Unit 7 Letter to a B Student
Vocabulary
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1. esnce: inner nature; indispensable quality; the most important part 本质，实质，精髓
. His works reflect the esnce of fascism. 他的作品反映出法西斯的本质。
2.婚庆礼仪 deadly sins: sins leading to damnation (In Christianity the phra specifically refers to “the ven sins风险评估的方法>网红”: pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth )
3. misleading: making you think or act wrongly 误导，误入歧途
.修改wifi名称 He deliberately misled us about the nature of their relationship. 关于他们究竟是什么关系，他故意给我们留下错误印象。
This ntence has misled us into thinking that the answer was wrong. 这句话误使我们认为那个答案是错误的。
4. conventional task: task traditionally required of students 传统任务
. This conventional task is so easy that even a pupil can finish it. 这个传统任务是如此简单，甚至小学生都能完成。
5. in short supply: far from enough 供给不足，缺乏
. The water and food for disaster area is in short supply. 这些水和食物给灾区是远远不够的。Potatoes are in short supply becau of the bad harvest. 由于收成不好，现在马铃薯供应不足。
II
1. define
2. irrelevant
3. correspond to
4. flunked
5. rather
6. makes a point of
7. apt to
8. go round
III Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. His vision was nearly restored to normal after the removal (remove) of the tumor in his brain.
2. The major issue of the conference was how to cope with the vere conquences resulting from the climatic (climate) changes on our planet.
3. This company is in trouble and the latest plan for its salvation (salvage) has few supporters.
4. It is said in the job ad that tho who apply for the vacancy should have proficiency (proficient) in at least two languages.
5. Don’t rely on the information she gave you第三势力 — it’s pure assumption (assume) on her part.
6. The age of college students normally (norm) ranges from 18 to 22.
7. The government’s inaction to curb inflation and unemployment caud strong rentment (rent) among the public.
8. The Sichuan earthquake turned out to be the most disastrous (disaster) one the country has witnesd in the past one hundred years.
1. remove v. 消除，除去；脱掉
removable 孤独近义词a. 可除去的，可移动的
removal n. 移动，移居；除去
徐才厚级别
. 我们的家已从北京迁到上海。
Our home has removed from Beijing to Shanghai.
他脱下帽子表示敬意。
He removed his hat as a sign of reverence.
2. climate n. 气候；风气
climatic a. 气候上的
. 她很快就适应了这种多变的气候。
She adapted herlf quickly to the changeable climate.
3. salvage v. 打捞，抢救
salvageable a. 可抢救的，可打捞的
salvation n. 得救，拯救；赎罪
. 房子里没有什么东西可救的了。
There is nothing that is salvageable in the building.
天气干旱了这么久，这场雨成了农民的救星。
After so much dry weather, the rain has been the farmer’s salvation.
4. proficient a. 熟练的，精通的
proficiency n. 熟练，精通
. 我可以说对唱歌很在行。
I’d say I am quite proficient at singing.
5. assume v. 假定，设想；承担；认为
assuming conj. 假定，假如
assumption n. 假定，设想
. 我以为你能讲流利的英语。
I assumed you could speak English fluently.
假定那是真的，我们现在该怎么办？
Assuming that it is true, what should we do now?
6. norm n. 标准，规范
normal a. 正常的，正规的
normality n. 常态
normalize v. 使正常，使标准化
. 过了几天，洪水才退，生活恢复了正常。
It was veral days before the floodwater sank and life returned to normal.
我们的关系正常了。
Our relationship has been normalized.
7. rent v. 憎恨，生气
rentment n. 怨恨，愤恨
rentful a. 不满的
rentfulness n. 怨恨，愤恨
. 我非常讨厌别人侵占我的时间。.
I bitterly rent the encroachment on my time.
他对所受的待遇感到忿恨。
He is rentful at the way he has been treated.
8. disaster n. 灾难
disastrous a. 灾难性的
. 这场灾难过后，许多人既没有食物又没有住处。
After the disaster there were many who wanted food and shelter.
国家的经济形势非常糟糕。
The economic condition of the country is disastrous.
IV
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V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each ntence in the n it is ud.
1. The esnce of success is that there’s never enough of it to go round in a zero-sum game where one person’s winning must be offt做肉丸子怎么做 by another’s losing …
Synonym: balanced, compensated
2. The level of your proficiency has been determined by your performance of rather conventional tasks …
Antonym: unconventional
3. But they are important: crucially so, becau they are always in short supply.
Antonym: abundant, plentiful
4. If you value the characteristics in yourlf, you will be valued — and far more so than tho who identities are measured only by little marks on a piece of paper.
Synonym: evaluated, assd
5. There were a lot of us then: older than the norm, in a hurry to get our degrees and move on …
Synonym: average
6. It is important to recognize that human beings, despite differences in class and educational labeling, are fundamentally hewn from the same material and knit together by common bonds of fear and joy …
