【学习笔记】
【重点词汇】
referred to，被提及
例句：
He never referred to his sisters in his letters.
他在信里从未提到过他的姊妹。
embarrassing，使人尴尬的;令人为难的
例句：
The spokesman parried cleverly an embarrassing question.
发言人巧妙地回避了一个令人难堪的提问。
meditate，考虑;计划;沉思
例句：
You have to talk to yourself; you must meditate on what you want to have.
你必须不断反省，你必须沉思那些你想拥有的一切。
ambitious，野心勃勃的;有雄心的;热望的;炫耀的
例句：
You have before you an ambitious and important agenda.
大家面临一个宏大和重要的议程。
abundant，丰富的;充裕的;盛产
例句：
Resources of oil and gas not to mention renewable energy forms, notably hydro-electric and wind power are abundant.
这里的油气资源更不用说可再生能源，尤其是水电和风电极其丰富。
Refusing to，拒绝
例句：
But his work has been controversial, with some composers and orchestrasrefusing to play her work.
但他的工作一直是有争议的，一些作曲家和管弦乐队拒绝演奏他的作品。
【重点句型】
In fact，事实上，实际上
例句：
She carries her age very well. She looks 50 but in fact she's more than 60 .
她不显老，她看上去像50岁，其实已经60多了。
fail to，失败，未能做到
例句：
Many people fail to do this and wonder why they cannot concentrate.
很多人做不到这一点，并想知道为什么他们不能全神贯注。
it’s difficult for，难
例句：
It's difficult for a chainsmoker to lay aside the habit of smoking.
让烟不离口的人戒烟很难。
gives rise to，引起，导致
例句：
This gives rise to the need for more formal planning, which in turn drives the needfor estimation.
这带动了对更规范的计划制定的需求，这也依次导致了对预算的需求。
are eager to，盼望、渴望做什么
例句：
My hosts are eager to help me answer that question in the negative by pointing out how pleasant life in the factory can be.
东道主们通过极力证明这里的工厂生活如何舒适，热切的帮助我对自己的上述问题予以了否定的回答。
suffer in，遭受
例句：
We thrive in the presence of nature and suffer in its absence.
有了大自然，我们就兴盛，没有大自然，我们就受苦。
Generally speaking，一般而言
例句：
Generally speaking, more than one third of personal incomes in China will bebanked, far higher than the 5% in America.
一般来说，中国人将收入的三分之一以上存进银行，远远超出美国人5%的比例。
