自考高级英语下Lesson9I'llneverescapetheghetto

deliverance
• recovery or preservation from loss or danger
• The opening scene shows them celebrating their sudden deliverance from war...
• 开场的一幕是他们在庆祝自己突然从战争 中解脱了出来。
• 米歇尔先生说，13%的美国家庭符合贫困 家庭的标准。
there is more to it than that
• 没有那么简单
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venture
• a project or activity which is new, exciting, and difficult because it involves the risk of failure
• 这是一项将会让政府垮台的重大决定。
retraction
• the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
• He's hoping that if he makes me feel guilty, I'll retract.
• 他指望着如果他能让我感到内疚，我就会 收回所说的话
by choice
• not by chance; with intention; in an intentional manner
• John helped his father by choice. • 约翰自愿帮他父亲。
ghetto
• a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
• ...the black ghettos of New York and Los Angeles.
• 同时，政治稳定性将放在首位
underscore
• give extra weight to (a communication); • The rash of accidental shootings
underscores how difficult it will be to restore order here. • 一连串的意外枪击事件凸显了恢复该地区 的秩序有多困难。
accordingly
• (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
• The new government will make a judgment about its interests and act accordingly.
• 新政府将对其利害得失作出判断，并采取 相应的行动。
early retirement. • 它就像早退休路上的一个中间站。
prime
• something that is most important in a situation.
• Political stability, meanwhile, will be a prime concern...
• 纽约和洛杉矶的黑人聚居区
ambitious
• having a strong desire for success or achievement
• The ambitious project was completed in only nine months...
• 这个规模宏大的项目只用了9个月就完成了。
qualify as
• To qualify as something or to be qualified as something means to have all the features that are needed to be that thing
• 13 percent of American households qualify as poor, says Mr. Mishel...
credential
• a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
• n. 凭证，证件； 证书 • I can testify to the credentials of the
clientele. • 我可以证明委托人的资质。
• ...his latest writing venture. • 他最新的写作尝试
fateful
• having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
• It was a fateful decision, one which was to break the Government.
transient
• one who stays for only a short time; • …a hotel for transients. • 为过路客人开设的旅馆
way station
• a stopping place on a journey • It was like a way station on the road to
Lesson Nine I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto
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permanent
• continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place;
• 永久的；永恒的
rumor
• gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
• Rumor has it that he is having an affair with his secretary.
• 谣传他和他的秘书有暧昧关系。