Unit 6
Vocabulary in Action (For Reference Only--Ning)
Task 1
1. Slavery was abolished in the United States in the 19th century.
在19世纪，美国废除了奴隶制。
A. appreciated欣赏，感激
B. replaced取代
C. ended
D. interrupted中断
2. I’ll never be unfaithful again. I give you my solemn(庄严的，郑重的) word.
我不会再背叛(出轨)了，我向你发誓。
A. rious
B. true
C. revengeful报复性的
D. responsive响应的
3. Do they obrve(观察，庆祝) Christmas Day in that country?
那个国家的人过圣诞节吗？
A. follow
B. notice
C. celebrate
D. commemorate纪念
4. Nothing will stop them in their quest for truth.
没有什么可以阻止他们对真理的探索。
采访提纲的模板A. arch
B. request
C. exploration探测，探讨
D. protection
5. Management has given a pledge(保证，许诺，誓言) that there will be no job loss this year.
管理层承诺今年将不会裁员。
A. warming
B. prediction
C. retrospective回顾的；可追溯的
D. promi
6. The monuments are a vital part of the cultural heritage of South America.
这些纪念碑是美国南部文化遗产的重要组成部分。
A. tradition
B. event
C. inheritance继承，遗产
D. motivation动机；激励
7. Signing this form commits(犯罪；保证；承诺) you to buying the goods.
你签此表格后就一定要买这批货。
A. conden压缩；精简；使凝结怦然心动影评
B. obligates强制；使负义务
C. reverts恢复；归还
D. monopolizes垄断；独占
8. The Social Democrats are now in alliance(同盟；联姻) with the Greens.
社会民主党现在与绿党结成联盟。
A. arrangement安排；预约；改编
B. interaction互动；相互作用
C. resignation辞职
D. union
9. The hot sunny days were tempered(n.脾气/v.调和) by a light breeze.
轻拂的微风让晴天不再那么炎热。
A. softened减轻；使缓和
B. irritated刺激；使发怒
C. intensified增强
D. lesned减少
10. The room was converted from a kitchen to a lavatory.
这房间由厨房改成了盥guan洗室。
A. induced引起；诱导
B. derived派生；推导；从…提取
C. changed
D. submerged淹没
11. He was found guilty of subversion(颠覆；瓦解) and imprisoned.
他被判颠覆罪并关入监狱。
A. treachery背叛
B. sabotage蓄意破坏
C. scheme策划；计划
D. commitment承诺；献身
中国说唱歌手12. We are determined to eradicate(消除) racism from our sport.
我们决心要杜绝体育竞技活动中的种族歧视现象。
动物游戏A. get rid of清除；摆脱
B. put away收起；放弃；整理
C. take over接管
D. keep off远离
Task 2
1. Water is not an effective shield (水不是有效的遮挡物) against the sun's more harmful rays.
土命带玉还是金
水不是阻挡太阳更有害射线的有效遮挡物。
2. Within minutes, the car was engulfed in flames (被火焰吞没).
几分钟不到，汽车就被火焰吞没了。
3. We must respect the rights of sovereign nations (主权国家的权利) to conduct their own affairs.
我们必须尊重主权国家独立处理本国事务的权利。
4. The company has completely outpaced its rivals in the market (在市场上胜过他的竞争者).
该公司在市场上已经完胜它的竞争者了。
5. There’s no need to belabor the point (没有必要唠叨这点)—you don’t need to keep reminding me.
没有必要唠叨这点—你不用一直提醒我。
6. She invoked veral eminent scholars (她恳求几位有名的学者) to back up her argument.
和我
她恳求几位有名的学者来支持她的观点。
7. Helicopters carried 300 women and children from two embattled villages. (从两个被围困的村庄).
从两个被围困的村庄中，直升机运送了300名妇女和儿童。
8. According to the witness’s testimony (根据证人证词所示), you were prent when the crime was committed. 根据证人证词所示，案发时你在犯罪现场。
9. In spite of our best endeavors (虽然我们尽了最大努力), it has proven impossible to contact her.
虽然我们尽了最大努力，但是已经不可能联系上她了。
10. After many trials and tribulations (经过了许多考验和磨难之后), we finally reached our destination.
经过了许多考验和磨难之后，我们终于到达了目的地。
不二法门造句
Task 3(Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address奥巴马就职演说词)
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and fal promis, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to t aside childish thin
gs. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choo our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, pasd on from generation to generation: the God-given promi that all are equal, all are free, and all derve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or ttling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for tho who prefer leisure over work, or ek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
今天，我们宣布要为无谓的摩擦、不实的承诺和指责画上句号，我们要打破牵制美国政治发展的若干陈旧教条。
美国仍是一个年轻的国家，借用《圣经》的话说，放弃幼稚的时代已经到来了。重拾坚韧精神的时代已经到来，我们要为历史做出更好的选择，我们要秉承历史赋予的宝贵权利，秉承那种代代相传的高贵理念：上帝赋予我们每个人以平等和自由，以及每个人尽全力去追求幸福的机会。
在重申我们国家伟大之处的同时，我们深知伟大从来不是上天赐予的，伟大需要努力赢得。(我们的民
族一路走来)，这旅途之中从未有过捷径或者妥协，这旅途也不适合胆怯之人、或者爱安逸胜过爱工作之人、或者单单追求名利之人。这条路是勇于承担风险者之路，是实干家、创造者之路。这其中有一些人名留青史，但是更多的人却在默默无闻地工作着。正是这些人带领我们走过了漫长崎岖的旅行，带领我们走向富强和自由。
附录：The Full version of Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address.(CHS&Eng)
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.
I thank President Bush for his rvice to (APPLAUSE)... as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.
The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At the moments, America has carried on not simply becau of the skill or vision of tho in high office, but becau
We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a conquence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.
Homes have been lost, jobs shed, business shuttered. Our health care is too costly, our schools fail too many, and each day brings further evidence that the ways we u energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
The are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable, but no less profound, is a sapping of confidence across our land; a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, that the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real, they are rious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this America: They will be met.
(APPLAUSE)
On this day, we gather becau we have chon hope over fear, unity of purpo over conflict and discord.
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and fal promis, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to t aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choo our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, pasd on from generation to generation: the God-given promi that all are equal, all are free, and all derve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
(APPLAUSE)
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or ttling for less.
It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for tho who prefer leisure over work, or ek only the
pleasures of riches and fame.
Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worldly posssions and traveled across oceans in arch of a new life. For us, they toiled in sweatshops and ttled the West, endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
For us, they fought and died in places Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.
Time and again the men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers练字作品
are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and s
ervices no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely pasd.
Starting today, we must pick ourlves up, dust ourlves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
(APPLAUSE)
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done.
The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth.
We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.
We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to rai health care'(APPLAUSE)... and lower its costs.
We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.
All this we can do. All this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what this country has already done, what freemen and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpo and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long, no longer apply.
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.
Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end.
And tho of us who manage the public's knowledge will be held to account, to spend wily, reform
bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, becau only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched.
But this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control. The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.
The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of charity, but becau it is the surest route to our common good.
(APPLAUSE)
As for our common defen, we reject as fal the choice between our safety and our ideals.
Our founding fathers faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations.
Tho ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.
And so, to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who eks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once more.
(APPLAUSE)
Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with the sturdy alliances and enduring convictions.
They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we plea. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent u. Our curity emanates from the justness of our cau; the force of our example; the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
We are the keepers of this legacy, guided by the principles once more, we can meet tho new threats that demand even greater effort, even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We'll begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people and forge a hard- earned peace in Afghanistan.
With old friends and former foes, we'll work tirelessly to lesn the nuclear threat and roll back the specter of a warming planet.
We will not apologize for our way of life nor will we waver in its defen.
And for tho who ek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that, "Our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken. You cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you."
(APPLAUSE)
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.
And becau we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and gregation and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itlf; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we ek a new way forward, bad on mutual interest and mutual respect.
To tho leaders around the globe who ek to sow conflict or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
(APPLAUSE) To tho who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of disnt, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
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To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.
And to tho nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders, nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude tho brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off derts and distant mountains. They have something
to tell us, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages.
We honor them not only becau they are guardians of our liberty, but becau they embody the spirit of rvice: a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themlves.
And yet, at this moment, a moment that will define a generation, it is precily this spirit that must inhabit us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies.
It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the lflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than e a friend lo their job which es us through our darkest hours.
It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
Our challenges may be new, the instruments with which we meet them may be new, but tho values upon which our success depends, honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- the things are old.
The things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.
What is demanded then is a return to the truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourlves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather ize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character than giving our all to a difficult task.
This is the price and the promi of citizenship.
This is the source of our confidence: the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed, why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall. And why a man who father less than 60 years ago might not have been rved at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
(APPLAUSE)
So let us mark this day in remembrance of who we are and how far we have traveled.
In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by nine campfires on the shores of an icy river.
The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood.
At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered the words be read to the people:
"Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."
America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember the timeless words; with hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come; let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refud to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.
Thank you. God bless you.
(APPLAUSE)
And God bless the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
中文：奥巴马就职演说词
同胞们：今天，我站在这里，谦卑地接受摆在我们面前的重任。感谢你们寄托给我的信任。感谢我们的祖先为我们的今天所做出的牺牲。我要感谢布什总统，感谢他对我们的国家所做出的贡献，也感谢他在交接过程中所展示出来的慷慨大方和合作精神。
现在，已经有44名美国人进行过总统宣誓。
这些宣誓词存在于平和昌盛时期，也存在于风起云涌的动荡时期。这些时刻，美国都坚持下来了，不是因为那些身居要职的人所表现出来的技巧和形象，而是因为人民对先人理想的坚信，对立国纲领的信守。
过去如此。我们这一代的美国人也必将如此。
目前，我们正陷入危机当中。我们的国家处于战争状态，与仇恨和暴力抗争。一部分人的贪婪和不负责任，以及我们在抉择和准备民族新纪元时的集体失误，致使国家经济身陷囹圄。人们流离失所，公司大幅裁员，商店接连倒闭。卫生保健耗资惊人，学校教育败绩频频，每天都有更多的证据证明我们应用能源的方式实际上是在损己利人。
