詞匯提煉:
1. professor:教授
2. favorite:喜愛的,流行的
3. die:渴望,期望
4. knock:敲,打
5. seek:追求,追尋
6. awaken:喚起,叫醒
7. spirit:心靈,精神,靈魂
8. dedicate:致力于,獻出
9. knowledge:知識,學問
10. follow:跟隨
11. declare:宣布
12. academic:學院的,學校的
重點單詞精講:
備注:做精講的單詞意思與本段臺詞意思相同
1.favorite
Exp. liked more than others of the same kind
Eg. It's one of my favourite movies.
這是我最喜歡的電影之一。
Eg. Who is your favourite writer?
你最喜歡的作家是誰?
2.die
Usage: be dying for sth/to do sth
Exp. have a strong desire for sth 極想;渴望
Eg. I'm dying for something to eat.
我極想吃點東西。
Eg. She's dying to know where you've been.
她極想知道你到哪兒去了。
3.seek
Usage:~ (after/for sth)
Exp. look (for sth); try to find or obtain (sth) 尋找; 找到或得到(某事物)
Eg. We sought long and hard but found no answer.
我們費力多時也未找到答案。
Eg. Those are young graduates seeking after success in life.
這些就是探索人生成功之途的年輕畢業生。
4.awaken
Exp. cause (sth) to become active 使(某事物)活動, 活躍; 引起; 激起
Eg. Her story awakened our interest.
她說的事引起了我們的興趣。
Eg. The dream awakened terrible memories.
這個夢使我想起了可怕的回憶。
Idiom:awaken (sb) to sth
Exp. to become aware or to make sb aware of sth and its possible effects or results
使某人意識到某事; 喚醒某人警惕某事
Eg. We awaken society to the dangers of drugs.
我們要喚醒社會警惕毒品的危害。
Eg. I gradually awakened to the realization that our marriage was over.
我逐漸地意識到我們的婚姻結束了。
6.dedicate
Usage:~ oneself/sth to sth
Exp. give or devote (oneself, time, effort, etc) to(a noble cause or purpose)
將(自己﹑ 時間﹑ 精力等)奉獻給(崇高的事業或目的)
Eg. She dedicated her life to helping the poor.
她畢生致力于幫助窮人。
Eg. She dedicates oneself to one's work.
她獻身于自己的工作。
7.declare
Exp. formally announce (sth); make known clearly 正式宣布(某事);表明
Eg. They then declared to us all what had been decided.
他們然后對我們全體宣布所作出的決定。
Eg. They declared him to be the winner.
他們宣布他為得勝者。
Eg. I declare the meeting closed.
我宣布會議結束。