2 She impresses me, and I feel so ignorant that I shouldn’t even breathethe same air as her.

她给我留下了深刻的印象，我觉得自己太无知了，甚至不配跟她呼吸同样的空气。

3 I don’t know why I have to be introduced to literature but the woman inthe admissions office says it’s a requirement even though I’ve read Dostoyevskyand Melville and that’s admirable for someone without a high school education. 我不知道为什么我非得了解文学。可是招生办公室的那位女士说，虽然我读过陀思妥耶夫斯基和梅尔维尔的小说，虽然一个没上过高中的人能读这些书的确令人敬佩，但这门课是必修课。

4 I’m in heaven and the first thing to do is buy the required textbooks,cover them with the purple and white NYU book jackets so that people in thesubway will look at me admiringly.

我乐得飘飘然了，第一件事就是去买所需要的课本，然后用纽约大学紫白相间的护封把它们套起来，这样地铁里的乘客就会向我投来艳羡的目光了。

5 Then the professor tells us ideas don’t drop fully formed from theskies, that the Pilgrims were, in the long run, children of the Reformationwith an accompanying world-view and their attitudes to children were soinformed.

接着，教授告诉我们，观念并不是从天而降的现成品。从长远来看，清教徒是宗教改革运动的

产物，他们继承了宗教改革运动的世界观，并且他们对孩子的态度也由此体现了宗教改革运动

的思想。

6 Translate the sentences into English.

1 他们对业余剧社的介绍给苏菲留下了深刻的印象，于是她就报了名。(Amateur Dramatics; sign up for)

Theirintroduction of Amateur Dramatics impressed Sophie so much that she signed upfor it.

2 网络教育为全职人员提供了利用业余时间接受继续教育的机会。(work full time) Onlineeducation provides those who work full time with opportunities to receivefurther education in their spare time.

3 刚上大学时，他不知道是否需要把老师讲的内容一字不落地都记下来。(be supposed to; scribble down)

When hefirst arrived at university, he was not sure whether he was supposed toscribble down every word out of the professor’s mouth.

4 没有人觉察出他隐藏在笑容背后的绝望。(detect)

No onedetects his despair well hidden behind his smile.

5 有些学生能轻松自如地与陌生人交谈，可有些学生却很难做到这一点。(be easy about) Somestudents are easy about talking with strangers, while some others find it hardto do so.

Unit 2

Active reading one

Dealing with unfamiliar words