Unit 4 A glimp of the future
人的生命是有限的1.artificial adj 人造的，人工的，人为的，虚假的
拓展： artificially adv 人造地
artificiality n 人造
-fic 做 ： efficient adj 效率高的 office n 办公室
magnificent adj 华丽的 proficient adj 熟练的
fake 伪造的
This food contains no artificial flavourings.这种食品不含人工调味品。
The juice contains no artificial prervatives.这种果汁不含人工防腐剂。
2.assistant n助手，助理 n商店店员，adj 助理的
拓展： assistance n帮助，援助
assist v 帮助，援助
-sist 表示“站立” ： assist v 协助 consist v 组成 insist v 坚持
She made him her assistant.她挑选他做她的助手。
六月 英文She left her assistant in charge.她委托助手来负责。
They rendered assistance to the disaster victims.他们给灾民提供了援助。
Despite his cries, no one came to his assistance.尽管他喊叫，却没有人来帮助他。
Anyone willing to assist can contact this number.凡愿协助者可拨此号码联系。尼基塔4
We are here to protect and assist the weak and infirm.我们来这里保护和帮助病弱者。
I was looking for a backer to assist me in the attempted buyout.我当时正在寻找一位赞助人来帮助我进行这次全面收购。电子字典
3.victim n 受害者
拓展： be the victim of sth. 是某事的受害者
victim of circumstances 环境的牺牲品
fall victim to …. 成为…的牺牲品
by the victim of Internet fraud 网络诈骗的受害者
The victim has not yet been named.受害人的姓名仍未得知。
He was a victim of racial prejudice.他是种族偏见的一个牺牲品。
4. potentially adv 潜在地
拓展： potential adj 潜在的，可能的， n 潜力，可能性，人的潜能
potentially n 潜力，可能性
have the potential to do sth. 有做某事的潜力
The sums of money involved are potentially huge.涉及的金额可能很大。
Clearly this is a potentially dangerous situation.显然这是一种具有潜在危险的局势。
Police administrators credited the organization with helping defu potentially violent situations.警方赞扬该组织帮助缓和潜在的暴力情势。
The company has identified 60 potential customers.该公司已确定了60位潜在的客户。
driversHe has the potential to become a world-class musician.他有潜力成为世界级的音乐家。
5.capacity n 能力，才能，容量，容积，产量，生产力，身份，职位
pharmacy拓展： at full capacity 开足马力
capacity to do sth. 做某事的能力
capacity for … ….的能力
Human beings have an infinite capacity for lf-deception.人类自欺的能力是无穷尽的。
The school is filled to capacity.这所学校已经满员。
Our capacity for giving care, love, and attention is limited.我们给予照顾、爱护和关心的能力是有限的。
Two water tanks provide a total capacity of 400 litres.两个水箱的总容量为400升。
She thinks its capacity is limited.她认为它的容量是有限的。
Delta speeded up its plans to cut capacity even before the tentative tie-up was announced.三角洲甚至在宣布暂定的合并计划前就加紧了其削减生产力的计划。
He argues that workers' productivity has fallen in most industries, making it hard to maintain that the shrinkage of finance has riously sapped Britain's capacity.他认为大多数产业的工人生产率已经下降，而财政紧缩量比严重的削弱了英国的生产力这个说法很难让人信服。
英语学习视频6.illegal adj非法的，违法的
拓展： legal adj 合法的
It is illegal to do sth. 做某事是违法的
illegally adv 违法地
illegality n 违法
Police held 10 suspected illegal immigrants after a swoop on a Mexican truck.警方对一辆墨西哥卡车进行了突袭后扣留了10名非法移民嫌疑人。
Illegal immigrants were given the opportunity to regularize their position.非法移民得到了使其身份合法化的机会。
You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.如果能够的话你希望避免昂贵的法律诉讼。
What I did was perfectly legal.我做的事情完全合法。
7.client n 客户，客人，顾客
拓展： client (银行的) 顾客
customer （商店的）顾客
I have a client with me right now.我现在有个客户。
When her deal is done, the client emerges with her purcha.交易完成后，顾客拿着购买的东西出来了。
Heavy reliance on one client is risky when you are building up a business.创业时过分依赖某一个客户是有风险的。
8.cite v引用，引述，引证，援引，传召，传讯，表扬，嘉奖
拓展： cite sth. as instance 举某物为例
cite sb. for … 因….而嘉奖某人
The third rule is to be ready to cite options and conquences.第三条规则是准备好列举选项和结果。
It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy.对我来说，几乎没有必要列举所有关于人们读写能力的证据，这些证据令人沮丧。
A prime example Schweitzer and his colleagues cite is the 2004 collap of a energy-trading company, where managers ud financial incentives to motivate salesmen to meet specific revenue goals.施韦策和他的同事引用的一个典型例子是2004年一家能源交易公司倒闭的事件，在该公司中，经理们用经济奖励来激励销售人员达到特定的收入目标。
9.asss v 评价，评定，估价
拓展： be assd as …. 被判定为….
asss the impact of …. 评价….的影响
ablasss = make a judgement 评估
The risks can be so complex that banks hire mathematicians to asss them.这类风险可以是如此复杂以至于银行雇佣数学家们去评估它们。
We shall have to explicate its basic assumptions before we can asss its implications.在我们能评估其含义以前，我们得先解释其基本假设。
Officials arrived to asss whether it is safe to bring emergency food supplies into the city.官员们过来评估调拨紧急救济食品进入该市是否安全。
10.tkt bank on 依靠，指望
If the Republicans really want to play hardball, they will attach measures to wreck ObamaCare to budget bills, which they will bank on Mr Obama not daring to veto.如果共和党真的要动真格了，他们将附加措施以破坏obama关心的预算法案，他们将指望奥巴马不敢否决。
Investors can no longer bank on the economy or company earnings as key drivers of financial markets.投资者再也无法指望经济形势或公司收益成为驱动金融市场的主要力量。gtg
11. on the horizon 将要发生
