自考英语（二）60讲 Lesson 33

本讲为2006年下半年新的教学内容，请对照教材，练习册和语法书听录音！       personnel  n.   1. （集合名词）全体人员（职员）；2. 人事（部门）   The new director of the TV station is likely to make major changes in personnel.     For more information about the job, please contact the personnel manager.   specific  a.   1. 特有的，特定的；2. 具体的，明确的  The money is intended to be used for specific purposes.   They seem to have no specific plans/proposals/ideas for dealing1 with the problem.   They havent fixed2 a specific date for their wedding yet but it will be this summer.   scale  n.   1. 刻度；2. 规模；3. 比例（尺）；4. [pl] 天平，磅秤  I want a thermometer that is marked with both the Centigrade and the Fahrenheit3 scales.    assemble  v.   1. 集合；2. 装配  When the fire alarm rang we assembled outside the emergency exit.    Martha has assembled a fascinating collection of dolls houses.  expose… to…  将…暴露于…之下；使…面临（遭受、接触）…           It is feared that people living near the power station may have been exposed to radiation.   When she went to college, Kate was exposed to a lot of new ideas.   in that  在于，原因是   Men are different from other animals in that the former can create and use tools while the latter cannot.       This research is important in that it confirms the existence of a relationship between aggression4 and the use of alcohol.   in between  在中间；每间隔；在…期间   I have breakfast at 7.30 and lunch at 1 oclock and sometimes a snack in between.   My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between.   in question  正被谈论的   I stayed at home on the night in question.   难句分析   1.       Robots, becoming increasingly prevalent in factories and industrial plants throughout the developed world, are programmed and engineered to perform industrial tasks without human intervention5.    2. Most of today’s robots are employed in the automotive industry, where they are programmed to take over such jobs as welding.

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

3 Fahrenheit   

n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)

参考例句：

• He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
• The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。

4 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

5 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。