精選托福閱讀詞匯筆記(三)-智課教育旗下智課教育

1、 智 課 網(wǎng) 托 福 備 考 資 料 精選托福閱讀詞匯筆記(三-智課教育旗下智課教育本文和大家分享的是精選托福閱讀詞匯筆記系列的內(nèi)容,供考生參考使用,希望考生能夠認(rèn)真?zhèn)淇?預(yù)?？忌軌蚩汲龊贸煽?jī)。說(shuō)起托福備考,很多人第一反應(yīng)就是背詞匯,作為語(yǔ)言最基礎(chǔ)的單位,詞匯自然是我們必須攻克的難題。但是獨(dú)立的詞匯記憶,效果肯定不會(huì)很好,所以智課教育托福小編精選了托福閱讀詞匯筆記系列,讓大家記憶詞匯的同時(shí)也能夠復(fù)習(xí)托福閱讀 , 一舉兩得,豈不樂(lè)哉。今天帶來(lái)的是筆記三,大家一起在閱讀中熟悉并記憶這些詞匯吧。Before the 1850's the United States had a number

2、 of small colleges ,most of them dating from colonial days .They were small ,church-connected institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students .Throughout Europe ,institutions of higher learning had developed ,bearing the ancient name of university .In Germany a

3、different kind of university had developed . The German university was concerned primarily with creating and spreading knowledge, not morals. Between mid-century and the end of the 1800's, more than nine thousand young Americans, dissatisfied with their training at home ,went to Germany for adva

4、nced study. Some of them returned to become presidents of venerable colleges - Harvard ,Yale , Columbia - and transform them into modem universities .The new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty. Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not

5、because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for disciplining students. The new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on, and this called for a faculty composed of teacher-scholars. Drilling and learning by rote were replaced by the German method of

6、 lecturing , in which the professor's own research was presented in class . Graduate training leading to the Ph.D, an ancient German degree signifying the highest level of advanced scholarly attainment ,was introduced .With the establishment of the seminar system, graduate students learned to qu

7、estion ,analyze, and conduct their own research .At the same time ,the new university greatly expanded in size and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old , constricted curriculum of mathematics ,classics ,rhetoric ,and music . The president of Harvard pioneered the elective system ,by

8、which students were able to choose their own courses of study .The notion of major fields of study emerged .The new goal was to make the university relevant to the real pursuits of the world. Paying close heed to the practical needs of society ,the new universities trained men and women to work at i

9、ts tasks, with engineering students being the most characteristic of the new regime . Students were also trained as economists,architects ,agriculturalists ,social welfare workers ,and teachers.date : n. 日期,約會(huì),棗椰子;vt. 約會(huì),定日期;vi. 注明日期,過(guò)時(shí);n. DOS命令:顯示或設(shè)置系統(tǒng)日期colonial : a. 殖民的,殖民地的connect : vt. vi. 連接,聯(lián)合

10、,關(guān)連primary : n. 最主要者,原色;a. 主要的,初期的,根本的,首要的,基本的concern : n. 關(guān)心,憂慮;vt. 與.有關(guān),使擔(dān)心,掛慮moral : n. 道德,品行,寓意;a. 道德的,品性端正的,良心的bearing : n. 舉止,軸承,忍受,方向,意義,關(guān)系,生育ancient : a. 遠(yuǎn)古的,舊的develop : vt. 發(fā)展,發(fā)達(dá),進(jìn)步,洗印,顯影;vi. 發(fā)展,生長(zhǎng)primarily : ad. 主要地,首先地,基本地spreading : 撒布dissatisfy : vt. 使感覺(jué)不滿,不滿足advanced : a. 高等的,在前的,年老的,先

11、進(jìn)的venerable : a. 莊嚴(yán)的,值得尊敬的Harvard : 美國(guó)哈佛大學(xué)Yale : n. 耶魯 Columbia : n. 哥倫比亞transform : vt. 轉(zhuǎn)換,改變,改造,使.變形;vi. 改變,轉(zhuǎn)化,變換tie : n. 帶子,線,鞋帶,不分勝負(fù),關(guān)系,領(lǐng)帶,領(lǐng)結(jié),平局,束縛;vt.系,打結(jié),扎,約束,與.成平局;vi. 結(jié)合,打結(jié),不分勝負(fù)faculty : n. 才能,能力,全體教員,(大學(xué)的系hire : n. 租金,租用,雇用;vt. 雇請(qǐng),出租;vi. 受雇proper : a. 適當(dāng)?shù)?高尚的,專(zhuān)屬的;ad. 完全地,徹底地discipline : n.

12、訓(xùn)練,紀(jì)律;vt. 訓(xùn)練,懲罰principle : n. 原則,原理,主義compose : vt. 組成,寫(xiě)作,作曲,使平靜,編寫(xiě);vi. 創(chuàng)作,排字scholar : n. 學(xué)者,公費(fèi)生,有文化者,學(xué)習(xí)者drilling : n. 演練rote : n. 機(jī)械性的背誦,反復(fù),死記硬背lecture : n. 演講,譴責(zé),教訓(xùn);vt. 演講,訓(xùn)誡,說(shuō)教;vi. 講演present : n. 禮物,現(xiàn)在,瞄準(zhǔn);a.現(xiàn)在的,出席的,當(dāng)面的;vt.介紹,引見(jiàn),贈(zèng)送,上演,提出,呈現(xiàn);vi. 舉槍瞄準(zhǔn)signify : vt. 象征,預(yù)示;vi. 要緊,重要attainment : n. 達(dá)到se

13、minar : n. 研究會(huì),討論發(fā)表會(huì)analyze : vt. 分析,分解conduct : n. 行為,舉動(dòng),指導(dǎo);vt.引導(dǎo),指揮,實(shí)施;vi.引導(dǎo),傳導(dǎo),指揮expand : vt. 使膨脹,詳述,擴(kuò)張;vi. 張開(kāi),發(fā)展;v. 展開(kāi)constrict : vt. 壓縮,束緊,使收縮;vi. 壓縮curriculum : n. 課程classic : n.古典作品,杰作,第一流藝術(shù)家;a.第一流的,最優(yōu)秀的,古典的rhetoric : n. 修辭,修辭學(xué),華麗虛飾的語(yǔ)言elective : a. 選舉的,根據(jù)選舉的,選任的;n. 選修課程notion : n. 概念,觀念,想法,打算,主張emerge : vi. 浮現(xiàn),形成,(由某種狀態(tài)脫出,(事實(shí)顯現(xiàn)出來(lái)relevant : a. 有關(guān)聯(lián)的,中肯的,有關(guān)系的,成比例的,相應(yīng)的,適當(dāng)?shù)膒ursuit : n. 追蹤,追捕,追求,追