新编大学英语BOOK4 key sentence

不到十秒钟就听见查克突然嚷起来

17. he winked at me他对我眨了眨眼

18. I sensed that the students were growing frustrated with themselves and edgy with

one another 我感觉到学生们开始泄气了，而且彼此之间变得急躁易怒

19. There was a slight lull in the conversation谈话中有点儿冷场

Unit 3

1. gender identity 性别特征

2. The culture provides different images and adult models for boys and girls. 文化为男孩和女孩提供了不同的形象和成年人榜样。

3. There is a culture bias in education that favors boys over girls.

教育中存在着一种男孩比女孩更受偏爱的文化倾向。

4. From nursery school to postgraduate courses, teachers call on males in class

far more than on female students.

从托儿所到研究生课堂，老师请男学生发言的次数远比请女学生多。

5. develop more positive attitude 形成更积极的态度

6. open their doors to … 向…… 敞开大门

7. Teachers assign boys and girls different tasks in accordance with stereotyped

gender roles.

老师们根据根深蒂固的性别模式给女孩子布置与男孩子不同的任务。

8. Girls, who are superior to boys in math up to the age of nine, fall behind

from then on.

那些九岁以前在数学方面比男孩子强的女孩，此后却落后了。

9. even when they are in a minority 即使他们是少数

10. tease sb. 取笑某人

11. receive praise for sloppy work 因作业马虎而受表扬

12. disrupt lessons 扰乱课堂

13. go too far 过分

14. their rightful share 他们应得的那一份

15. a fair deal 公平的待遇,公平交易

16. complain to a higher authority 向上级主管投诉

17. be treated with some contempt 被嗤之以鼻

18. be at a disadvantage 处于不利地位

19. 生来富有同情心be predominantly hard-wired for empathy

20. 支配系统功能govern the behavior of a system

21. 构建系统construct systems

22. 得到更多机会get more of their fair share

23. 把某人挤到一边shoulder sb. out of the way

24. 从蹒跚学步起from toddlerhood onwards

25. 稍稍思考一下a moment’s reflection

Unit 4

1. Creativity is a key to a bright future. 具有创造性是通向光明前程的关键。

2. thinking and developing new ideas 动脑筋搞创新