3.The modern trend in dressing behavior is usually referred to as one of increased informality, but this is misleading. In reality, there is no law of formality, merely the exchange of old formalities for new.

詞匯解析:

Trend 潮流；趨勢

Informality 休閑；非正式

Misleading 誤導的

Laws of formality 正式的法則

參考筆記：

Tren----dres-------inform

▲↓ mislead-

Real: ×law form; √excha—ol--new

點評

翻譯上稍有難度，需要理解最后一句話，即：在現實中并無所謂的正式的法則，而是傳統風格交融后產生新的潮流。

4.Our company has become interested in computer conferencing because we have our various branches all over Europe. Computer conferencing seems an ideal way to share expertise and information within the organization.

詞匯講解：

Computer conferencing 電腦回憶

Branch 分部

Expertise 專業知識

參考筆記：

Comp→電 conferen←bran Eu.

↘idea: expert

Info

點評

除個別詞匯有難度外，并沒有太多難度。本句重在筆記的邏輯性，需要用“箭頭推到”來引出各個成分。這個在我們新東方的課堂上已反復講過，我本人也在考前串講中說。請參考考前的一片博文，極簡的筆記：

http://blog.hjenglish.com/peixiaodong/articles/1539880.html

話題來源于《高口教程第三版》，串講前我也反復要求大家以教程為綱進行復習。

5.They have donated 75 thousand dollars to a charity devoted to improving the lives of street children in the area. The money will be use to educate five thousand slum children over the next five years.

詞匯解析：

Donate 捐獻

Charity 慈善事業/機構

Devoted to…致力于；投身于

Slum children 平民窟的兒童

參考筆記：

$75t--→chari:↗stree 兒

$--→edu: 5000 slum兒 5y

這是一題數字題聽譯，需要考生精神高度集中。話題是慈善事業，為我們課堂上高頻話題。