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Certificate of Acceptance of University

大学通知书

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期待了很久,终于等来了日思夜盼的美国大学录取通知书,等待的心情是复杂而紧张的,然而这一刻全化为欢呼和雀跃。美国,我来了!耶鲁,我来了!

1 句子

01 I have been waiting for my university admission notice.

我最近一直在等我的大学录取通知书。

02 Jasmine has received the well-known Yale University’s admission notice.

茉莉已经收到了著名学府耶鲁大学的录取通知书。

03 Yale University has sent me an acceptance letter.

耶鲁大学已经给我寄来了录取通知书。

04 I have been in the ideal university.

我已经被理想中的大学录取了。

05 He did not wait for the long-awaited university admission notice.

他没有等到期盼已久的大学录取通知书。

06 Waiting for admission to the university is full of tension and expectation.

等待大学录取通知书是充满紧张和期待的。

07 I wish you could have passed the examination.

祝愿你能金榜题名。

2 对话

It’s a Once-in-a-life Chance

Jasmine : I’ve got the admission letter from Yale University.

Jim : Good for you. It’s a good opportunity.

Jasmine : It sure is. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Jim : So, don’t blow it.

Jasmine : That’s for sure.

这是一生难得的机会

茉莉: 我收到了耶鲁大学的入学通知书。

吉姆: 真有你的。这是一个好机会。

茉莉: 这当然是。这是一生难得的机会。

吉姆: 所以,别错过这个机会。

茉莉: 一定。

Notes 注释

admission n. 准许进(加)入;入场费(券);承认

opportunity n. 机会,时机

3 文化加油站(走进名人)

I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply root ed in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed : “We hold these truths to be self—evident ; that all men are created equal. ”

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood ;

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice , swelter ing with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice;

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racist s, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification , one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers;

I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalt ed, every hill and mountain shall be made low, and rough places will be made plane and crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be reveal ed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discord s of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slope s of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside , let freedom ring!

疑难解析

root [ru:t, rut] n. 根;根源;词根;祖先 vi. 生根;根除 vt. 生根,固定;根源在于

creed [kri:d] n. 信条,教义

self-evident [‘self’evidənt] adj. 不言而喻的

brotherhood [‘brʌðəhud] n. 兄弟关系;手足情谊;四海之内皆兄弟的信念

injustic [in’dʒʌstis] n. 不公正;不讲道义

swelter [‘sweltə] n. 闷热;热得难受 vi. 被暑气所苦;热得难受 vt. 使闷热;使中暑

oasis [əu’eisis, ‘əuəsis] n. 绿洲;舒适的地方;令人宽慰的事物

vicious [‘viʃəs] adj. 恶毒的;恶意的;堕落的;有错误的;品性不端的;剧烈的

racist [‘reisist] n. 种族主义者

interpositio [in,tə:pə’ziʃən] n. 干涉,介入;插入,放入

nullification [,nʌlifi’keiʃən] n. 无效;废弃;取消;(美)州对联邦法令的拒绝执行或承认

exalt [iɡ’zɔ:lt] vt. 提升;提拔;赞扬;使得意 vi. 使人得意

crooked [‘krukid] adj. 弯曲的;歪的;不正当的

glory [‘ɡlɔ:ri] n. 光荣,荣誉;赞颂 vi. 自豪,骄傲;狂喜

reveal [ri’vi:l] vt. 显示;透露;揭露;泄露 n. 揭露;暴露;门侧,窗侧

hew [hju:] vt. 砍;劈;砍倒 vi. 砍;劈;坚持

despair [di’spεə] n. 绝望;令人绝望的人或事 vi. 绝望,丧失信心

jangle [‘dʒæŋɡl] n. 争吵,吵嚷;刺耳声 vt. 使发出刺耳声;使争论 vi. 刺耳响;争论,吵架

discord [‘diskɔ:d, dis’kɔ:d] n. 不和;不调和;嘈杂声 vi. 不一致;刺耳

symphony [‘simfəni] n. 交响乐;谐声,和声

curvaceous [kə:’veiʃəs] adj. 曲线美的;肉体美的

slope [sləup] n. 斜坡;倾斜;斜率;扛枪姿势 vi. 倾斜;逃走 vt. 倾斜;使倾斜;扛

molehill [‘məulhil] n. (由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成的)鼹鼠丘;琐事;无意义的事;小困难(或障碍)

mountainside [‘mauntinsaid] n. 山腰;山坡

参考译文

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我梦想有一天,这个国家将会奋起,实现其立国信条的真谛:“我们认为这些真理不言而喻:人人生而平等。”

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