1) intrigued
2) shallow
3) barrier
4) enriched
5) ignorance
6) entity
7) dimensions
8) grasp
9) concept
10) mystery
11) pursuit
12) unify
13) gets to the root of
14) in all directions
15) collecting her wits/gathering her wits
16) were held prisoner
1) parallel
2) baffled
3) amazing
4) miracles
5) hurled
6) nevertheless
7) resembled
8) dedicate
9) construct
10) next to
11) not ... in the slightest
12) fascinated/ intrigued
13) alien, alien
14) comprehension
1) live out
2) moving around
3) take in
4) pick out
5) made up
6) tried on
7) consisting of
8) set out
9) laid out
10) held up
1) Sarah was greatly fascinated by the movie star's stories of life in Hollywood.
2) Why Jack has been behaving so oddly is beyond our comprehension.
3) In my opinion, adopted children shouldn't be kept in ignorance about their true origins.
4) Their team hadn't lost a game the entire season. Nevertheless, we beat them by a huge margin last night.
5) Professor Armstrong was held in great respect because he dedicated himself wholeheartedly to the cause of science.
1) magnetic
2) cyclical
3) physical
4) genetic
5) mathematical
6) scientific
7) chemical
8) critical
9) scenic
10) atmospheric
1) nonfiction
2) nonprofit
3) Nonresident
4) nonsense
5) non-nuclear
6) nonviolent
7) Non-racist
8) nonexistent
9) non-verbal
10) nonproductive
1) proud that you've been chosen for the national basketball team
2) very angry that no one agreed with her opinion on the matter
3) convinced that her brother was still alive
4) most upset that so few people attended the exhibition of paintings
5) anxious that she might be ill with / suffering from cancer
6) not surprised that he broke his promise again
7) felt so relieved that her son's injuries were only slight
8) disappointed that you couldn't come to the dinner party
1) It suddenly struck me that I hadn't seen Peter all day.
2) It suddenly struck me that we ought to make a new plan for increasing production.
3) It struck me that nobody was in favor of the changes in our holiday plan.
4) From what you've said, it strikes me that you would be better off working for someone else.
5) At this point, it suddenly struck Sam that he was wasting his time.
1) appears rather unfriendly
2) appeared to be talking to himself
3) It appears to me that
4) appeared confident of victory
5) it appears that Alice is now living in the South of France / Alice appears to be now living in the South of France
1) dedicated
2) mystery
3) construct
4) get to the root of
5) grasp
6) dimensions
7) parallel
8) moving around
9) ignorance
10) barrier
1) after
2) Although
3) and
4) But
5) life
6) smartness
7) conquer/overcome
8) as
9) showing
10) unable
11) heart
12) over
13) enjoying
14) named/called
15) changed
16) for
17) not
18) among
19) for
20) theory
21) like
22) the
23) with
24) did
Dictation(听写)
When Marie was young her family struggled financially. In order to help cover the costs of her university training, she spent three years in a village teaching the children of a sugar factory owner. For another two years Marie went on working as a private teacher. Shortly before she turned 24, Marie calculated she had saved up just enough money for university studies in Paris. In autumn 1891 a young woman traveled economy-class all the way to Paris. Marie was not as well prepared as her fellow students. Nevertheless, through hard work she completed master's degree in physics and math in only three years. A few years later, Marie began looking for a research topic that would earn her a doctorate in science. No woman in the world had yet completed that degree. In 1903 Marie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and in 1911 the first person to win a second Nobel prize.
翻译
几年前我父母把我带到美国时，那里的一切对我来说都十分陌生。进入一所美国中学后不久，我就感到极其孤独寂寞，因为我英语能力（competence）的欠缺造成了我与新同学之间的隔阂。父母亲弄清楚我为什么情绪那么低落后，他们鼓励我提高自己的英语水平，鼓励我通过广泛阅读丰富自己的词汇。此后我花了许多时间阅读英语书籍与杂志。好的推理作品总会使我着迷，但最吸引我的是关于杰出的科学家的故事。我记得阿伯特·爱因斯坦给我留下了很深的印象，他的思想深刻地改变了人类关于空间、时间、物质和能量的基本概念。亚里士多德（Aristotle）写了四百本左右关于各种学科的著作，这真使我大为惊异。斯蒂芬·霍金身体伤残而且不能说话，但他对科学却作出了杰出贡献。这真是奇迹啊！伟大的科学家的光辉业绩促使我下决心把一生献给科学事业。
When my parents took me to America several years ago, everything there felt very alien to me. Soon after I attended an American high school, I felt desperately lonely because my lack of competence in English formed a barrier separating my new schoolmates and myself. When my parents found out why I was in such low spirits, they encouraged me to improve myself in English and enrich my vocabulary by reading extensively. From then on I spent many hours reading English books and magazines. I was always intrigued by good mysteries, but what fascinated me most was stories of outstanding scientists. I remember I was greatly impressed by Albert Einstein whose ideas profoundly changed mankind's basic concepts of space, time, matter and energy. And I found it amazing that Aristotle had written about 400 books on a variety of subjects. Stephen Hawking is physically disabled and unable to speak; nevertheless, he has made a notable contribution to science. What a miracle! Brilliant deeds of the great scientists led / prompted me to make up my mind to dedicate my life to the pursuit of science.
Unit9翻译
几年前我父母把我带到美国时，那里的一切对我来说都十分陌生。进入一所美国中学后不久，我就感到极其孤独寂寞，因为我英语能力（competence）的欠缺造成了我与新同学之间的隔阂。父母亲弄清楚我为什么情绪那么低落后，他们鼓励我提高自己的英语水平，鼓励我通过广泛阅读丰富自己的词汇。此后我花了许多时间阅读英语书籍与杂志。好的推理作品总会使我着迷，但最吸引我的是关于杰出的科学家的故事。我记得阿伯特·爱因斯坦给我留下了很深的印象，他的思想深刻地改变了人类关于空间、时间、物质和能量的基本概念。亚里士多德（Aristotle）写了四百本左右关于各种学科的著作，这真使我大为惊异。斯蒂芬·霍金身体伤残而且不能说话，但他对科学却作出了杰出贡献。这真是奇迹啊！伟大的科学家的光辉业绩促使我下决心把一生献给科学事业。
When my parents took me to America several years ago, everything there felt very alien to me. Soon after I attended an American high school, I felt desperately lonely because my lack of competence in English formed a barrier separating my new schoolmates and myself. When my parents found out why I was in such low spirits, they encouraged me to improve myself in English and enrich my vocabulary by reading extensively. From then on I spent many hours reading English books and magazines. I was always intrigued by good mysteries, but what fascinated me most was stories of outstanding scientists. I remember I was greatly impressed by Albert Einstein whose ideas profoundly changed mankind's basic concepts of space, time, matter and energy. And I found it amazing that Aristotle had written about 400 books on a variety of subjects. Stephen Hawking is physically disabled and unable to speak; nevertheless, he has made a notable contribution to science. What a miracle! Brilliant deeds of the great scientists led / prompted me to make up my mind to dedicate my life to the pursuit of science.
