新概念英语四册课堂笔记 Lesson41:The Origin of Things
convinced of: 被说服，相信=believing
states=nations=governments
‘invest’: 投资
institutions of learning 学术机构 institutions of higher learning: 高等教育
‘interest’: 利息
in the form of / in the shape of
enlightened: 有知识的 potential: 潜在=possible
elite: 精英
work out=design 设计
punctuate: 加强
wells: 源泉 wells of wisdom: 知识源泉
What would…(虚拟语气)
benefits: 裨益
without (虚拟语气的成分居多)=but for: 若不是，若没有
if there were not its benefits…
The ideas that come to him so thick and fast, where are they now?
名词+疑问句=感叹句
Women, who can live with them? who can live without them?
that we would have 虚拟
spiritual outlook: 精神面貌/世界
bare foot doctor: 赤脚医生
lay stress on: 强调，重视
‘facts and figures’: 数字和事实 （think, judge, reason）
more on a good memory
woman’s wit 没有任何的解释
applied psychology: 应用心理学
capacity of a man to get along with his fellow citizens (nepotism: 裙带关系) / criterion: 标准
fashioned=designed=tailored
bookless: 没有书本 Homeless / childless / treeless (a treeless mountain) 名词+less 构成反义词
democratic: 民主的 / imaginable: 可以想象的 most+imaginable/possible (后置定语)
The most relax form possible is to go picnicking.
equality: 平等 / same footing: 同起点
inherited by tradition is shared by all (equality)
in this respect / regard / area: 在这一角度而言
equip (with knowledge) for life
ideal 不具有比较最高级
progressive: 进步的
regain: 重新获得
Education can be spread to every man possible.
义务制)
(9 year compulsory educational system: 九年
primitive cultures=in ancient times
cultures: 国家, different cultures: 不同的国家
obligation: 义务
binding: 绑, bound (As one of the social members, you had to take responsibility to receive
education. )
‘illiterate’ 文盲
script=word: 文字
compulsory: 强制的，义务的 attendance: 注册或到校报到=education (compulsory / forced /
binding)
before we deemed it necessary
I went out before it rained. (before: (1)直译，之前 （2）之后 )
share in: 分享其中一份
“happy few”: (Greece, Rome, China: private school)
wilderness: 荒野
be equal to+名词或动名词=be qualified for
none of the hurry （拔苗助长）: to spoil a child by excessive enthusiasm
full development: 全面发展 / growing personality: 正在生长的人性（人格）
there 指 wilderness
ever-present: 无处不在
Mother’s employment prevents her from being Home to greet their children when they return
from school.
jungle: 丛林
know of: 了解，听说=hear of
‘juvenile delinquency’ 少年犯
No necessity of making a living away from Home results in neglect of children,
and no father is confronted with his inability to ‘buy’ an education for his child.
e.g. No man will marry her. (对整句 man will marry her 的否定)
be confronted with=face =confront
