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2021-2022學(xué)年第一學(xué)期

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Unit1:Education

Bachelor'sDegree:HasItLostItsEdgeandValue?

SpecificTask組長：16文lj志龍

Wordpretest:2陳怡竹

Text:1陳思思2陳怡竹3程宏16劉志龍

ReadingSkill:5杜雪娟

VbcabularyBuilding:4單春穎6馮曉霞

一、WordPretest(02陳怡竹)

1、Thisarchitect'sdesignsshowaloveofsimplicity,whichisverymuchhis

hallmark.

A.typicalfeature典型的特征

B.specialability特殊的能力；專項(xiàng)能力

C.officialseal官方的封條；公章

beverymuch一直的，一貫以來的

這個建筑師的設(shè)計(jì)表明了一種簡單樸素的偏愛，這是他的典型特征

Answer:A

hallmark□ILImlZl□!<]★★★

(1)n.特點(diǎn)，特征(afeatureorqualitythatistypicalofsb/sth)

Policesaidtheexplosionboreallthehallmarksofaterroristattack.

警方稱這次爆炸具有恐怖分子襲擊的所有特征。

(2)n.金銀純度印記(打在金、銀、伯制品.上，表示純度、生產(chǎn)日期及產(chǎn)地)amark

putongold,silverandplatinumobjectsthatshows

(3)v.打上金銀純度標(biāo)記toputahallmarkonmetalgoods

2.Withsuperiorproductiontechniquestheywereabletogaintheedgeinthe

competition.

A.bordern.國境，邊界；鑲邊，包邊；狹長花壇，花帶

B.bladen.刀片，刀刃；(草，小麥等的)葉片；(船或飛機(jī)螺旋槳的)

槳葉；(溜冰鞋的)冰刀;花花公子，時髦男士；僉IJ；肩胛骨，肩胛；舌身

?.advantagen.有利條件，優(yōu)勢；優(yōu)點(diǎn)；利益；(局末平分后)占先，優(yōu)勢分

他們憑借先進(jìn)的生產(chǎn)技術(shù)在競爭中取得了優(yōu)勢。

Answer:C

edge[edD]l^r★★

(1)n.[C]邊;邊緣;邊線;邊沿

(theoutsidelimitofanobject,asurfaceoranarea;thepartfurthestfromthecentre.)

Hestoodontheedgeofthecliff.

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他站在懸崖邊上。

(2)n.[C]刀口，刀刃，利刃

(thesharppartofablade,knifeorswordthatisusedforcutting)

Becareful-ithasasharpedge.

小心點(diǎn)，這刀刃很鋒利。

(3)n(尤指災(zāi)難的)邊緣

(thepointatwhichsth,especiallysthbad,maybegintohappen)

Theyhadbroughtthecountrytotheedgeofdisaster.

他們使國家瀕臨災(zāi)難。

(4)n.(微弱的)優(yōu)勢

(aslightadvantageoversb/sth)

Thecompanyneedstoimproveitscompetitiveedge.

公司必須提高它的競爭力。

(5)n.銳利；敏銳;尖銳(astrong,oftenexciting,quality)

Hershownowhasahardpoliticaledgetoit.她現(xiàn)在的表演具有強(qiáng)烈的政治性。

(6)n.尖刻的聲調(diào)；憤怒的語氣(asharptoneofvoice,oftenshowinganger)

Hedidhisbesttoremaincalm,buttherewasadistinctedgetohisvoice.

盡管他竭力保持鎮(zhèn)靜，話音里仍明顯帶有怒氣

(7)n......邊的；有..棱的；有??鋒的(havingthetypeofedgeoredgesmentioned)

alace-edgedhandkerchief有網(wǎng)眼花邊的手絹

(8)v.(使)徐徐移動，漸漸移動(tomoveortomovesthslowlyandcarefullyina

particulardirection)

Sheedgedalittleclosertome.

她慢慢地向我靠近了一些。

(9)給…加邊(?sth(with/insth)toputstharoundtheedgeofsth)

Thehandkerchiefisedgedwithlace.

小這條手絹鑲著網(wǎng)眼花邊。

(10)略微增加(或減少)toincreaseordecreaseslightly

Pricesedgedup2%intheyeartoDecember.

到12月為止的年度價格上漲了2%0

3.TheHongkongandShanghaiBankhastrumpedLloydsbyraisingitsoffer.

A.encouragedv.鼓勵，激勵；鼓動，慫恿；刺激，促進(jìn)

B.defeatedv.擊敗，戰(zhàn)勝；困惑，難??；使失敗，阻撓；反對(動議或提議)

C.boughtv.買，購買；買，購買；夠買，能買；相信，接受；(付出代價)

獲得，贏得；收買，賄賂

香港上海銀行通過提高報(bào)價擊敗了勞埃德銀行。

Answer:B

trump[trDmp]★★★

(1)n.(某些紙牌游戲的一張)王牌，主牌，將牌

(acardthatbelongstothesuit)

Iplayedatrumpandwonthetrick.

我打出一張主牌,贏了那一墩。

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(2)n.(某些紙牌游戲的)王牌花色，主牌花色

What'strumps?

王牌是什么？

(3)v.出王牌贏(牌)；出王牌壓掉(他人的牌)

(?sth(withsth)toplayatrumpcardthatbeatssbelse*scard)

(4)v.贏；勝過；打敗tobeatsththatsbsaysordoesbysayingordoingstheven

better.

4.Therewasastampedetowardsthestagewhenthesingerappeared.

A.tramplev.踩碎，踩傷，踐踏

B.mshv.快速移動，迅速帶走，倉促行事，攻擊

C.panicv.驚慌

當(dāng)歌手出現(xiàn)時，人群向舞臺蜂擁而來。

Answer:B

stampedeIstaemDpiDdl★★★★

(l)n.(人群的)奔逃，蜂擁;(獸群的)驚跑，狂奔(asituationinwhichagroup

ofpeopleorlargeanimalssuchashorsessuddenlystartrunninginthesamedirection,

especiallybecausetheyarefrightenedorexcited)

Astampedebrokeoutwhenthedoorsopened.

門一開，人們蜂擁而出。

(2)n.熱潮;風(fēng)尚;風(fēng)氣(asituationinwhichalotofpeoplearetryingtodoorachieve

thesamethingatthesametime)

Fallinginterestrateshaveledtoastampedetobuyproperty.

不斷下降的利率引發(fā)了一場購房熱。

(3)v.(使)狂奔,涌向(toruninastampede;tomakeanimalsdothis)

aherdofstampedingelephants

一群狂奔的大象一

(4)v.使倉促行事(?sb(intosth/intodoingsth)tomakesbrushintodoing

sthwithoutgivingthemtimetothinkaboutit)

Irefusetobestampededintomakinganyhastydecisions.

我不愿倉促行事，草率作決定。~

5.Certaingrowthfactorsspurstemcellstomorphintospecifickindsofcells,suchas

boneormuscle.

A.growv.長大，成長；成活，生長；發(fā)展，增加；逐漸變得；產(chǎn)生，形成；

栽種，種植；留長，蓄；變長

B.movevt.改變位置；移動；走棋；進(jìn)展；使前進(jìn)；激起；促使；提議；使

(腸)排空；出售vi.移動；調(diào)動；搬家；改變；采取行動；走棋；提議;

出售

n.行動，舉措；移動；改變；遷居；步驟；走棋

C.changev.改變，變化；更換，替換；換乘；兌換，找零；交換，互換

n.變化，變革；找回的錢，零錢；換乘；替代物，替換衣物；全新

體驗(yàn)；轉(zhuǎn)成新月；鐘樂敲打的一種套路

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某些生長因子促使干細(xì)胞轉(zhuǎn)變成特定種類的細(xì)胞，如骨骼或肌肉

Answer:C

morph[mo:f]★★★

（1）v.變形（利用電腦動畫制作使圖像平穩(wěn)變換）tochangesmoothlyfromone

imagetoanotherusingcomputeranimation;tomakeanimagechangeinthisway

（2）v.（使）變化;（使）改變tochange,ormakesb/sthchangeintosthdifferent

6.Thewardevastatedtheeconomyandsaddledthecountrywithahugeforeigndebt.

A.burdenedn.負(fù)擔(dān)，責(zé)任；負(fù)重，負(fù)荷；船的載重量，噸位；（演講、書或

辯論的）主題，主旨v.煩擾，使負(fù)重?fù)?dān)

B.harnessedv.控制并利用；（把動物）拴在一起（或拴到某物上）；給（馬）

套上挽具；連接，串聯(lián)n.（馬的）挽具，馬具；系帶，吊帶；日常工作

C.oppressedv.壓迫，欺壓；使壓抑，使煩惱；（紋章）使（圖記）部分模糊

戰(zhàn)爭破壞了經(jīng)濟(jì)，使國家背上了巨額外債。

Answer:A

saddle[DsaedlJ★★★★

（1）n.馬鞍（aleatherseatforarideronahorse）

Sheswungherselfintothesaddle.

她飛身上馬。

⑵n.（自行車或摩托車的）車座aseatonabicycleormotorcycle

（3）n.（動物的）脊肉apieceofmeatfromthebackofananimal

（4）v.給（馬）備鞍toputasaddleonahorse

7.Beingcaughtathirdtimewillincuraheftyfineof$200.

A.greatinforce偉大的力量

B.stronginbuild在構(gòu)建

CJargeinsize,weight,oramount大的尺寸、重量或數(shù)量大的

第三次被抓將被處以200美元的罰款。

Answer:C

hefty[DheftDl★★★★

（1）adj.（人或物體）大而重的bigandheavy

Herbrotherswerebothheftymenintheirforties.

她的兩個兄弟都是四十多歲，身高體壯。

（2）（adj.（錢的數(shù)額）很大的;超出一般的;可觀的large;largerthanusualorexpected

Theysolditeasilyandmadeahefty剛proft他們毫不費(fèi)力地賣掉了它,得到了一

筆可觀的利潤。

⑶adj用力的;猛烈的usingalotofforce

Hegavethedooraheftykick.他猛踢了一下門。

8.TheheavyweightchampionwillbegivenashotatHolyfield'sworldtile.

A.scoren.n.分?jǐn)?shù)；二十;配樂；刻痕

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vt.獲得；評價；劃線，刻劃；把…記下vi.分；記分；刻痕

B.tryv.試圖，努力；試用，試做，試驗(yàn)；品嘗；考驗(yàn)，磨煉；到（某處）

試試，找一找；試著打開（門、窗等）；審理，審判；用刨子刨平（木頭粗糙面）；

加熱以提?。ㄓ?，脂肪），熬（油）

n.試圖，努力；試用，試驗(yàn)；（橄欖球）持球觸地得分

C.warningn.警告；預(yù)兆；預(yù)告

adj.警告的；引以為戒的

v.警告（warn的ing形式）

這位重量級冠軍將在霍利菲爾德的世錦賽上有機(jī)會一試。

Answer:B

shot[□□!]★★★★

n.發(fā)射；炮彈；射手；鏡頭，嘗試

adj.用盡的；破舊的；雜色的，閃光的

v.射擊（shoot的過去式和過去分詞）

9.Thisshelterofferswomenahavenfromtheirabusivespouses.

A.aplacewhereanimalscanhide動物能躲的地方

B.aplacewhereangelsstay天使停留的地方

C.aplacewherepeoplefeelsafe一個讓人們感到安全的地方

這個庇護(hù)所為婦女提供了躲避虐待的配偶的避難所。

Answer:C

heaven[□hevan|★★★

（l）n.天堂；天國（insomereligions某些宗教）theplacebelievedtobethehomeof

Godwheregoodpeoplegowhentheydie

thekingdomofheaven天國

（2）n.極樂之地，極樂（aplaceorsituationinwhichyouareveryhappy）

Thisisn'texactlymyideaofheaven!

這可不太像我所想象那么美妙！

（3）n.天空

Fourtaitreesstretcheduptotheheavens.四棵大樹參天而立。

（4）避難所.

10.Residentsofthefood-ravagedtownarefaringmuchbetterthanonemighthave

expected.

A.gettingalong和睦相處

B.beingcharged被指控

C.spendingmoney零用錢

這個食物匱乏的小鎮(zhèn)的居民的生活比人們預(yù)期的要好得多。

Answer:A

fare[feo]l*r★★★

（l）n.車費(fèi);船費(fèi);飛機(jī)票價

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themoneythatyoupaytotravelbybus,plane,taxi,etc

Whendotheystartpayingfulfare?

他們什么時候開始買全票？

(2)n.出相車司機(jī)apassengerinataxi

Thetaxiriverpickedupafareatthestation.

出租車司機(jī)在車站接了一名乘客。

(3)n.飯菜foodthatisofferedasameal

Therestaurantprovidesgoodtraditionalfare.

這家餐廳提供傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)味佳饌。

(4)v.成功(或不成功、更好等)?wel,badly,better,etc.tobesuccessful/

unsuccessfulinaparticularsituation

Thepartyfaredverybadlyinthelastelection.

該黨上次競選情況很糟。

11.Thecruxofpackingliesinprotectingthegoodsfrommoisture.

A.climaxn.高潮，頂點(diǎn)；性高潮；(植物群落演替達(dá)到平衡的)頂極(群落)；

層進(jìn)法

V.達(dá)到高潮，達(dá)到頂點(diǎn)；達(dá)到高潮，達(dá)到頂點(diǎn)；達(dá)到性高潮

B.mostimportantpoint最重要的一點(diǎn)

C.complicatedissue復(fù)雜的問題

包裝的關(guān)鍵在于防潮。

Answer:B

curx[krAks]★★★

n.themostimportantordifficultpartofaproblemoran難點(diǎn)，癥結(jié)

Nowwecometothecruxofthematter.

現(xiàn)在我們來談問題的癥結(jié)。

二、Text(01陳思思02陳怡竹03程宏16劉志龍)

Backgroundinformation

1.bachelor'sdegree(title)

2.theAssociationfortheStudyofHigherEducationASHE(line15)

3.IowaStateUniversity(Line16)

4.theAmericanAssociationofCollegesandUniversitiesAAC&U(line21)

5.TheNationalCenterforEducation

Statistics(Line28)

MainContent

6.Spiralingdegreeinflation(line30)

7.OhioUniversity(line31)

8.TheAmericanEnterpriseInstitute(Line32)

9.two-yeardegrees(line37)four-yeardegrees(line

45)

10.GeorgetownUniversity(line53)

11.CenteronEducationandtheWorkforce(line54)

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12.theNationalAssociationofcollegesandemployers

(line65)

MainContent

13.EmoryUniversity(Line75)

14.thePeaceCorps(Line78)

15.AcademicallyAdrift(Line88)

16.SnellingsStaffingServices(line98)

17.NewJersey(Line99)

18.GPAGradepointaverage(Line122)

1.bachelor'sdegree(tittle)

TITTLE

Bachelor'sdegree:Hasitlostitsedgeanditsvalue?

AUTHOR

Lawrence,Lee

PUB.DATE

June2012

Abachelor'sdegreecertificateisacertificategrantedtoprovethatthestudents

professionalknowledgeandtechnologyhavereachedacertainlevelandtherelevant

departmentsgrantandobtaintheprofessionalknowledgeleamingqualifications

recognizedbythenationalsociety.

Bchelor'sdegree

Master'sdegree

Doctor'sdegree學(xué)士學(xué)位：Bachelor'sDegree

碩士學(xué)位：Master'sDegreeLine80

博士學(xué)位：Doctor'sDegree大一:Freshman

大二/高一：Sophomore

大三/高二：Junior

大四/高三：Senior

2.theAssociationfortheStudyofHigherEducation(ASHE)(line15)

Line15

ImmediatepastpresidentoftheAssociationfortheStudyofHigherEducationand

associatedeanandprofessoratIowaStateUniversityinAmes,Lowa.

AUTHOR

JMBraxton

3.IowaStateUniversity(ISU)(linel6)

愛荷華州立大學(xué)

IowaStateUniversityofScienceandTechnology全稱愛荷華州立科學(xué)技術(shù)大學(xué)

ImmediatepastpresidentoftheAssociationfortheStudyofHigherEducationand

associatedeanandprofessoratIowaStateUniversityinAmes,Lowa.

PUB.DATE

1858

CWURUniversityisranked65th.Thissmallnorth-centraluniversityhasalow

profile,butithasaworld-classreputationfordisciplinessuchasbiology,agriculture,

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mechanicsandphysics,aswellasthestrengthofitsdesignISUhaseightschools

offeringmorethan200differentmajorsandcurrentlyhasabout33,000students.The

1,984acresofbeautiful,securecampusisoneofthe25mostbeautifulcampusesin

theUnitedStates.Accordingtothecomprehensiveuniversityrankingspublishedby

USNews,IowaStateUniversityranks155thintheworld,leadinginveterinary

medicineandstatistics,2ndinbioengineeringandagriculturalengineering,13thin

architectureand8thinlandscapearchitecturedesign.Aerospace,civilengineering,

materialengineeringandmanyotherengineeringmajorsarerankedamongthetop30

intheUnitedStates.schooL

4.theAmericanAssociationofCollegesandUniversitiesAAC&U(line21)

Line21

SuggestsCarynMcTigheMusiloftheAmericanAssociationofCollegesand

Universities.

PUB.DATE

1961

AsoneofthesixcoreassociationsofHighereducationintheUnitedStates,the

Associationhasbeendevelopingformorethanhalfacentury.Withitsprofessional

policyanalysis,innovativeeducationalreformandnumerousserviceobjects,the

Associationhasplayedanimportantroleininfluencinggovernmentpolicies,

improvingteachinglevelandcultivatingtalents.

5.TheNationalCenterfbrEducationstatistics(Line28)

Line28

AnumbertheNationalCenterfbrEducation

Statistics(NCES)expectswillgrowtoalmost2millonby2020.

AUTHOR

CSWhite,RWRiley,CKMcguire,GWPhillips

PUB.DATE

1974

TheleadingeducationalstatisticsagencyintheUnitedStates.Foundedin1974.Ifs

partoftheFederalEducationagency.In1979theFederalDepartmentofEducation

wasestablished.AccordingtotheProvisionsoftheGeneralProvisionsofEducation

ActoftheUnitedStates,itsmissionistoMcollect,organizeandcontinuouslyreport

theentireeducationalsituationoftheUnitedStates,detailedstatisticsandotherdata

relatedtotheeducationoftheUnitedStates;Producingandpublishingspecialized

analysesofthesestatistics;Reportonforeigneducationalactivitiesn.

6.Spiralingdegreeinflation(line30)

Line30

SpiralingdegreeinflationiswhatRichardVedder.

Inflationspiralisthatinflationpushesinflationandformsacontinuousspiralofrising

pricelevel(CPI).

7.OhioUniversity(line31)

ProfessorofeconomicsatOhioUniversityandadjunctscholarattheAmerican

EnterpriseInstitute,callsit.

PUB.DATE

io

1870

ItisaleadingpublicresearchuniversitylocatednorthofColumbus,Ohio.Oneofthe

21membersofUniversitas,oneoftheearliestmembersoftheAssociationof

AmericanUniversities(AAU),thetopacademicallianceinNorthAmerica(1916),

andamemberofthetoptenalliances.ItisoneofthetopPublicuniversitiesinthe

GreatLakesregionandisknownasthe“PublicIvy”.Themaincampuscoversanarea

of65km2,whichisoneofthelargestcampusinAmerica.Theprogramcoversalmost

allacademicfields,especiallysociology,politicalscience,economics,astronomy,

journalismandotherdisciplinesareamongthebestintheworld.Itsbusinessschool

wasoneoftheoriginal17foundingmembersoftheAACSBin1916.USNews

rankedit16thamongthenation*spublicuniversities.

Intermsofacademicranking,QSIsranked88thintheworld,TimesHigher

Educationisranked72nd,ARWUisranked79thandUSNewsisranked43rdinthe

worldin2016-2017.Intermsofreputation,itisranked51-60intheworldinthe2016

TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityReputationRankings.

8.TheAmericanEnterpriseInstitute(Line32)

Line32

ProfessorofeconomicsatOhioUniversityandadjunctscholarattheAmerican

EnterpriseInstitute,callsit.

PUB.DATE

1943

TheAmericanEnterpriseInstitute(AEI)isanimportantpolicyresearchinstituteof

Americanconservatives.Itisalsoknownasthe"twomajorthinktanks*1in

WashingtonwiththeBrookingsInstitutionandthe"ConservativeBrookings0.

10.GeorgetownUniversity(line53)

Line53

DirectoroftheGeorgetownUniversityCenteronEducationandtheWorkforce,butnot

anymore.

PUB.DATE

1789

GeorgetownUniversitywasfoundedin1789,isoneoftheoldestuniversitiesinthe

UnitedStates,isthecapitalofWashington,D.C.,thehighestreputation

comprehensiveprivateuniversity,CatholicJesuituniversity,locatedindowntown

Washington.Georgetownuniversityisconsideredoneofthetop25allStar

universitiesintheUnitedStatesandisconsideredthebestCatholicJesuituniversity

intheUnitedStates.U.S.PresidentBillClinton,PhilippinePresidentGloria

MacapagalArroyoandTaiwanesepoliticianJamesSoongareamongGeorgetown

alumni.

11.CenteronEducationandtheWorkforce(line54)

Line54

DirectoroftheGeorgetownUniversityCenteronEducationandtheWorkforce,butnot

anymore.

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E.g.

AnthonyP.Carnevale,Director,theGeorgetownUniversityCenteronEducationand

theWorkforce,fromhisreport,What'sitWorth?TheEconomicValueofCollege.

12.theNationalAssociationofcollegesandemployers

(line65)

Line65

“There'sbeensomeslightshiftingtohiringmoreadvanceddegrees,particularlythe

master^1saysEdwinKoc,directorofstrategicandfoundationresearchattheNational

AssociationofCollegesandEmployers.

TheNationalAssociationofCollegesandEmployers(NACE)isthepreeminent

nationalorganizationfbcusedontheemploymentofthecollegeeducated.Assuch,it

hasasingularresponsibilitytotheprofessionandthepublictoprovidethought

leadershipontherelevantissuesandtrendsaffectingthecollege-educatedworkforce.

Inlightofescalatinghighereducationcostsandperceivedreturnsonthesignificant

investmentoftime,effort,andresourcesexpendedbystudentsandtheirfamilies,

NACErecognizesthecriticallyimportantpublicdiscourseconcerningthevalueand

effectivenessofhighereducationasitrelatestopreparingthenextgenerationwork

force.NACEfurtherrecognizesthegrowingimportanceo{institutionaloutcomes

assessmenteffortsastheyrelatetoimprovinghighereducationperfbrmanceand

achievinginstitutionalandacademicprogramaccreditationstandards.

13.EmoryUniversity(Line75)

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This,inturn,fuelsthefeelingthatGreen,theacceleratedmastefsstudentatEmory

University,has:"Themaster'sseemslikewhatyouhavetohavetogetwhereyouwant

togo.”

PUB.DATE

1836

EmoryUniversity'scampusislocatedintheupperreachesofAtlanta,thecapitalof

GeorgiaandthelargestcityintheUnitedStates.Withthehugecapitaloftheboardof

directorsofCoca-Cola,aninternationalbusinessconglomerate,EmoryUniversityhas

establisheditsstatusasaworld-classacademiccenter.Sixtypercentofthecampus

areaiscoveredwithlushforests,planthavemorethansixhundredkindsoftrees,is

permeatedwiththeMediterraneanamorousfeelingsofItalianstylebuildingclassical

delicate,alladopttheexpensivemarble,notwoidentical,strollwhichletapersonin

thebeautifulsouthernEurope,embodiestheemoryelegantnobletemperament.

ThehighestcomprehensiverankingofEmoryUniversityinhistoryis9thinthe

UnitedStates.Intherecent20years,EmoryUniversityhasbeenrankedamongthe

top20universitiesintheUnitedStates.Amongthem,theundergraduateprogramof

TheSchoolofBusinessisranked3rdintheUnitedStatesbyBusinessWeek,andthe

CollegeofPublicHealthisrankedtop10inTheCountry.Emory*sgraduateschools

ofbusiness,medicine,andlawareallamongthetop20intheUnitedStates.In

addition,Emoryranksamongthetop30inalmostallofitsdisciplines.Emory

universityisranked20thinthe2017USNewsuniversityrankings.

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14.thePeaceCorps(Line78)

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Withfewgoodjobsimmediatelyavailableandcutsinsuchpostgradhavensasthe

PeaceCorps,manyarepostponingtheseexperiencestogettheirmastergsognerrather

thanlater.

PUB.DATE

1961

OneofthegoalsofPeaceCorpsistohelppeopleinothercountriesbetterunderstand

theAmericanpeopleandAmerica'smulticulturalsociety.Toachievethisimportant

goal,PeaceCorpsiscommittedtoensuringthatthevolunteercommunityreflectsthe

outstandingdiversitythatenrichesAmericansocietyincountlessways.PeaceCorps

activelyrecruitspeopleofallbackgroundsandexperiencestomakethemostof

America'smostvaluableresource,theAmericanpeople,inthecommunitiesaround

theworldwherevolunteersserve.

15.AcademicallyAdrift(Line88)

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“ThereisthiscredentialracegoingonJsaysRichardArum,coauthorof

"AcademicallyAdrift,“"wherethereislessattentiontothesubstanceoftheeducation

andmoretothecredentialsthatareusefulassignalsinthelabormarket.

AUTHOR

Arum,Richard

ABSTRACT

Politicians,policymakers,andprivatefbundationshaveunitedinrecentyearsaround

achievingacommongoal:colleg...

KEYWORDS

Socialnetworks/Researchproductivity/Complexorganizations/Peereffects

15.SnellingsStaffingServices(line98)

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“IfnothingelseJsaysMr.McKendry,theCaliforniarecruiter.95"abachelor'sshows

thatsomebodyhasthementalcapabilityandtheinitiativetocompletesomething^^that

lessthan30percentoftheUSpopulationhasachieved.ButMcKendryandhis

counterpartinaSnellings

StaffingServicesinNewJersey,KoleenSingerline,haveindependentlylosttheirfaith

inthebachelor'sasapredictor,inandofitself^ofworkplacesuccess.

E.g.

WorldManagementReviewhopestoestablishabenchmarkenterpriseinthefieldof

humanresourceservicestoimprovethelevelofhumanresourcemanagement.

17.NewJersey(Line99)

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“Ifnothingelse,“saysMr.McKendry,theCaliforniarecruiter.95t4abachelor'sshows

thatsomebodyhasthementalcapabilityandtheinitiativetocompletesomething^^that

lessthan30percentoftheUSpopulationhasachieved.ButMcKendryandhis

counterpartinaSnellings.

TheStateofNewJerseyisthefourthsmallestandmostdenselypopulatedStateinthe

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country.ItsnicknameistheGardenState.EasternChinesealsocallitNSW.New

JerseyisusuallydividedintotheMid-AtlanticregionoftheUnitedStates.Itisalsoan

easternstateandcanalsobedividedintotheNortheastregion.

NewJerseyisborderedbyNewYorkstatetothenorth,theAtlanticOceantotheeast,

Delawaretothesouth,andPennsylvaniatothewest.PartsofNewJerseyaredivided

intomajormetropolitanareas.NewYorkisthelargestmetropolitanarea,alongwith

PhiladelphiaandtheDelawareValleyarea.

18.GPAGradepointaverage(Line122)

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Then,asJackHollister,presidentoftheEmployers^ssociattonservingNorthwest

OhioandSoutheastMichigan,reports,thereareemployerswhoonly“l(fā)oosat

barhelofsfromcertainschoolsandcertainareasofstudyandrequiremhhimisn

GPA.”

Ifsaweightedaverage,commonlyknownasgpa.Thecollegeaverageforeach

semesterisnotsimplythesumofthegradesofeachcoursedividedbythenumberof

courses,becausethecreditsfbreachcoursearedifferent

Structure(02陳怡竹)

Parti.Introduction(Para1-7)

□.Introduction(Para1)

□.Comparison(Para2-7)

Part2.Thebachelor'sdegreebecomesanorm.(Para8-31)

□.Gettingabachelor'sdegreeisanorm.(Para8-12)

□.Thegreatmassfervourtogetahighdegree.(Para13-22)

□.Thedeficiencyoftoday*seducation(Para23-26)

□.Collegegraduatesarestillfaringbetter(Para27-31)

Part3.Educationisstillrespected.(Para32-35)

MainIdea(02陳怡竹)

Part1

paral

Thebachelor'sdegreeislosingitsedge.

para2—7

Thebachelorzsdegreeusedtobevaluablebutnowit'snot.

Part2

para8-12

Gettingabachelor'sdegreeisanonn

para13-22

Thegreatmassfervourtogetahighdegree.

para27—31

Colegegraduatesarestilfaringbetter.

Part3

para32一35

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Educationisstilrespected.

Glossary(03程宏)

1.prestigious(line3)★★★

2.trump(lined)★★

3.prompt(line9)★★★★

4.stampede(line9)★★★★

5.commonplace(line

6.dean(line

7.attendance(line24)★★★★

8.morph(line24法支

9.norm(line24)★★★

lO.spiraling(line30)^^

11.inflation(line30)^^

12.adjunct(line31)★★★

13.hefty(line33"十十十

14.notion(line35次^^

15.bartender(line

16.attendant(line41)★

17.therapist(line59)^^

18.occupation(line

19.filter(line62冰丸十

20.undeniable(line

21.accelerate(line72)★★

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22.turmoil(line72)★★

23.scarce(line73)^^

24.postpone(line

25.ironically(line&())★★

26.underscore(line80)★

1.prestigious(line?)★★★

英[pre'stid3ss]美[pre'sti:d3as]

adj.有威望的;有聲望的;聲譽(yù)高的

[usuallybeforenoun]respectedandadmiredasveryimportantorofveryhigh

quality

OxfordUniversityisoneofthemostprestigiousuniversitiesintheworld.

牛津大學(xué)是世界.上最有聲望的大學(xué)之一。

2.trump(line4)★★

英[trAmp]美[trAmp]

n.王牌；法寶；喇叭

vt.勝過；打出王牌贏

vi.出王牌；吹喇叭

n.(Trump)人名；(英)特朗普

Here'ssomegoodnews:Moneycantrumpage.

這兒有一些好觀點(diǎn)：金錢能勝過年齡。

Iwasluckytohavedrawnatrump.

我很幸運(yùn)抽到了一張王牌。

3.prompt(line9)考頻：★★★★

英[prompt]美[pra:mpt]

v.提示，鼓勵；促進(jìn)；激起；導(dǎo)致；(給演員)提白

adj.敏捷的，迅速的；立刻的，及時的；準(zhǔn)時的；(商品)即期要送的

n.提示，提詞；(電腦屏幕上的)提示符；鼓勵；催促；付款期限

adv.準(zhǔn)時地

Thiswillprompttheorganizationtomakeadjustments.

這將促使組織作出調(diào)整。

I'llpromptherifsheforgetsherlines.

如果她忘了臺詞，我會提醒她的。

4.stampede(line9)★★★★

英[st￡em'pi:d]美[staem'pi:d]

n.驚跑；人群的蜂擁；軍隊(duì)潰敗；熱潮；風(fēng)尚；風(fēng)氣

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vi.蜂擁;逃竄

Vt.使…驚逃；搶占；使倉促行事

Fallinginterestrateshaveledtoastampedetobuyproperty.

不斷下降的利率引發(fā)了一場購房熱

5.commonplace(line14)考頻：★★★

英「kDmonpleis]H['ka:manpleis]

adj.平凡的，普通的，普遍的；平庸的，陳腐的

n.司空見慣的事，常見的東西；老生常談，陳詞濫調(diào)

Thebestideasarisefromapassionateinterestincommonplacethings.

最好的想法來自于對普遍事物的強(qiáng)烈興趣。

6.dean(line15)考頻：★★★

英[di:n]美[di:n]

n.院長；系主任；教務(wù)長；主持牧師

ShewasdeanoftheUniversityofWashington'sGraduateSchool.

她是華盛頓大學(xué)研究生院的院長。

7.attendance(line24)考頻：★★★★

英[a'tendans]美b'tendans]

n.出席人數(shù)；出席，出勤；考勤情況；提供幫助(inattendance)

Thanksforyourattendanceandpatienceforlistening.

感謝您的出席和耐心聆聽。

8.morph(line24)'A,TAT

英美[mo:rf]

n.形素，語素；形態(tài)；圖像變換

v.(使)圖像變形；將(圖像)進(jìn)行合成處理；改變，變化，變形

Intime,theseplayers,too,willmorphintocomputers.

傳統(tǒng)的音樂播放器早晚也會變成電腦。

9.norm(line24)考頻：★★★

英[no:m]美[no:rm]

n.社會準(zhǔn)則，行為規(guī)范；標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，平均水平；常態(tài)，平常事物；模方(物理學(xué)名

詞)

(Dastandardormodelorpatternregardedastypical

(2)astatisticdescribingthelocationofadistribution

Jobhopperswerethenormduringthoseyears.

跳槽在那些年里成為一種標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

10.spiraling(line30)★★

英['spairoliD[^[spairalirj]

adj.盤旋的；成螺旋形的

v.盤旋著上升或下降；成螺旋

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intheshapeofacoil

Spiralingfoodpriceshavealreadytriggeredstampedesatsupermarketsfordiscounted

goods.

螺旋式上漲的食品價格已經(jīng)引發(fā)了超市搶購打折商品的人潮。

11.inflation(line30)考頻：★★

英［m'fleijn］美［in'fleijh］

n.通貨膨脹，通脹率；充氣，膨脹，增大；(宇宙論某些理論)暴漲；夸張，

自命不凡

(Dageneralandprogressiveincreaseinprices

(2)Supposeabriefexponentialexpansionoftheuniverse(fasterthanthespeedof

light)shortlyaftertheBigBang

(3)lackofeleganceasaconsequenceofbeingpompous

(4)theactoffillingsomethingwithair

Payincreasesaretiedtoinflation.

提高工資和通貨膨脹緊密相關(guān)。

12.adjunct(line31)★★★

英［'aed3ADkt］美［'2ed3ADkt］

n.輔助；附屬物；附件；附加語；修飾語?；助手

adj.附屬的；〈北美》(大學(xué)教師職位)臨時的，副的

Anadjunctprofessorishiredtoteachforalimitedtime,usuallyonesemester.

一個兼職教授被聘用來只教有限時間的課程，通常只有一個學(xué)期。

13.hefty(line

英「hefti］美「hefti］

adj.重的；肌肉發(fā)達(dá)的；巨大的

adv.強(qiáng)有力地；非常

n.體格健壯的人

n.(Hefty)人名；(英)赫夫蒂；(法)埃夫蒂

Theysolditeasilyandmadeaheftyprofit.

他們很容易就賣掉了，賺了一大筆錢。

14.notion(lin