讲义十三
Text A Work, Labor, and Play
课文简介
本文主要介绍了工作与劳作之间的差别。能给人以报酬,同时又能带来快乐的便是工作,如果某人从所从事的工作中得到享受,他就是个工作者,如果他被迫做此事来谋生,那么他就是个劳作者。劳作者通常希望有更多的空闲来娱乐,而对工作者来说,工作本身就是娱乐。文章还分析了为什么工作者所占比例只有16%
Paras.1-3 the essential difference among work, labor and play.
Paras.4-5 the reason why percentage of workers is smaller than that of laborers.
New Words
1.compel vt. 强迫(to)
be compelled to 被强迫
用法:compel sb. to do sth. 强迫某人做某事,令某人不得不做某事
The rain compelled us to stay indoors. 下雨使我们不得不待在家里。
They were often compelled to work twelve or fourteen hours a day.
他们常常不得不每天工作12或14个小时。
2 rightly ad. 公正地,正当地;
right:
a.正确的,对的,右边的
n. 权利
3.laborer n. 劳动者;工人
4.antithesis n. 对偶,(修辞学)对句;对立面
oppositeness
antithesis的同义词oppositeness
5.voluntary a. 自愿的,志愿的;自发的
派生词:volunteer n. 志愿者,自愿者
Is it voluntary, or do we have to go? 这是自愿的,还是我们必须去?
He has just finished his voluntary services overseas. 他刚完成海外志愿工作。
6.undertake vt. 着手做,进行;承担,从事
He undertook the responsibility for reform. 他负责改革工作。
He undertook to improve the working conditions. 他承诺改善工作。
He reluctantly undertook the work. 他不情愿地从事这项工作。
7.coincide vi. 一致,相符(with)
Our interests coincide. 我们的利害(关系)一致。
His comments coincided with a survey this week. 他的意见与本周的一项调查结果一致。
A man's appearance doesn't often coincide with his moral quality.
一个人的外貌和他的品质常常不一致。
8.manual a./n. 手的,用手(操作)的;体力的
9.cobbler n. 补鞋匠
10.clerk n. 办事员,公务员;店员
11.efficiently ad. 效率高地,有能力地
inefficient
inefficiency
This adult education program can also help eliminate poverty in this area.
这项成人教育计划也有助于在这个地区消除贫困。
Eliminate the exploitation of men by men. 消灭人剥削人的现象。
All the mistakes should be eliminated from his article. 所有的错误都应从这篇文章里清除掉。