重點(diǎn)講解:
1. follow through
完成;進(jìn)行到底;
eg. I was trained to be an actress but I didn't follow it through.
我接受過演員培訓(xùn),但是我沒有堅(jiān)持下去。
eg. He decided to follow through with his original plan.
他決定把最初的計(jì)劃執(zhí)行到底。
2. get into
獲準(zhǔn)(入學(xué));被錄取;
eg. I was working hard to get into Cambridge.
我為能上劍橋大學(xué)而刻苦學(xué)習(xí)。
eg. I will study hard and try to get into a law school.
我會(huì)努力學(xué)習(xí)爭(zhēng)取上一所法律學(xué)校。
3. commensurate with
(比例)相當(dāng)?shù)模喾Q的;
eg. Employees are paid salaries commensurate with those of teachers.
給員工的薪水與老師拿的薪水相當(dāng)。
eg. Her low salary is not commensurate with her abilities.
她的薪水很低,與她的能力不相稱。
背景資料:
巴納德學(xué)院(Barnard College)是美國的一所私立女子文理學(xué)院,七姐妹學(xué)院之一。創(chuàng)建于1889年,1900年起并入哥倫比亞大學(xué),但仍保有獨(dú)立的董事會(huì)與財(cái)政機(jī)構(gòu),而學(xué)士學(xué)位則由哥倫比亞大學(xué)授予。學(xué)校位于紐約曼哈頓晨邊高地,占地面積約四英畝。校名則是以原哥倫比亞學(xué)院(現(xiàn)哥倫比亞大學(xué))院長(zhǎng)費(fèi)雷德里克·巴納德(Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard)的名字命名的。
名人經(jīng)典:
My own sense of well-being and purpose in the world, that comes from studying the world feelingly, with empathy in my work. It comes from staying alert and alive and involved in the lives of the people that I love and the people in the wilder world who need my help.
生活在這個(gè)世界上,我的幸福感和目標(biāo)來自于富有感情地研究這個(gè)世界,來自于對(duì)工作的熱情與投入,來自于保持敏銳與活潑,與所愛的人保持聯(lián)系,以及接觸更廣闊世界里需要我?guī)椭娜恕?br />