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Reading II Supplementary --7-- UNIT 5 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY RELIEF

live in genteel poverty家贫而要面子摆阔Marked by affected refinement 假作高雅的

P-is no sin.[谚]贫非罪。

P-is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is [谚]贫不足耻, 耻贫乃耻。

P-makes strange bedfellows. [谚]难中不择友; 同病相怜。

Eradicate----[I’rAdikeit]To tear up by the roots. 根除, 连根撕碎

To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots 清除，扑灭，根绝

Their goal was to eradicate poverty.他们的目标是消除贫困

put in---- To spend (time) at a location or job花费（时间）：

She put in eight hours behind a desk.她在花了八小时办公

To interject (a comment, for example) during a conversation.插入，插话

He put in a good word for me.他插进来为我说了一句好话

Motivate----To move to action; provide with an incentive; impel.使行动；推动

Examinations do not motivate a student to seek more knowledge.

考试不能促使学生去追求更多的知识。

Good---Welfare; benefit 福利；利益：for the common good.为了共同的利益

Conceive----To form or develop in the mind; devise 构思；设计：

conceive a plan to increase profits.构想出一个增加利润的计划

junior college 大专，两年制专科学校一种学校，提供两年制的课程，相当于大学四年制本科前两年的课程upper division college [美]（专授大学三、四年级和毕业水平课程的）高年级学院undergraduate college [美]大学本科university college [英]大学学院

freshwater college [美口]（内地）小型大学；不著名的大学

qualification----A quality, an ability, or an accomplishment that makes a person suitable for a particular position or task. 资格证明，执照使某人适合某一特殊职位或任务的特性、能力或成就resume---- v.tr. To begin or take up again after interruption 重新开始，继续

resumed our dinner.继续进行我们的晚餐

suspend---- vi vt To cease for a period; delay停止一段时期；暂缓

suspend payment 暂停付款suspend talks中止谈判

suspend diplomatic relations中止外交关糸

Tom is suspended from school for a week for bad conduct.

汤姆因为行为不端被停学一周。

Heavy----Large, as in quantity, output 大的在数量, 产量产出方面大的：

Of great intensity激烈的：

a heavy turnout大产出；heavy casualties.重大伤亡

heavy rainfall大雨heavy activity剧烈活动；heavy fighting激烈的战斗consequently---- adv. As a result; therefore. 结果；因此

stricken----Affected by something overwhelming, such as disease, trouble, or painful emotion.

受灾的受到如疾病，麻烦或令人痛苦的情感影响极大的

poverty-stricken----Suffering from poverty; miserably poor. 贫困潦倒的；悲惨的