新编大学英语BOOK4 key sentence

做一个行为榜样的好处多于其坏处。

8. No matter which athletes they look up to, there are no perfect human beings. 无论他们敬仰那位运动员，十全十美的人是没有的。

9. display a vital and indomitable spirit 展现出了朝气勃勃、不屈不挠的精神

10. And sports do allow us to witness acts that can legitimately be described as courageous, thrilling, beautiful, even noble.

体育运动的确可以让我们目睹被真正称之为勇敢、紧张、优美乃至高尚的动作表现。

11. in the area of moral reasoning 在伦理道德方面

12. and that they grow worse the longer they participate in athletics.

从事体育运动的时间越长，得分越低

13. seven or eight-figure salaries 七八位数的年薪

14. privileged beings 有特权的人

Unit 6

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8. On the strength of very minor symptoms 只凭 一些轻微的症状. Modern life is full of all manner of threats. 现代生活中充满了诸多威胁。 Our uncertainties multiply indefinitely. 我们的疑虑无休止的增加。 Risks are almost always a matter of probability rather than certainty. 危险几乎总是一个可能而非确定。 Nothing we do is completely safe 我们做的事没一件是百分之百安全的 The point is to act accordingly 关键在于见机行事。 In the case just discussed 从刚才讨论的情况看 The latter turns out to be four times riskier than the former

后者其实比前者危险四倍

Unit 7

1. When you did not keep appointments, we made new ones.

当你们没有遵守约定时，我们就再约时间。

2. beyond the deadline 超过期限

3. When you demanded free lunch, we served it.

当你们要不劳而获时，我们奉手供上。

4. take pride in sth 因… 引以为豪

5. Some questions suddenly popped into my mind

我的脑子里突然冒出了一些问题。

6. broaden our view 开阔了我们的视野

7. It’s impossible that failure leave no record. 失败不会留下任何纪录是不可能的

8. No one can avoid taking exams 没有人能逃避考试