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Lesson 37-38 Do you want to be a millionaire?

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1 perpetuate 保持,使永存 eg. Schood tends to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.学校往往会助长男孩比女孩体育强这一错误观念的延续

2 in general 通常

3 may as well不妨,也好 eg. I needn’t wait,I may as well tell you now.我不必等了,不妨现在就告诉你。

4 save up储存起来  resort to 采取,求助于,诉诸于

  eg. Don’t resort to cheap copies,save up for the real thing.别买廉价的仿冒品,攒点钱买正品吧。

5 start-up 启动的,起始阶段的  much more更加adv

6 set-aside 留出,放弃 eg. 130 million pounds would be set aside for repairs to schools.将划拨1.3 亿英镑用于学校的修缮。

eg. He urged them to set aside minor differences for the sake of peace.他敦促他们为了和平抛开一些小的分歧

7 payment 付款,报酬n eg. I gave ten pounds in payment for the goods I bought.我买那些东西付了10英镑。

               报答n eg. We’d like you to accept this picture in payment for your kindness.我们奉上此画聊表谢意。

8 squirrel away 储藏 eg. She says the kid’s been squirreling money away like there’s no tomorrow.她说这孩子一直在拼命存钱。

9 in a short while不久,一会以后

10 narrow 狭窄的adj 限制,缩小v 狭路n  opinion poll民意调查 eg. Most recent opinion polls suggest that the gap between the two main parties has narrowed.最新的民意测验显示这两大主要政党之间的差距已经缩小了。

11 see fit 看着办,认为合适 eg.But the child did not see fit to let the matter drop.但那孩子仍不肯就此罢休

12 leave over 剩下,拖延 eg. No food has been left over after the meal.饭后没有剩下食物。 eg.He though the matter might be left over for the present.他认为目前这事也许被暂时搁置。

13 bond 建立密切关系v 密切关系n  约束n 债券n

   eg. Freed from the bonds of convention and the fear of what others may think,the mind responds with new solutions.从传统的束缚中解脱出来,不再担心别人会有什么看法,顿时感到柳暗花明

   eg. Most of it will be financed by government bonds.大部分资金将通过发行政府债券来筹措。

14 self-made 靠自己奋斗成功的 eg. He is a self-made man.他白手起家。

15 apart from 除此之外

16 if anything 如果有的话,总之 eg. If anything,Sloan’s uneasiness deepened.如果说有什么不一样的话,那就是斯隆变得越来越不安了。

17 utopia乌托邦  in return反过来,作为报答 take pride感到骄傲

18 put aside搁置,储备 for the time being目前 monk修道士,和尚

19 get by 设法,勉强应付 eg.Melville managed to get by on a small amount of money.梅尔维尔仅靠一点点钱勉强度日。

20 less often更少