现代大学英语精读2第一单元单词

1、现代大学英语精读2第一单元单词篇一1、No onegets tobe a human beingunaided.There is not time enough ina single lifetimetoinventfor oneselfeverything one needs to knowin order to beacivilizedhuman.1）unaidedadj.without help from anyone or anything独立的2）inventv.to produce or design sth.that has not existed before发明3）civil

2、izedcated and refined;having an advanced culture文明的；有礼的4）get tobe/do sth.开始（感觉到、认识到、成为）；达到地步或程度5）a single lifetime个体生命时间6）for oneself独立地；为自己7）in order to be为了成为2、Assume,for example,that you want to be aphysicist.You pass the great stone halls of,say,M.I.T.,and there cut into the stone are the names

3、of the scientists.The chances arethatfew if any of you will leave your names to be cut into those stones.1）assumev.to take as a fact;to suppose猜想；假设2）physicistn.a scientist who studies physics物理学家3）the chances are(that)或许；可能3、Yet any of you who managed tostay awake throughpart of a high school cours

4、e in physics,knows more about physics than did many of those great scholars of the past.You know more because they left you what they knew,because you canstart fromwhat the past learned for you.1）stay awake through保持清醒2）start from从开始篇二1、And as thisis true ofthe techniques of mankind,so itis true ofm

5、ankindsspiritualresources.1）spiritualadj.related to your spirit rather than to your body or mind精神的；心灵的2）resourcesn.(pl)possessions in the form of wealth,property,skills,etc.that you have资源3）betrue of对适用；符合于4）mankindsspiritualresources人类的精神财富2、Most of these resources,both technical and spiritual,are

6、stored in books.Books are manspeculiaraccomplishment.When you have read a book,you haveadded toyourhuman experience.1）storev.to keep储存；贮藏；保存2）peculiaradj.belonging only to a particular person;special;odd特有的；特别的；奇怪的；古怪的3）accomplishmentn.the act of finishing pletely and successfully;achievement成就；成绩4）

7、add to增加5）human experience人生阅历3、Read Homer and your mind includes a piece of Homers mind.Through books you canacquireat leastfragmentsofthe mind and experience of Virgil,Dante,Shakespearethe list is endless.1）acquirev.to gain;to get for oneself by ones own work（通过努力、能力、行为表现）获得；得到2）fragmentn.a small piece of sth.碎片；片段4、For a great book is necessarily a gift;it offers youa lifeyou have not the time to live yourself,and it takes you into a world you h