Text A the language of uncertainty
本课主要单词
1. dominate v. rule, control (统治,支配,控制)
domination n. 统治、支配、控制
1)He felt ill at ease living in a white-dominated society. (他觉得生活在一个白人统治的社会
里很不自在。)
2)His opinion dominated the other members of the committee.
(他的看法对委员会的其他成员起了决定性影响。)
3)This issue dominated the discussion. (这个议题在讨论中占了首要地位。)
4)Agriculture has lost its dominance in many countries. (农业在许多国家已失去了优势。)
5)The domination of Europe over the rest of the world has long since declined.
(欧洲对世界其他地区的支配作用早已衰弱。)
2. judgment n. 判决;看法;判断
judge v. 审判;判断;认为 n. 法官;裁判员
1) He hoped the judgment would be in his favor. (他希望判决对他有利。)
2) He sometimes couldn't live with himself if he made a mistake in judgment.
(如果判断失误,他有时不能容忍自己。)
3) In my judgment, we should do it right now. (依我看,我们应该马上做这件事。)
4) He was brought to the judge, accused of stealing. (他被指控行窃而带到法官面前受审。)
5) Mr. Li is going to be a judge of a beauty contest. (李先生将做选美比赛的评判员。)
6) The young man was judged innocent. (那个年轻人被判无罪。)
7) We cannot judge whether it is right or wrong. (我们不能判断这是对还是错。)
8) I judge she knew what she was doing. (依我看,她当时知道她在干什么。)
3. editorial n. 社论 adj. 编辑的
editor n. 编辑
edit v. 编辑;校订;修改
1) This issue carries a weighty editorial on education. (这期登了一篇有关教育的很有分量的社论。)
2) The editorial policies haven't changed a bit over the years. (这些年来编辑方针没有丝毫改变。)
3) He was made assistant editor on the paper. (他被任为那报纸的助理编辑。)
4) The chief editor was on a business trip. (主编出差了。)
5) Scholars often edit Shakespeare's plays. (学者们常校订莎士比亚的剧本。)
6) He is carefully editing his speed. (他正在仔细修改自己的讲稿。)
4. wage n. 工资,报酬 v. 进行,开展
wage(s)通常指付给从事体力劳动或技术工作的人们的报酬,也可以指按星期付给从事该类工作的人们的工资。
1) They stopped working to press for better wages and working conditions.
(他们停止工作,要求更高的报酬和更好的工作条件。)
2) His wages are 200 dollars a week. (他的工资是200美元一周。)
3) They waged a campaign against cheating on exams. (他们开展了反对考试作弊的运动。)
4) Germany waged a war against Poland. (德国对波兰开战。)
5. probability n. 可能性;概率
probable adj. 可能的
在前一单元中,我们学习了副词probably,同时也讲了名词probability和形容词probable的用法。再请看几个例句:
1) The probability of an earthquake disturbed everybody. (地震的可能使每一个人不安。)
2) In all probability, they could perform many different musical instruments.
(他们很可能会演奏许多种不同的乐器。)
3) Every event has a particular