•1.illiteracy:theconditionofbeingunabletoreadandwrite文盲•wipeoutilliteracy扫除文盲•2.chunk:asubstantialamount相当大的数量•Hewonquiteachunkofmoneyinthegambling.赢了相当多的钱•achunkofice一块厚冰•3.binary:oforrelatingtoasystemofnumerationhaving2asitsbase二进制的•Thebinarysystemofnumbersisusedindigitalcomputers.数字计算机都使用二进制数字系统。•ChemistryConsistingoforcontainingonlymoleculesconsistingoftwokindsofatoms二元的•binaryweapons二元武器•abinarynervegas二元神经致毒气•4.versatile:(1)capableofdoingmanythingscompetently多才多艺的•aversatilewriter多才多艺的作家;•anversatileathlete全能运动员•(2)havingvariedusesorservingmanyfunctions多用途,多功能的•Themostversatileofvegetablesisthetomato.蔬菜中用途最广的是西红柿。•5.ubiquitous:beingorseemingtobeeverywhereatthesametime;omnipresent:无处不在的;无所不在的•aubiquitoustrend普遍存在的倾向•Thestrugglebetweenoppositesisubiquitous.对立面的斗争无所不在。•6.laborious:markedbyorrequiringlong,hardwork吃力的•Wespentmanylaborioushoursontheproject.这项工程耗费了我们长期的艰辛劳动。•7.bode:tobeanomenof预兆•heavyseasthatbodedtroubleforsmallcraft.大海浪对小船来说意味着灾难•8.crux:thebasic,central,orcriticalpointorfeature关键•thecruxofthematter事件的关键•thecruxofanargument争论的要点•9.getonthestick:tobegintowork开始工作•Aftertheycametothebuildingsitetheygotonthestick.他们一来到工地就开始工作。•10.catchon:understand理解•Ididn’tcatchontherealmeaningoftheabstracttheory.我没能领悟这一抽象理论的真正含义。•11.saturate:toimbueorimpregnatethoroughly使充满•“Therecollectionwassaturatedwithsunshine.”“回忆中充满阳光。”•12.ingrained:firmlyestablished;deep-seated根深蒂固的;牢固的•ingrainedprejudice根深蒂固的偏见•theingrainedhabitsofalifetime一生的根深蒂固的习惯•13.hallucination:幻觉•Drunkenmenaresometimessubjecttohallucinations.醉酒者有时容易产生幻觉。•14.commonplace:ordinary平凡的;普通的•Somescientistsbelievethatsoonitwillbecommonplaceforpeopletotraveltothemoon.“一些科学家相信,不用多久,人们到月球旅行会变成常见的事。”•15.viable:Capableofsuccessorcontinuingeffectiveness;practicable切实可行的•It’saviableplan.这是一项可行的计划。•VocabularyandStructureExercises•I.Completethefollowingsentenceswithwordsorphrasesfromthetext.(p26)•1.impurities•2.illiterate•3.parallel•4.converts•5.deduce•6.laborious•7.inputs•8.saturated•9.visionaries•10.sequence•II.Replacetheitalicizedpartsinthefollowingsentenceswithwordsorphrasesfromthetextthatbestkeeptheoriginalmeanings.(p27)•1.deliberately•2.slip•3.crux•4.attributes•5.dominate•6.facsimile•7.verbal•8.artificial•9.nothingmorethan•10.viable•III.Paraphrasetheitalicizedpartsinthefollowingsentences.(p27)•1.one-way,inorderoftimeandonefollowingtheother•2.alert,efficient•3.ananimalgroupthatcanseeandexpresshimselfinwords•4.isfixedextremelydeeplyintoourbrainsandminds.•5.thedatasystemsaremadetoworkbyvoice•专题二(p35)•1.帝国主义者的性格既残暴又狡猾。•2.他们的生活远不止那些政治的,社会的和经济的问题,远不止一时的柴米油盐问题。•3.参加他婚礼的有波士顿的社会名流。•4.我前头那辆车停住了,我错过了绿灯。•5.那个箱子又大又笨重,装的都是书;不过他随身带的箱子却是另一回事。•6.Marxismteachesusthatpeoplearetheonlymotiveforceofhistory.•7.Thisshowsthatheisnothonest.•8.Afallintothepit,againinyourwit.•9.WemustbelievethatinChina,aseverywhereelseintheworld,themajorityofthepeoplearegood.•10.Rubberisnothardanditgiveswaytopressure.