Unit 1
TEXT B
一、单词解释
1、obligate [英]['ɒblɪgeɪt] [美][ˈɑblɪˌɡet]
vt.使(在法律或道义上)负有责任或义务; 对…施以恩惠
adj.有义务的,必要的
2、dawn [dC:n]
n.黎明,拂晓
vi.破晓, 开始现生
3、steer 英 [stɪə(r)] 美 [stɪr]
vi.驾驶; 操纵,控制; 引导
n.阉公牛,肉用公牛;
4、ultimately [英] [ˈʌltɪmətli] [美] [ˈʌltəmɪtli]
adv.最后; 最终; 根本; 基本上
例句:Whatever the scientists ultimately conclude, all of their data will immediately be disputed
不管科学家们最后得出什么样的结论，他们的全部数据将会立即引起争议
5、self-induced 英 式 [selfin'dju:sd] 美式 [selfin'dju:sd]
adj.自感应的
6、faculty [英] [ˈfakəlti]
[美] [ˈfækəlti]
n.全体教职工;天赋; 系; 特许证
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7、dean [英] [diːn] [美] [din]
n.教长, 主任教师; 教务长, 系主任, 院长, 医学院院长
8、perceive [英] [pəˈsiːv]
[美] [pərˈsiv]
v.察觉；认识到; 理解; 把…看作
9、tension [英] [ˈtɛnʃən]
[美] [ˈtɛnʃən]
n.拉紧; 紧张
v.使拉紧; 使紧张
二、难句分析
☞1.For those lucky few who can get financial help from their parents, money may not be a tough problem, but they will suffer from the pressure that comes from their parents.
【翻译】对于那些能够从父母那里得到经济帮助的少数幸运儿来说，金钱也许不是一个难题，但是他们将承受来自父母的压力
【分析】who在句中作关系代词引导定语从句，suffer为谓语采用一般将来时
☞2.They are caught in one of the oldest webs of love and duty and guilt.
【翻译】他们被困在一个最古老的爱、责任和罪恶的网中。
【分析】caught是catch的过去分词，意为扑捉
☞3.loans that he must start to repay within one year after graduation.
【翻译】他必须在毕业后一年内还清的贷款。
【分析】运用短语must to，after 在那之后
☞4.They go of to their labs as if they were going to the dentist.
【翻译】他们去看他们的实验室，就好像他们要去看牙医一样。
【分析】as if如果，引导方式状语从句。
☞5.It saddens me because I know them in other corners of their life'as cheerful people.
【翻译】我很伤心，因为我知道他们在生活的其他角落是快乐的人。
【分析】saddens 为谓语，采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。because 为连词，引导原因状语从句。
☞6. It's not easy persuade such loving parents that the humanities do indeed pay off.
【翻译】要说服这些有爱心的父母相信人文学科确实有回报是不容易的。
【分析】这里的IT不是形式主语，而是代替前面这个人所做的事情；这种句型是一种倒装
☞7.Another part tells them that the expectations that are right for their parents the not right for them.
【翻译】另一部分告诉他们，对父母来说是正确的期望，不适合他们。
【分析】tell sb that+从句，宾语从句，that可以省略，引导宾语
☞8.Just like economic pressure, peer pressure and self-induced pressure are also closely interviewined , and they begin almost at the beginning of freshman year.
【翻译】就像经济压力一样，同龄人的压力和自我引起的压力也是密切关注的，而且这些压力几乎在大一开始的时候就开始了。
【分析】at the beginning of，这是个介词短语，是“在……开始”的意思，后面接名词或者名词短语。almost 为副词 应放在be、助动词、情态动词后,实意动词前.
☞9.I had freshman student I'll call Linda," one dean told me,"who come in and said she was under terrible pressure because her roommate , Bardara, was much brighter and studied all the time .I couldn't tell her that Bardara had come in two hours earlier to say the same thing about Linda."
【翻译】一位院长对我说：“我有一年级的学生我会打电话给琳达，”一位院长告诉我，“她进来说她压力很大，因为她的室友巴尔达拉（Bardara）非常聪明，而且一直学习。”我不能告诉她巴尔达拉早在两个小时前来就说了同样的话。“
【分析】who用作疑问代词时,意思是“谁”,一般只用来指人,在句中用作宾语或主语。all the time可以用很多时态，关键是看用于何时，如用一般现在时，现在完成进行时，过去完成进行时等
☞10. When every student thinks every other student is working harder and doing better , the only solution is to study harder still.
【翻译】当每个学生都认为其他的学生都在努力学习，做得更好时，唯一的解决办法就是更加努力。
【分析】when可用作从属连词,引导状语从句,表示时间时作“当…时,在…的时候"
☞11."Once you have twenty or thirty percent of the student population deliberately overexerting," one dean points out, "it's bad for everybody.
【翻译】一位院长指出：“一旦你有20%或30%的学生故意过度使用，这对每个人都是有害的。
【分析】point out意为“指出,使注意”,后面可接名词,也可接从句作宾语.
☞12.They must be jolted into believing in themselves as unique men and women who have the power to shape their own future.
【翻译】他们必须相信自己是有能力塑造自己未来的独一无二的男人和女人。
【结构】must be 1.表推测的用法，有“一定”的意思；2.表示必须的意思。
三、思维导图
四、文章总结
Today four kinds of pressure working on college students:economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-induced pressure. These pressures are closely intertwined which make students are trapped and torn. It's severe for students. Every college students all can't avoid them.However, there are some ways can help them to out of stuck.Such as the guidance of people around, professors, parents, and friends.But ultimately only by themselves can they break the circles.In other words, they must believe in themselves as unique men or women, instead of comparing with others. To become a person who have the power to shape their own future.