第九期外刊筆記10講.doc

第九期外刊視頻課第十講#1. The euro-zone crisis resurfaced amid worries that Spain will be unable to keep its public finances under control and will require a bail-out at some point./ bail 擺脫困境、保釋 / bail-out 經(jīng)濟(jì)上的緊急援助2. Its an insanely great honor to get published in such a prestigious magazine.3. Premier Wen vowed to crack down on housing speculation amid criticisms that soaring home prices put an intolerably heavy burden on average Chinese.4. strain public finances 使公共財(cái)政緊張at strain 努力地 / on the strain 緊張地put/impose a strain on/upon 使緊張、經(jīng)受考驗(yàn)、使極勞累at full strain 竭盡全力，全力以赴without strain 毫不費(fèi)力地，自然地5. To put the 3 million annual startup jobs in context, the US economy today has a labor force in excess of 150 million workers./ put in context of 以。為背景、為前提、為假設(shè)6. Obviously, a policy strategy of preserving the status quo is not, and never has been, reality based.7. University ranking is not, and has never been, a reliable indicator of the performance of individual universities across the nation.8. Last week Apple unveiled iPad, which is an obvious product for the company in the digital age./ obvious 明顯的，顯而易見的，平淡無奇的，顯著的9. Google is accused of abusing its dominance in its general search engine to shift some specific markets in its favor.10. Call these diseconomies of scale if you must, but its patently untrue that existing firms are the source of new jobs in America./ you must = you have to 一定，必須，不。不成/ its patently untrue that 很明顯不是事實(shí)，不是真的11. hi-tech industrial jobs / manufacturing industrial jobs12. What the new and improved industrial planners dont understand is that 13. Clearly, scaling is not a skill America forgot.14. Andy Groves misguided essay wont get him kicked out of the Silicon Valley Hall of Fame.15. Grove / Gates / Jobs / Ellison Oracle 16. Gone are the golden era when college graduates can land a decent job effortlessly/with ease.17. golden era 黃金時代the Golden State = California18. weigh down 使下沉，壓倒，使負(fù)重，在價值、重要性或影響上超過、比。重、加分量/Do you know if a piece of lead will weigh down an equal bulk of iron?19. lip service 口惠而實(shí)不至，只是嘴上說說，刷嘴皮子20. University of California UC 加利福尼亞大學(xué)加州大學(xué)系統(tǒng)【UC Berkeley 伯克利分校、UCLA洛杉磯分校、UCSD 圣地亞哥分?！?1. New findings suggest that genes may play a significant role in determining how successful a person is in life.22. An undetermined number of passengers got killed in this accident. = This accident claimed lives of an unidentified /unknown number of passengers.23. metamorphose 變質(zhì)、變形、使變成（into）24. /predisposition 傾向、意向、偏好、素質(zhì)、天性/ disposition 性格、脾氣、氣質(zhì)、安排、清除、去掉/position 位置、方向、職位、立場、觀點(diǎn)、主張/ genetic predisposition 遺傳素質(zhì)at/in ones disposition 隨某人支配show/have a disposition to do 有。的傾向，露出。的意思25. social animals 社會性動物，群居性動物upbringing 教養(yǎng)、養(yǎng)育、撫育self-control = regulationa sense of belonging 歸屬感a sense of purpose 目標(biāo)感、使命感、目的性26. Researchers said that genetically influenced characteristic traits like self-control, determination, sociability can make the difference between success and failure.27. Taking a positive mental attitude or not may mean the difference between success and failure.28. participants = subjects = volunteers = testees29. The subscriber you called has powered off.The subscriber you dialed is out of service.30. I am subject to you tonight on.31. depend on how they perceive life, themselves and others32. Record labels from overseas may be perceived as potential threats to domestic ones./ record label 唱片公司 / registered trademark 注冊商標(biāo)33. characteristic 典型、特性、特色；典型的，特有，與眾不同的 / characteristics 性格、特質(zhì)、特色/ build socialism with Chinese characteristics/successful characteristics 成功的性格，成功的特質(zhì)34. These traits are important because it affects an individual ability to continue learning and developing, thus increasing their chances for later achievement.35. Ever since the ancient Greeks, people have debated the nature of a good life and the nature of a virtuous life.36. in/by virtue of 因?yàn)椤⒂捎凇{借、依靠。have/with the virtue of 具有。的優(yōu)點(diǎn)virtue and vice 善與惡37. Teachers should impress the children with the virtue of always telling the truth.38. virtue - virtuous - virtuous cycle vice - vicious - vicious cycle39. Bates noted that while psychologists have previously thought that family and environment were largely responsible for an individuals ideas or psychological well-being, the latest findings “highlight a much more powerful influence from genetics.”40. Bates says that a persons sense of purpose is critical in determining future success, and that people wanting to thrive in