时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读II


英语课

 



[00:00.51]7.So Much to Learn


[00:04.43]It was the last day of final examinations in a large Eastern university. 


[00:10.97]On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors huddled 1, discussing the exam due to begin in a few minutes. 


[00:19.46]On their faces was confidence. This was their last exam — then on to commencement and jobs.


[00:28.94]Some talked of jobs they already had; others of jobs they would get. 


[00:33.84]With all this assurance of four years of college, they felt ready and able to conquer the world.


[00:40.26]The approaching exam, they knew, would be a snap. 


[00:43.85]The professor had said they could bring any books or notes they wanted. 


[00:48.10]Requesting only that they did not talk to each other during the test.


[00:53.77]Jubilantly they entered into the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. 


[00:59.86]And smiles broadened as the students noted 2 there were only five essay-type questions.


[01:06.51]Three hours passed. Then the professor began to collect the papers. 


[01:12.06]The students no longer looked confident. 


[01:15.21]On their faces was a frightened expression. 


[01:18.70]No one spoke 3 as, papers in hand, the professor faced the class.


[01:24.58]He surveyed the worried faces before him, then asked: “how many completed all five questions?”


[01:32.64]Not a hand was raised.


[01:35.90]“How many answered four?”


[01:38.63]Still no hands.


[01:42.22]“Three? Two?”


[01:45.60]The students shifted restlessly in their seats.


[01:49.19]“One, then? Certainly somebody finished one.”


[01:53.22]But the class remained silent. The professor put down the papers. “that is exactly what I expected,” he said.


[02:04.54]“I just want to impress upon you that, even though you have completed four years of engineering. 


[02:11.62]There are still many things about the subject you don’t know. 


[02:15.78]These questions you could not answer are relatively 4 common in everyday practice.” 


[02:21.57]Then, smiling, he added: “you will all pass this course, but remember — even though you are now college graduates, your education has just begun.”


[02:33.17]The years have obscured the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.




1 huddled
挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
  • We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。
2 noted
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
3 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
4 relatively
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
学英语单词
adjoined water surface
age discrimination in employment
apostolic college
arithmetical statement
arteria nutriens
article of a treaty
atmospheric pressure carbonyl process
babies'
bedspread
Berangas
bldgs.
Boot Hill
borize
buckytube
CAT (computerized axial X-tomography)
Citron R.
clean risk of liquidation
co-presenting
controller with locking device
Cordia cochinchinensis
crawlingly
crop spraying
ctenidiform
cuntbitch
diaphragm sleeve
Dobersdorfer See
Donation of Constantine
drag parachute
ectocellular enzyme
elbourne
engine turbine
ergo-
fully integrated control system
G3motif
gear honing machines with worm-shaped hone
hair-grass
have ... a close eye on
Hawley
homagy
i/o pending
interlace sequence
intraspinal abscess
investi
karamazov
lay salt on a bird's tail
low tension current
lowbinding
make a visit
make-peace
malen
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
merchandise sliding-scale price
microwave rangefinder
morre
Mycoplasma T strain
neovenatorid
non-humanistic
optimal service levels unknown
owf(on weight of fabric)
parallel alignment
parula warbler
penrose diagramm
photo-chlorination
photonic crystals
Placentaolliformis
poseidons
positive result
pull up on
radiation responsive pickup
rafter
recess grinding
sackheim
santalaceaes
self deprivation
self-regulating control
shooting
sine beat test
sixday
slimly
solder
spa-like
succeed at the first go-off
sugar-house
sweet potato vine
system control
Tequin
Thibetians
three phase power transmission
transformed flow net
trest
turbidity sensor
tuyere action
umbilical veins
under depreciation
unpleasant-smelling
unserviceable
user benefit analysis
uttering
vertex of cone
Volhard method
Window key
wrought-iron pipe