学位英语教学课件知识点重点lectureunit1.ppt

dead-end: 没有机会提升的 a dead-end job没有前途的工作 choke off: prevent sb. from doing sth. or stop sth. happening upward/downward mobility There has been …(among sb.)( that)… There is talk of…: a lot of people are talking about sth. There has been …(among sb.)( that)… There has long been a superstition among mariners that dolphins will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface. There has been a lot of concern among the dwarf population that eugenics will make this group of people gradually disappear from the world. rock bottom hit/be at rock bottom Prices have hit rock bottom. We bought the house when prices were at rock bottom. Morale has hit rock bottom. bottom from the bottom of one’s heart Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Bottoms up! embrace dismantle embrace He embraced my offer to employ him. dismantle: to strip of covering or clothing; to put an end to sth. in a gradual systematic way终止，废除 ladder ladder: a means of ascent and descent:上或下的方式 ascending the social ladder飞黄腾达, 进入社会的上层 move up the economic ladder 经济地位的提升 the ladder of success成功的阶梯 career ladder晋升机制 run out of steam run out of steam: 泄气, 失去势头 The home team began to run out of steam in the last quarter. heated argument/debate/discussion paint a picture Lee’s film paints a bleak picture of life in the inner city. paradox Paradox: 1)contradictory It is a paradox that in such a rich country there should be so many poor people. 2)A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true. ‘More haste, less speed’ is a paradox. “欲速则不达”是似非而是的隽语。 Sentence During the 1990s, relative mobility…slipped by two percentage points, to 62%, according to an analysis … While two points may not sound like much, it’s bad news given how much progress might have been made amid explosive growth. …the notion of America being a highly mobile society isn’t as true as it used to be. for one 作为其中一个, 举例来说 edge have the edge on/over Marcia has the edge over the other students, havin