1、,行政管理专业吕宏斌 米占雄王 淼 王经纬,UNIT 5,Text A,Holding Onto a Dream,1. While preparing to graduate from high school in 1987, Priscilla Vazquez waited anxiously for her letter from the University of Washington, hoping she would be the first person in her family to attend college. When the acceptance letter arri
2、ved, she was overjoyed.,Text A,hold onto,抓住，坚持，保持 也可写为 hold on to注：口语中表示“停住，等一下”或打 电话时“别挂断”用 hold on eg：Hold on！Wait until I get my camera,Overjoyed adj,万分高兴的，欣喜若狂的 eg: He is overjoyed at the prospect of becoming a father.(他要当父亲了，十分高兴） be overjoyed at sth./doing sth. 对感到欣喜若狂 be overjoyed to hear/fin
3、d/see sth. 极其兴奋的听到/找到/看到某事,2. There was just one problem: The University of Washington didnt have any grant money to give Priscilla. It offered her only a small loan and expected her family to come up with the rest. “My family was making enough money to get by, but not enough to pay that much for me
4、 to go to school,“ she said.,Holding Onto a Dream,Text A,loan,n 借；贷款；借出的东西 vt 借出，贷予（同lend） （反return，pay back） on loan 暂借的 make a loan to 贷款给,come up with,提供,提出,想出注:表 赶上 相当于 catch up with,get by,(勉强)对付过去;过得去表 勉强过活 意同 make ends meet 常表示 达到可以接受的标准,但不是很好,Holding Onto a Dream,3. Priscilla called the fina
5、ncial-aid office for advice. They told her that prospective students seeking more financial aid are eligible only if they have lived apart from their parents for a minimum of two years. During that time, their parents cannot have claimed them as a dependent on the familys tax forms. “Hearing this, I
6、 was totally stunned,“ Priscilla recalls. “I realized I was going to have to take some time off, work, become financially independent from my parents, and then reapply to school. Postponing my dream hurt, but it was the only possibility.“,Text A,They told her that prospective students seeking more f
7、inancial aid are eligible only if they have lived apart from their parents for a minimum of two years.,翻译:他们告诉她说,未来的大学生要寻求更多的经济资助,必须与父母分开生活至少两年才符合条件.Only if 只有,仅仅在.条件下If only 常表示愿望,遗憾,假设的情况,eligible,adj 合格的，有条件被选中的（同qualified）be eligible for 有资格做,minimum,n/adj 最小量（的），最低程度（的）（反 maximum)at minimum 至少r
8、educe sth. to a minimum 把减到最小量,claim,vt 对.提出要求(同demand ,request ,require)声称;主张(同allege ,affirm) n (书面)要求;索赔;声称;主张 lay claim to 声称对.的权力 put in a claim ( for sth ) (就某物的损坏)提出索赔要求,dependant,n 依赖他人生活者 ,受抚养者Be dependant on/upon 依赖于dependence n 依靠 depend v 依靠 依赖,take time off,暂时放下(学业,工作等);休假time 可换成具体的时间,
9、apart form,与分离eg: There can be no knowledge apart form practice (离开了实践就没有知识),postpone,vt 延迟,使延期(同 delay , put off)postponement n 延迟，延期 be postponed to/till/until 被推迟到,Holding Onto a Dream,4. Within a month, Priscilla had found a job at a restaurant and moved into a cheap apartment in a poor neighbor
10、hood of Seattle. She also signed up for a job-training program in the city, to learn to be a secretary. It was a hard lifestyle to adjust to. “I got up at 6 a.m. for a long commute to school, finished class at 2 p.m., started work at three, got off my shift at 11 p.m., and then I came back home and
11、collapsed.”,Text A,She also signed up for a job-training program in the city, to learn to be a secretary,翻译:她还报名参加了城里的一个职业培训班，学的是秘书专业。Sign up （for） 经报名或签约获得/从事,adjust,vt 校正,校准,调整;调节,改变以适应 vi 适应adjust to/adjustto 调整以适应于adjust/accustom/adapt/accommodateto使适应(to 为介词),Holding Onto a Dream,5. Priscilla s
12、oon found that her restaurant job just didnt pay enough for her to make ends meet. “So I went to the landlord of my apartment building and asked if there was any cleaning work I could do. Since he felt sorry for me, he agreed to give me thirty hours a month.“,Text A,Text A,Make ( both ) ends meet,量入
13、为出,使收支相抵eg: being out of work and having two young children ,they found it impossible to make ends meet. (他们失业了,还要养活两个小孩,无法维持起码的生活),Holding Onto a Dream,6. The job-training program was designed to last six months. Priscilla finished it in four. “They taught me various office skills and word-processi
14、ng programs. I also learned to answer the phone in an office setting, and write proper business letters,“ she said. The program helped Priscilla find employment as a secretary with a small company. “It was my first decent job,“ she says. “I was nineteen years old, living on my own, and making $15,00
15、0 a year.“,Text A,employment,n 职业，雇佣，使用employ v 雇用 employee n 雇员 employer n 雇主in/out of employment 在/失业,Holding Onto a Dream,7. Priscilla reapplied to the University of Washington and was accepted. She qualified for financial aid because she had been independent from her parents for more than two ye
16、ars. As of the fall of 1990, Priscilla was finally a college student working full-time during the day as a secretary and going to school full-time at night.,Text A,Holding Onto a Dream,8. Balancing work and school was difficult. “I was staying up late studying, and going to work early every morning.
17、 I was having a hard time concentrating in class, and a hard time on the job because I was so tired,“ she says. But she ended up with two As in her first semester anyway.,Text A,stay up,不睡觉,熬夜后常跟late ,表示 熬夜到很晚,end up with,以结束end up 后还可跟 doing sthend in 以为结果,以告终no end 非常 极其on end 连续的,Holding Onto a D
18、ream,9 . Priscilla decided to pursue an archaeology major, and in the summer of 1992, she got her first opportunity to really test out her interest in the subject. The archaeological field school of Washington State University was sponsoring a summer research project at a site alongside the Snake Ri
19、ver in Washington. Priscilla threw herself into the work, and the project supervisors were impressed. At the end of the summer, one of the professors offered her a job. “He said,” We just got a contract for a project in North Dakota. We want to hire you if youre willing to take a semester off from s
20、chool.“ The offer was a diversion from Priscillas pursuit of her BA. “But by then I no longer doubted that I would ultimately finish school, so I felt comfortable grabbing this opportunity,“ she says.,Text A,sponsor,vt 赞助, 主办人 n 赞助人,发起者be sponsored by 由.发起,由主办,diversion,n 转移 ,偏离,娱乐,消遣the diversion o
21、f a river河流的改道create/make a diversion分散注意力,打掩护,ultimate,adj 最后的,终极的;根本的,基本的to the ultimate ends of the world到天涯海角,Holding Onto a Dream,10. When the North Dakota project ended, Priscilla moved to California, where she could live rent-free with one of her brothers. “I ended up working three jobs, tryi
22、ng to make as much money as I could,“ she recalls. “I was tired of working full-time and being a full-time student. My goal was to save enough money to let me go back to school, study full-time and work only part-time.“ Priscillas brother ran a house-cleaning service, and he agreed to give her work.
23、 And she decided to enroll at a local community college where the tuition was much cheaper.,Text A,enroll,招收,登记(同recruit) (使)注册入学,(使)入会enroll sb. as 招收某人为 enroll sb. in 使某人加入,Holding Onto a Dream,11. Priscilla took some art classes (she was an amateur photographer) and helped organize a gallery exhi
24、bit of students artwork, including her own. In the spring of 1994, she graduated from Wenatchee Valley College with a two-year Associate of Arts degree. After graduating, Priscilla applied to the University of Washington once more. She was accepted and enrolled in the fall of 1994. Not having to wor
25、k so many hours allowed her to make school her priority. “This was such a luxury, I was almost sorry to graduate!“ Priscilla laughs. “But I was awarded my BA in January of 1996.“,Text A,associate,vt 使联合,结合,使有联系 vi 结交,交往 n 伙伴,同事,合伙人 adj 副的associate with sb. 和某人来往/共事 an associate professor/editor 副教授/
26、编辑,priority,n 优先考虑的事,优先(权)have/take priority over比优先 give priority to 优先考虑,Holding Onto a Dream,12 . As Priscilla looks back on her years of struggle to make her dream come true, she is cautiously encouraging toward others working their way through school. “To balance work and school, you have to kn
27、ow yourself,“ she says. “You have to know what you can take and what you cant take. You need a lot of discipline, and you have to stay focused, even when you run into barriers and distractions and delays. But mostly you need determination. If you get put down once, just get back up there and keep fi
28、ghting.”,Text A,As Priscilla looks back on her years of struggle to make her dream come true, she is cautiously encouraging toward others working their way through school.,翻译:当普瑞席拉回顾自己女儿几年来使自己梦想成真的奋斗历程时,她谨慎的鼓励其他靠打工挣钱完成学业的人 Look back on/to sth. 追思 ,回顾 Make ones dream come true 使梦想成真 Work ones way through school 靠做工赚钱完成学业,caution,n 谨慎,警告with caution 留心地give sb. a caution 警告某人,determination,N 确定,坚定;果断,决断力Make a determination 下决心,get put down,被击败,被镇压,谢谢观赏,再见,
