西安交大英语演讲作业.ppt

了解中国的崛起演讲者:马丁·雅克
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bear in mind 铭记;牢记
We must bear in mind these lessons paid for with blood. 我们要记住这些血的教训。
bear on 1.(用力)挤压
2. 涉及,与……有关
How does this matter bear on that problem? 此事与那个问题有何关系?
bear out 证明;证实
Unhappily the facts do not wholly bear out the theory. 令人遗憾的是,这些事实并不能完全证明该理论。
Illusion [ɪˈluʒən] 错觉;幻想;错误观念
原文:This is an
The sun appears to go round the Earth,but it’s an illusion. 太阳看起来好像围绕着地球转,但这只是个错觉
make sense of 搞清…的意思
原文:How do we make sense of China ?
in a sense 就某种意义来说
talk sense 说话有理
Why don’t you talk sense! 你怎么不讲理呢?
by-and-large 总的来说=in general=as a group=in summary=on the whole
By and large , these people are peace-loving ,law-abiding citizens.
大体上,这些人都是热爱和平、遵纪守法的公民
pluralistic [ˌplʊərə'lɪstɪk] ; 多元论的,多元化的; =diversified
Pluralistic societies require religions to coexist in proximity.
多元化的社会要求诸种宗教的共同存在。
China needs a robust and diverse energy industry. 中国需要一个强劲而又多元化的能源产业。
prosaic [prəˈzeɪɪk] ; 乏味的; 如实的; 
原文: …… is maybe more prosaic.
……可能更通俗易懂一些
It is worth asking a prosaic question.
有必要问一个平常的问题。
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