标人discovered that there were no bidders.没人愿意出价购买有 B金香了。Lecture 2Biology 生物学 a plant species 植物物种 remain hidden 隐藏 range in the north part of New South Wales 新南威尔士北部山脉 it's relic from earlier times 历经亿年风雨存活至今的遗迹it's probably a kind of tree from which other trees that grow in Australi

10、a today evolved. 当今 澳洲生长的很多树种都是由夜冠橡树进化而来的。reproduce 繁殖seed dis persal 种子散播if the seeds cannot really disperse in the wild area, the tree may not colonize new areas. it can't spread from the area where it's growing.如果夜冠橡树的种子无法再广阔区域内散播，生长，那么树种就无法拓展新领域，因此 其繁殖也就无法突破原生地的地理范围。it's very special

11、ized in terms of the habitat. 对生长环境要求很特别。the actual rainforest is much larger than the few hectares where the.grows. hectare 公顷 acre 英亩it appears that the shell has to crack open or break down somewhat to allow the seed to soak up water. 只有在外壳被击破或打碎的情况下，种子才能吸收到水分。 、 germinate 发芽they don't retain

12、 the power to germinate for very long.retain something means to continue to have that thing. 保留germination ability expires.persist as a populationindication 迹象，显示it's not a remnant of some huge population that is dwindled in the last few hundred years for some reason.dwindle 缩小，减少 例：The factory&

13、#39;s workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred. 该厂的工人总数已从 4000 多减少到了几百人。it's not necessarily a species in retreat. 它也并处于物种衰退期。the next thing we might want to ask about a plant like that is what chances does it have to survive into the future. let's look at that.那么接下来我们将要讨论， 夜冠

14、橡树一类的植物种群在未来得以存活的几率有多大，让 我们继续分析。Conversation 2Term paper 学期论文A term paper is an important essay or report which a student writes on a subject that he or she has studied during a term at a school, college, or university. 学期论文 come up with 想出，提出linguistics 语言学look over 察看 jump out at me 突然出现；一下子吸引住我 d

15、ialect 方言intrigue 激起。的兴趣If something, especially something strange, intrigues you, it interests you and you want to know more about it. 激起 , 的好奇心例：The novelty of the situation intrigued him. 那种新奇的情景激起了他的好奇心。scope范围 but then I was noticing, like, we don't really get into this till the end of the

16、semester. 然后我 注意到，我们要到学期末才能学到这里。you want some pointers where to go for imformation on the subject? 所以，你需要一些提示 到哪里去找到关于这个主题的信息？ socialinguistics 社会语言学the study of language in relation to its social context 社会语言学that will give you a basic understanding of the key issues involved here. 那样你就能对有关 的重点问题有一

17、个基本的了解。dialect accommodation 方言顺应（调节，适应）adapt 调节使适应于 adapt their speaking to make it closer to the speech of whomever they're talking to.dialect accommodation is a more manageable sort of topic. 方言适应是一个更容易控制 （驾 驭）的话题。Something that is manageable is of a size, quantity, or level of difficulty tha

18、t people are able to deal with. 能应付的例：He will now try to cut down the task to a manageable size. 他现在将尽力把任务缩减到能应对的程度。to some degree 在某种程度上project （学生研究的）课题do you think it'd be OK if I did a project like that for my term paper.find students from different parts of the country, record them talking

19、to each other in different combinations, report on how they accommodate their speech or not. 记录他们跟不同的人的 交谈，写一个关于他们如何根据不同的说话对象而调节自己的口音的报告。write up（ 根据笔记）整理成文If you write up something that has been done or said, you record it on paper in a neat and complete form, usually using notes that you have made

20、. （根据笔记 ） 整理成文 例：He wrote up his visit in a report of over 600 pages. 他把他的访问整理成了六百多页的一份报告。write me up a short proposal for this project, how you're going to carry out the experiment and everything, a design plan. 你写一个关于这个课题的简短方案给我。你打算怎样实施 这个实验等等，我要一个设计方案。Lecture 3creative writing class 创作性写作课 /创

21、意写作课one way of doing that is to come up with what's called "a character sketch" 其中一种方法就 是想出一个“人物草图”a sketch is a way of getting started on defining your characters' personalities. 一个草图，就是 一开始给你的人物性格下定义的一种方法。get started on 开始做，从。开始fictional 小说的，虚构的 blend 混合 we blend several people&#

22、39;s traits, their attributes into one character. 融合好几个人的特点，特 性集中到一个角色上。that guy who is always sitting in the corner at the coffee house. 那个经常坐在咖啡馆角落里 的人。we are pulling from reality, gathering bits and pieces of real people. 我们从现实中采集素 材，从真实的人物身上一点一滴的采集。you use these people, and the bits of behavior

23、and characteristics as a starting point as you begin to sketch out your characters. 你利用这些人，利用他们行为特征的点滴作为你构思 你人物草图的起始点。sketch out 草拟；概略地叙述formulate ：构想出 If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully. 构想出 （计划或提案 ） 例：Little by little, he form

24、ulated his plan for escape. 他一点一点地构想出了他的逃跑计划。when you begin to formulate a story, make a list of interesting people you know or have observed.make notes about their unusual or dominant attributes. 记下他们不寻常的或者显著的特 征。keeping this kind of character sketch can help you solidify your character's perso

25、nality, so that it remains consistent throughout your story. 用这种人物草图的方法能帮助你确定 /固化你 的人物性格。这样，贯穿你的故事始终，你的人物的性格都是一致的。their car runs out of gas on the highway. 他们的车在高速公路上没有汽油了。Teresa takes charge of han dli ng the situati on. Teresa 站出来主动处理这个情况。 both John and Mary defer to her leadership. John and Mary

26、都听从她的领导。 then he tells you how Teresa took charge, calmed him down, assigned tasks for each person and got them on their way.然后他告诉你 Teresa 是如何独当一面的，让他平静下来，给每个人分配任务。最后他 们又重新上路了。so if your characters' personalities are well defined, it will be easy for you as the writer to portray them realistical

27、ly, believably, in any given situation. 如果你的人物性格已经确定好 了，你作为作者就会很容易在任何情景下将他们描述的逼真可信。their reactions to success or defeat他们对成功或失败的反应But here I need to warn you about a possible pitfall. pitfall 易犯的错误 don't make your character into a stereotype. 不要让你的角色变得老套。 fall in the same category 属于同一类ragged衣衫褴

28、褛的ragged mountain dweller 衣衫褴褛的山居者I'll throw out a little terminology. 我来讲点术语吧。major character-round character 圓形人物；圆整人物 minor character-flat character 扁平人物The flat character tends to serve mainly as a motivating factor. 扁平人物大多作为刺激因素 而存在。The flat character is introduced solely for the purpose of

29、 allowing the round character to show off. 引入这个扁平人物的主要作用就是为了让圆形人物吹虚炫耀。Lecture 4Earth Science 地球科学drastic 急剧的；剧烈的drastic climate change 急剧 /极端的 的气候变化we can see past occurrences of climate change that took place over just a few hundred years. 我们可以看到几百年前的气候变化事件。tropical paradise 热带天堂greenery 绿色植物what r

30、eally indicates how undesert-like the Sahara was thousands of years ago, was something painted on the rock, pre-historic art, hippopotamuses, as you know hippos need a lot of water and hence what?撒哈拉沙漠在几千年前是多么的不像沙漠hippopotamus 河马 hippo 河马hence 因此，所以they need to live near a large source of water year

31、 around. 他们需要终年生活在一个巨大的 水源附近。the people who painted those hippos, could't they have seen them on their travels? 那些画河 马的人，难道就不可能是他们在旅途中见到的吗？in principle they could. 在原则上 /理论上，是可以的。Beneath the Sahara are huge acquifers, basically a sea of fresh water, that's perhaps a million years old filtere

32、d through rock layers.在撒哈拉下面有大大的蓄水层，一片淡水的海洋。那可能是经过岩石层过滤的，有一百 万年的历史了。filter vi 滤过 vt 过滤fossilized pollen 花粉化石（石化的花粉） Pollen is a fine powder produced by flowers. It fertilizes other flowers of the same species so that they produce seeds. 花粉 in more vegetated areas 在植被更茂盛的地方giraffe 长颈鹿but that takes t

33、he focus away from the natural variations in the earth climate, like the Ice Age, right? 那就将注意力从自然变化对地球环境的影响上转移了。-那就没有考虑自然变化对地球环境的影响了。像冰河世纪，对吗？the planet was practically covered in ice just a few thousand years ago. 在几千年前，这个星 球几乎都被冰雪所覆盖。Now as far as the Sahara goes, there is some recent literature

34、that points to the migration of the monsoon in that area. 现在就撒哈拉沙漠而言，近期有些文学作品指向那个地区的季 风迁移。monsoon is a seasonal wind that can bring in a large amount of rainfall. 季风是指能带来大 量降雨的季候性的风。what caused the monsoon to migrate? the dynamics of earth's motions, the same thing that caused the Ice Age by the way地球运动的动力学the earth's not always the same distance from the sun, and it's not always tilting toward the sun at the same angle. 地球离太阳的距离不总是一样远的。它也不总是以相