2010年6月英语四级高频词汇巧记法(23)

　　常用词汇Unit 3词汇部分(3)
　　correspond[krspnd]
　　vi.①~(with)相符合，成一致My actions will correspond with my words.我将言行一致。②~(to)与……相当，相类似American Congress corresponds to the British Parliament.美国的国会相当于英国的议会。③(与人)通信，有书信往来Have you been corresponding with him? 你一直和他通信吗?
　　correspondence[krspndns]
　　n.①信件，函件I’ve fallen behind with my correspondence.我积压了许多信没回。②通信，通信联系kept up a correspondence with him与他保持通信联系③~(with sth./between sth.and sth.)符合，一致，相似a close/not much correspondence between the two accounts 两种叙述接近/不太一致
　　correspondent[krspndnt]
　　n.通讯员，记者foreign correspondent国外通讯记者
　　corresponding[krspnd]
　　a.①相应的，相当的= equivalent：the corresponding period last year 去年同期 ②符合的，一致的
　　真题例句：Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no corresponding increase in wisdom.(1995.1阅读3)
　　译文：大多数人会认同尽管我们的时代在知识上超越了之前所有的时代，然而在智慧上却没有相应的增长这一观点。
　　costly[kstl]
　　a.昂贵的，代价高的costly jewels 贵重的珠宝
　　cough[kf]
　　n.咳，咳嗽The old lady had a bad cough.老太太咳得很厉害。cough(sth.)up勉强说出某话; 不情愿地提供某物
　　counsel[kansl]
　　n.①律师，法律顾问counsel for the defence/prosecution 被告/原告的律师②忠告，劝告follow one’s counsel听取某人的忠告keep one’s own counsel将意见(或计划)保密 vt.劝告，提议His job is to counsel students on how to choose a career.他的工作是辅导学生就业。
　　country[kntr]
　　n.①国家a developing country发展中国家②[the-]全国人民;农村，乡下，乡村She lived her whole life in the country.她在农村度过一生。
　　常用词汇Unit 3精题练习与答案
　　精题练习
　　(一)选词填空，完成下面句子。
　　[A]run [B]recognized [C]determine [D]cooperation[E]expand
　　[F]corporations[G]colleague [H]distrust [I] rapid [J]ever
　　[K]off [L]colleges [M]still [N]confidence[O]definitely
　　In America, as every school student knows, the important raw materials of industry are coal, oil and iron.But, as every businessman knows, the most important raw material of all is the school student who, as a trained college graduate, will1the U.S.industry of the future.Today U.S.industry is faced with a tight shrinkage of such manpower, it needs not only more but better trained college graduates.
　　To help get them 1 , many a businessman believes, that 2 must provide much of the cash needed by the colleges to 3 their facilities and improve their teaching, and work more closely with 4 on business’s needs.As Robert R.Young pointed out at a conference of businessmen and educators, industry and education have a clear mutuality of interest.
　　Businessmen and educators have not always 5 this.While there are a few businessmen who 6 regard college professors as vague-minded and likely to be radicals, and a few educator who still look on businessmen as merely money grabbers, the mutual 7 has generally disappeared into the mutual need.The 8 expanding U.S.economy has made college graduates more important than 9 to industry. In turn, universities must depend increasingly on corporations for contributions, since high taxes have all but cut 10 the flow of the big individual contributions that build the private school.
　　(二)汉译英练习。
　　1. (迎面遇到两个坏蛋)as they left their camp.
　　2.He said that (约翰完全愿意承担后果).
　　3. (我们愿意考虑你的病情)when marking your exams.
　　4. (你不应该签合同直到)you have studied its provisions carefully.
　　5.They promise that they will (尽快地把事件的详情寄给你们).
　　参考答案
　　(一)1.[A] 2.[F] 3.[E] 4.[L]5.[B]
　　6.[M] 7.[H] 8.[I] 9.[J] 10.[K]
　　(二)来源：和谐英语学习网
　　1.The soldiers were confronted by two bad guys
　　2.John was quite willing to accept the consequences
　　3.We will take your recent illness into consideration
　　4.You shouldn’t enter into/make a contract until
　　5.send the details of the event to you as soon as possible