新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第一册第一单元Toward a brighter future for all课文单词详解

Section A Text A Toward a brighter future for all

1. Good afternoon! As president of the university, I am proud to welcome you to this university. Your achievement is the triumph of years of hard work, both of your own and of your parents and teachers. Here at the university, we pledge to make your educational experience as rewarding as possible.

下午好！作为校长，我非常自豪地欢迎你们来到这所大学。你们所取得的成就是你们自己多年努力的结果，也是你们的父母和老师们多年努力的结果。在这所大学里，我们承诺将使你们学有所成。

Words and phrase

1. achievement n something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing:

e.g. An Olympic silver medal is a remarkable achievement for one so young.

2. triumph n being successful or victorious 成功,胜利

shouts of triumph

great achievement or success 成功

one of the triumphs of modern science

v. ~ (over sb/sth) be successful or victorious

triumph over one's difficulties 战胜困难.

3. pledge v ~ sth (to sb/sth) (fml ) promise solemnly to give (support,etc); give (one's word, honour, etc) as a pledge 保证给予（支持等）; 以（誓言﹑名誉等）作担保:

pledge loyalty to the king 发誓效忠国王

be pledged to keeping a secret 誓守秘密.

~ sb/oneself (to sth/to do sth) promise solemnly that sb/one will do sth or support a cause, etc保证某人[自己]做某事或支持某事业等

The Government has pledged itself to send aid to the famine victims. 政府已承诺赈济饥民.

[Tn] leave (sth) with sb as a pledge典当（某物）:

He's pledged his mother's wedding ring.

[Tn] (fml ) drink to the health of (sb); toast (sb) 为（某人）的健康祝酒; 向（某人）祝酒:

pledge the bride （新娘）and bridegroom（新郎）

4. rewarding adj giving you satisfaction, pleasure, or profit 值得的；有意义的；有回报的

Our journey to the orphanage (孤儿院) was a very rewarding experience.

Antonym: unrewarding

Synonym: satisfying

5. as...as possible as + adj / adv +as ; as + adj + n + as 尽力做某事的意思

We have to run as fast as possible.

Can you say it as loudly as possible?

I hope you’ll stay as long as possible.

We need as many apples as possible.

You must come back as soon as possible.

Word formation note:

adj suffix -ing

1. -ing加在某些transitive verb后，构成adj，主要用于表示事物的性质或特征，或某物或某事给人的感觉、情感、印象等。这类词包括welcoming, charming, discouraging, disgusting, frightening, alarming, surprising等。例如：

a welcoming smile 热情的微笑

a charming house on the outskirts of the town 在城镇郊外的一栋漂亮的房子

an alarming increase in housing price 房价的惊人增长

A surprising number of men stay bachelors. 有相当多的男子仍然是单身。

2. -ing加在intransitive verb之后，构成adj，表示某事或某人仍然处于某种状态。例如：

a recurring problem 反复出现的问题

his aging mother 他那日渐苍老的母亲

He wore his hair in the prevailing fashion. 他的头发理的是当时盛行的发型。Paraphrase

1 Your achievement is the triumph of years of hard work, both of your own and of your parents and teachers.

Meaning: Your entering this university is an important success. This success is due to many y ears of your hard work, and many years of your parents’ and teachers’ hard work.

2 Here at the university, we pledge to make your educational experience as rewarding as possible.

Meaning: Here at the university, we promise to make your educational experience as worthwhile as possible.

2. In welcoming you to the university, I am reminded of my own high school graduation and the photograph my mom took of my dad and me. "Pose naturally," Mom instructed us. "Wait!" said Dad, "Let's take a picture of me handing him an alarm clock." The clock woke me up every morning in college. It is still on my office desk.

在欢迎你们到来的这一刻，我想起自己高中毕业时的情景，还有妈妈为我和爸爸拍的合影。妈妈吩咐我们：“姿势自然点。”“等一等,”爸爸说，“把我递给他闹钟的情景拍下来。”在大学期间，那个闹钟每天早晨叫醒我。至今它还放在我办公室的桌子上。

Words and phrase

1. remind v inform (sb) of a fact or tell (sb) to do sth he may have forgotten 提醒: Do I have to remind you yet again?

Remind me to answer that letter.

~ sb of sb/sth cause sb to remember or be newly aware of sb/sth 使某人回想起或意识到某人[某事物]:

He reminds me of his brother.

This song reminds me of France.

reminder n sth. that makes you notice, remember, or think about sth. 起提醒作用的东西

The cold served as a reminder that winter wasn’t quite finished.

The waiters were clearing the tables, which served as a reminder that it was time to leave.

2. pose v

(a) [I, Ipr] ~ (for sb) sit or stand in a particular position in order to be painted, drawn or photographed 摆好姿势（以便画像或拍照）:

He had to pose wearing a laurel wreath. 他得摆好戴着月桂花冠的姿势. *