英語四級美文聽力篇一：8星火英語四級美文聽力第8篇Challenges of School

Challenges of School

problem to any youngster. Or

how about the challenge of

remembering to raise one’s hand before one speaks?

The prize for having all homework done, a shiny-new pencil topper! These small wonders keep small people in line.

of trouble, or writing that research paper —these are the new confrontations of an

They know that their efforts have to bring them something really useful, so mom

make life’s challenges seem interesting, especially where school comes in.

The slothful are rewarded with a nice job at a gas station, a pregnant girlfriend, and a

challenges of

school, sticking it out, and pulling through, they are given their

obstacle['?bst?

kl]n. 障礙，干擾；妨害物

1. A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness.

得到幸福的一大障礙是對幸福的期望太高�！�——方汀奈爾。

2. Is First Language Acquisition an Obstacle to Second Language Learning?

第一語言習得是第二語言學習的障礙嗎？

elementary

[,eli'ment?ri]adj. 基本的；初級的；元素的

1. A command specifying an elementary machine operation to be performed within a basic machine cycle.

規(guī)定在一個基本機器周期中執(zhí)行某種基本機器操作的一種命令。

2. Conservation laws, being based on the most elementary and intuitive ideas, are the most profound statements of natural law.

守恒定律都是基于最基本的和直覺的概念，所以都是自然定律的最深刻的陳述。

govern ['ɡ?v?n]vt. 管理；支配；統(tǒng)治；控制vi. 居支配地位；進行統(tǒng)治

1. Don't be governed by what other people say.

不要受他人意見的影響。

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2. A man, who can govern a woman cangovern a nation.

能夠治理好女人的男人能夠治理好一個國家。

control，direct，govern，manage，rule，supervise，administer

這些動詞均有“管理、支配”之意。

control含義廣泛的常用詞，指對人或物施以約束或控制的力量。

direct側(cè)重行使領(lǐng)導或指導權(quán)。

govern側(cè)重指運用任何控制的權(quán)力來統(tǒng)治或管理一個國家、一個社會或一個部門，暗含能力和知識的運用。

manage強調(diào)對具體事務機構(gòu)進行管理，有時含受權(quán)管理或處理之意。

rule強調(diào)用絕對或獨裁的權(quán)力來管理或統(tǒng)治。

supervise側(cè)重指運用本身的或被授予的權(quán)力來管理、檢查工作，含監(jiān)督意味。

administer指官方的或正式的對事務的管理。

recess [ri'ses, 'ri:ses]n. 休息；休會；凹處vt. 使凹進；把…放在隱蔽處vi. 休息；休假

1. to recess

a wall

在墻壁上建造一個凹入部分 2. But recess was the best.

但休息才是最好的。

break，rest，pause，interval，recess，cease，stop這些名詞均含有“中止，停止，休息”之意。 break非正式用詞，指突然的或短時間的中止，如工作或活動期間接短暫休息。

rest指統(tǒng)稱的休息。

pause指短暫的中斷或停止，含再進行下去的意味。

interval指一出戲在幕與幕之間，音樂會上下串場之間或演出中預先安排的休息；也可泛指事件之間的一段時間。

recess正式用詞，指業(yè)務活動或工作中短暫的或長時間的休息。

cease正式用詞，側(cè)重逐漸結(jié)呸某活動或狀態(tài)，含永遠結(jié)束的意味。

stop普通用詞，指迅速或突然中止某行為、活動或狀態(tài)。

established [i'st?bli?t]adj. 確定的；已制定的，已建立的

1. The school board would prefer to adhere to established norms.

既定的規(guī)范。

2. The models established in our paper have some reference value for management

decision of supply chain administrator.

參考價值。

diligent ['dilid??nt]adj. 勤勉的；用功的，費盡心血的

1. He was a diligent

student, school texts for each one can recite.

他是一個勤奮的學生，學過的每一篇課文都能背誦。

2. If I had been more diligent at school and university I could he been a doctor or a lawyer.如果我在學校和大學的時候多努力一些，我可能已經(jīng)是一名醫(yī)生或者律師了。 本文中建立的模型對于供應鏈管理者的經(jīng)營決策有一定的學校董事會寧愿選擇堅持

acceptance [?k'sept?ns]n. 接受；接納；承兌；贊同

1. His nod betokened acceptance

.他“點頭”表示接受。

這意味著可以從幾個接受中選擇。 2. It can mean several acceptance

to choose from.

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英語四級美文聽力篇二：2星火英語四級美文聽力第2篇The English Character

The English Character

To other Europeans, the best known quality of the British,and in particular of the English, is “reserved”.A reserved person is one who does not talk very much to strangers,does not show much emotion, and seldom gets excited.It is difficult to get to know a reserved person:he never tells you anything about himself,and you may work with him for years without ever knowing where he lives,how many children he has, and what his interests are.English people tend to be like that.Closelyrelated to English reserve is

English modesty.Within their hearts, the English are perhaps no less conceited than anybody else,but in their relations with others they value at least a show of modesty.Self－praise is felt to be impolite.If a person is, let us say,very good at tennis and someone asks him if he is a good player,he will seldom reply “Yes,”because people will think him

conceited.He will probably give an answer like,“I’m not bad,” or “I think I’m very good,” or “Well, I’m very keen on tennis.”Even if he had managed to reach the finals in last year’s local championships,he would say it in such a way as to suggest that it was only due to a piece of good luck.Since reserve and modesty are part of his own nature,the typical English tends to expect them in others.He secretly looks down on more excitable nations,and likes to think of himself as more reliable than they are.He doesn’t trust big promises and open shows of feelings,especially if they are expressed in flowery language.He doesn’t trust self－praise of any kind.This applies not only to what other people may tell him about themselves orally,but to the letters they may write to him.To those who are fond of flowery expressions,the Englishman may appear uncomfortably cold. quality ['kw?l?ti]n. 質(zhì)量，品質(zhì)；特性；才能 1. I think our product is high quality .我想我們的產(chǎn)品是高質(zhì)量的。

2. If you have unlimited fortune and time, how would you better your lifequality.假如你有無限的財富和時間，你會如何改善你的生活品質(zhì)？

quality，feature，characteristic，peculiarity，trait，attribute，character 這些名詞均有“特性、特點、品質(zhì)”之意。

quality最普通用詞，既可指有形或無形的特性，又可指個性或共性的特征。 feature指事物突出引人注目的特點。多用來說明人的容貌特征或地理特征。 characteristic指某人或某物天生有別于他人或他物的內(nèi)部特質(zhì)或外表特征。 peculiarity指人或事物獨具的或奇怪的特點，常帶感情色彩。

trait多指人的性格、心情的特征，尤指先天秉賦的持久的行為模式或性格特征。 attribute通常指人主觀賦予某事物的屬性，可指典型事物。 character多指一類人或事物所具有的獨特的典型的特征。

particular [p?'tikjul?]adj. 特別的；詳細的；獨有的；挑剔的n. 詳細說明；個別項目 1. Do you have any particular style in mind?你們有沒有想要什麼特定的式樣？

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2. I like meat in general, and mutton inparticular

.

我總的來說喜歡吃肉，特別愛吃羊肉。

reserved [ri'z?:vd]adj. 保留的，預訂的；緘默的，冷淡的；包租的v. 保留（reserve的過去分詞）

1. All Copyrights Reserved by the Original

Authors.

本欄目版權(quán)歸原創(chuàng)作者所有。

2. The reservoir in the reserved preserve is an obstacle to the obstinate observer.

預留保護區(qū)內(nèi)的水庫對固執(zhí)的觀察者是一個障礙。 tend [tend]vi. 趨向，傾向；照料，照顧vt. 照料，照管

1. He tend

ed a drug store for his father.他替父親看著一家藥店。

2. People tend to visit this site from

work.

人們趨于從工作訪問這個地點。

modesty ['m?disti]n. 謙遜；質(zhì)樸；穩(wěn)重 1. There is false modesty, but there is no false pride.

可能有虛偽的謙虛，但決沒有虛偽的驕傲。 2. Though modesty be a virtue , yet

bashfulness is a vice .

盡管謙虛是一種美德，但害羞就成了缺點。 conceited [k?n'si:tid]adj. 自負的；狂想的；逞能的

1. If a person is , let us say, very good at tennis and someone asks him if he is a good player, he will seldom reply "Yes", because people will think him conceited.

比如說，有一個人網(wǎng)球打的很好，要是有人問他是不是個好手，他不大會回答說“是”，因為這樣一來，別人就會認為他很自負。

keen [ki:n]adj. 敏銳的，敏捷的；渴望的；強烈的；熱心的；銳利的n. 痛哭，挽歌 1. Difficulties keened their contradictions.

困難使他們之間的矛盾更加尖銳化了。 2. A good lawyer needs a keen

brain.一位好律師需要敏銳的頭腦。

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typical ['tipik?l]adj. 典型的；特有的；象征性的

1. The typical answer is, "Technology" and "Product.

最典型的回答是：技術(shù)和產(chǎn)品。

2. This is a typical setup for a long running server.

這是一個長期運行的服務器的典型設(shè)置。 excitable[ik'sait?bl]adj. 易激動的；易興奮的；易怒的

1. I am not a excitable person, but I am

excited in this exciting new.我也感到激動。

2. "Are you ready(來自:www.91mayou.com 蒲公英文摘:英語四級美文聽力) to win your first game of pre-season, " asked one excitablereporter.激動的記者問道。

reliable [ri'lai?bl]adj. 可靠的；可信賴的n. 可靠的人

1. Own a lot of reliable customers in these markets.

在市場上已經(jīng)擁有一群忠誠的客戶。 2. It provides a flexible

and reliablehardware platform for software design.

為軟件設(shè)計提供了一個靈活可靠的硬件平臺。 expressed [ik'spres]vt. 表達；快遞adj. 明確的；迅速的；專門的n. 快車，快遞，專使；捷運公司

1. Ideas can be expressed accurately and

effectively, using simple sentences.用簡單的句子可以準確有力地表達思想。 2. The set of statements, expressed in data definition language, that completely

describe the structure of a data base.整地描述了數(shù)據(jù)庫地結(jié)構(gòu)。

一組以數(shù)據(jù)定義語言來表達地語句集，該語句集完

“你準備好贏下你季前賽的首場比賽了嗎？”一個

我不是易激動的人，但對于這個振奮人心的新聞，

英語四級美文聽力篇三：6星火英語四級美文聽力第6篇Come as You Are

Come as You Are

Come as you are; do not loiter over your toilet.

ribbons be not fastened, do not mind.

Come as you are; do not loiter over your toilet. Come, with quick steps over the grass. If the red come from your feet because of the dew,if the rings of bells upon

steps over the grass.Do you see the clouds wrapping the sky? Flocks of cranes fly

Do you see the clouds wrapping the sky? Come as you are; do not loiter over your toilet. Let your work be. Listen, the guest has come. Do you hear, he is gently shaking the chain which fastens the door? See that your anklets make no loud noise, and that your step is not over-hurried at meeting him.

Let your work be, the guest has come in the evening. It is the full moon on a night of April; shadows are pale in the court yard; the sky overhead is bright. Draw

Have no word with him if you are shy; stand aside by the door when you meet him.

not let your bracelets jingle when, lamp in hand, you lead him in. Have you not finished your work yet? Listen, the guest has come.

braided['breidid]adj. 編辮子的；有飾帶鑲綴的

1. Lady handbag of yellow, handle and brim show with

braided hand body, let vanity have vernal flavor.

黃色的女士手提包，手柄和邊緣以編織的手法體現(xiàn)，讓手袋擁有了春天的氣息。

2. Their methods include the use of strips of ion-exchanging plastic,braided with polystyrene to toughen them up.

他們的方法包括使用離子交換樹脂，這些樹脂以堅固的聚苯乙烯材料制成。

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slacken ['sl?k?n]vi. 松勁，懈怠；變松弛；變緩慢vt. 使緩慢；使松弛

1. Nothing could make us slacken

off.

什么也不能讓我們松勁。

2. Love is don't slacken

your grip.

愛，就是不要放松緊握著的手。

cattle ['k?tl]n. [總稱]牛；牲畜（罵人的話）；家畜；無價值的人

1. These cattle are from Holland.

這些牛是從荷蘭來的。

2. Cattle give milk and meat; sheep give meat.

牛群供給奶和肉；綿羊提供羊肉。

animal，beast，creature，brute，cattle

這些名詞均含“動物”之意。

animal普通用詞，指區(qū)別于植物和礦物而言的動物的總稱。

beast指有別于爬行動物、昆蟲等的較大的四腳獸類或牛、馬等牲畜。

creature通常指生物或動物，與非生動相對。指人時，則含憐憫或輕蔑的意味。

brute特指野獸。用于人時，突出其野蠻或殘忍。

cattle指大牲畜，尤其指牛。

veil [veil]n. 面紗；面罩；遮蔽物；托詞vt. 遮蔽；掩飾；以面紗遮掩；用帷幕分隔vi. 蒙上面紗；[攝]出現(xiàn)輕度灰霧

1. She veil

ed her face when she went out into the street.

她上街時用面紗蒙著臉。

2. The bride wore a long white dress and a white head covering called a veil.

新娘穿了一件長長的白色禮服，戴了一個叫做面紗的白色頭蓋。

silence['sail?ns]n. 沉默；寂靜；緘默；不談；無聲狀態(tài)vt. 使沉默；使安靜；壓制；消除噪音int. 安靜！；別作聲！

1. Do not underestimate the power ofsilence.

千萬不要低估沉默者的力量。

2. We must observe silence

in the classroom .

我們在教室里必須保持肅靜。

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