VOA常速英语:Harvard's First Woman President Settles into Role

短语讲解：

1. But when Harvard named Drew Gilpin Faust as its first woman president, the world took note.

take note重视；注意
例句：Take note what color the traffic signal is.
注意交通号志是什么颜色。

2. “The response to my appointment from young girls and women all over the world, from the parents of young girls, was so moving,” she says.

all over the world 全世界
例句：The Chinese silk is known all over the world.
中国丝绸驰名天下。

3. That, she says, made her recognize "that being the first woman president of Harvard has a lot of significance and that it is meaningful, and I ought not to forget that.”

ought to应当,应该
例句：You ought to eat more.
你得多吃些。

4. While Faust serves as a role model for young girls today, she had no one to look to as she was growing up.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中, 这位将军曾当过士兵。

5. She never dreamed of a life in academia, let alone becoming president of an Ivy League university.

dream of梦见
例句：He dreamed of being in the United States last night.
昨夜他梦见自己在美国。

6. It’s a man’s world, sweetie, and the sooner you figure it out the happier you will be.

figure out计算出; 解决;想出
例句：I have figured out how much during the week I spent.
我算出了这个星期花了多少钱。

7. But Faust was able to take advantage of the growing wave of new opportunities for women in the 1960s.

take advantage of利用
例句：You should take advantage of this chance.
你应该好好利用这个机会。

8. She lived on Lee Jackson Highway, named for two Civil War generals who fought for the south, in an area where many battles had been fought between the Union and Confederate armies.

be named for以…命名
例句：The college is named for George Washington.
学院以乔治．华盛顿的名字命名。

9. Since becoming president of Harvard, Faust has made it a priority to ensure that the cost of an education at the elite private university does not prohibit talented applicants from attending.

prohibit from禁止
例句：The law prohibits tobacconists from selling cigarettes to young men.
法律禁止烟贩向年轻人出售香烟。

10. It is, Faust says, a lesson for Americans to keep in mind.

keep in mind记住
例句：I'll keep your advice in mind.
我要把你的劝告记在心里。