大学英语精读二第四单元

Key words
• Content n. 内容；（书等的）目录；满足；容量 adj. 满意的；愿意的 vt. 使满足，使满意 • e.g. The contents of a book can help you understand the book. 书的目录可以帮助你了解一本书。 • e.g. You will have to content yourself with what you have. 你应该满足于你所拥有的一切。
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As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.
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作为一个孩子，以后又作为一个成人，我 一直对爱因斯坦的个性惊叹不已。他是我 所认识的人中唯一能跟自己及周围世界达 成妥协的人。他知道自己想要什么，而他 想要的只是：在他作为一个人的能力范围 之内理解宇宙的性质以及宇宙运行的逻辑 和单纯。他知道有许多问题的答案超出了 他智力所及的范围。但这并不使他感到灰 心丧气。只要在能力许可的范围内取得最 大的成功他就心满意足了。
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• Frustrate vt. 挫败；使受挫折 adj. 无益的，无效的 These questions frustrated me... 这些问题让我沮丧。 • Frustrating 令人沮丧的 frustrated 沮丧的 e.g. I’ am very frustrated when hear that we lost the bask etball game . e.g. It’ s a frustrating news that we lost the basketball ga me.
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• function a) (v.) 工作；运转；起作用 • E.g. The government functions through various ministries. 政府通过各部门运转 b) (n.) 作用；功能；函数 • E.g. As one grows older, there is usually something wrong with body functions. 随着年龄的增长，身体各功能通常会出错
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• come to terms with a) 与· · · · · 达成协议 • E.g. We have come to terms with them that the meeting will be delayed until next month. 我们对将会议推迟到下个月这件事情达成了一致 意见。 • b) 与· · · · · 妥协，被某人接受 E.g. Later she had to come to terms with the difficult situation. 不久之后，她终于脱离了窘境。
Key phrases
• as far as 只要; 直到…为止;和· · · 一样远 • E.g. That is good as far as it goes, but Einstein needs much more. 只要这项计划得以执行，那便是好的，但爱因斯坦需要 的不至这些 as far as I am concerned 就我而言 • as long as as well as as soon as 只要；和· · · · 一样长 和· · · · 一样好；也；和 一… 就
Grammar
• I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein 我一直对爱因斯坦的个性惊叹不已。 • 一个句子里只能有一个主语和谓语,这个句子的主语是I,谓 语是 lost,所以后面的that was einstein是用来修饰the personality的定语从句.