#奇妙知识季#
1.范围点评
2.dash:猛冲，急驰，飞奔(同义词:rush,hurry,dart,scamper) make a dash for the finishing line
3.congratulating himself on finishing: congratulate oneself on...独自庆幸。There are so many fishing boats that the only fish left must be congratulating itself on his narrow escape.渔船如此之多，仅剩的一条鱼肯定在为自己幸免于难而暗自庆幸。
4.define:确定，此处还可以用infer，detect, conclude等词。
5.reveal:揭示，类似含义的词还有show,expose,illustrate,demonstrate
6.represent:代表，可替代的词有stand for, symbolize, manifest, portray, characterize, describe等。
7.no more than与接下来的merely 意思接近，only,just,simple
8.while: 引导对比的句子，如:Love is not treasured by one surrounded by love, while to an orphan it is what he desires most in the world.
9.short-term: 短期的，反义词long-term,也可以用in the shot run 和 in the long run
10.rather...than...是...而不是...这个结构可以并列，但需要保持一致。It is rather the parents than the child who make decisions for the latter.
11.persuasive富有说服力的，同义词:convincing
12.mark:标志着，它与announce 形成对仗。indicate, signal, declare, proclaim等。
13.trigger off:启动，激发，引起，trigger原指扣动扳机
14.long-awaited:盼望已久的，它与well-prepared(准备很好的)构词相同，类似形容词有:above-mentioned上面提到的，long-established 长久存在的，much-needed非常需要的，much-praised备受赞扬的，not-yet-ended尚未结束的，often-repeated常被重复的，well-known著名的，wide-spread广泛流传的。
15.start a brand new chapter:开始崭新的一章，=turn a new page
16.occur to sb某人突然想起...
17.era:时代=age或time,the Kennedy era 肯尼迪时代，the era of space travel太空旅行时代
18.further进一步的，further development进一步发展。With the furthering of cultural exchanges, more and more people will accept notions and customs which used to be totally foreign to them.随着文化交流进一步深入，越来越多的人会接受一些以前对他们来说非常陌生的观念和习俗。
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