Unit 1 Words in use 1. As the gender barriers crumbled, the number of women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid-20th century. 随着性别壁垒的瓦解，从 20 世纪中期开始，从事律师、医生或银行家工作的妇女人数开始显著增加。 2. With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop can discern customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance. 通过每年收集的数据，店主可以辨别顾客的趋势，以及天气和经济指标如何影响销售业绩。 3. His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to surpass his personal goals. 他的上司以一种积极的方式推动和激励他，使他不仅能够达到，而且能够超越他的个人目标。 4. He is a man with a(n) shrewd business sense. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune. 他是个有精明商业头脑的人。他把最初的投资变成了一笔可观的、甚至过多的财富。 5. The conversion of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s. 核辐射直接转化为电能是一种令人兴奋的可能性，20 世纪 50 年代，许多实验室正在积极探索这种可能性。 6. I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to distort the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled. 报告试图歪曲科学事实，甚至一些受过高等教育的人也被愚弄了，我不仅感到震惊，而且感到厌恶。 7. Sixty-two and blessed with his mother's skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as radiant as a man in his forties. 这位渔夫六十二岁，有着母亲的皮肤，他经得起一辈子的日晒，看上去像四十多岁的人一样容光焕发。 8. French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but ingenious code whic...
