📖 Study in America 留学美国

第 35 篇 · 共 40 篇｜高考词汇以绿色高亮，下方附释义

Nannan's father runs an enterprise near the Ming Tombs selling batteries and drills to the Daqing oilfield.

楠楠的父亲在十三陵附近经营着一家企业，向大庆油田销售电池和钻头。

enterprise 企业、公司 battery 电池 drill 钻头 oilfield 油田

Hoping to get the qualification to help govern it, Nannan made much preparation and then left her motherland with her visa to study in America.

楠楠希望取得帮助管理它的资格，做了大量准备，随后带着签证离开祖国去美国留学。

qualification 资格、资历 govern 治理、管理 motherland 祖国 visa 签证

Having reached her destination, she settled in an inn recommended by the travel agent.

到达目的地后，她在一家旅行社推荐的小旅馆安顿了下来。

destination 目的地 settle in 安顿下来、适应新居 inn 小旅馆、客栈 recommend 推荐

As far as Nannan was concerned, she always kept it up in China.

就楠楠自己而言，她在国内时一直保持着优异的成绩。

as far as … be concerned 就…而言 keep it up 保持好成绩、继续努力

But she had to acknowledge it was not easy to adjust herself to the new academic requirements, which were not parallel with China's.

但她不得不承认，让自己去适应新的学业要求并不容易，这些要求和中国的并不相同。

acknowledge 承认 adjust (oneself) to 适应、调整 academic 学术的、学业的 parallel 平行的、（此处）相同、对应

Though she was occupied with lectures and seminars day in and day out, the essays she drafted were still contradicted by her tutors.

尽管她日复一日地忙于听课和研讨课，但她起草的论文仍被导师们反驳。

be occupied with 忙于 seminar 研讨会、研讨课 draft 起草、草拟 contradict 反驳、与…矛盾

As for her routine life, she felt that it was hard to fit in, too.

至于她的日常生活，她也觉得很难融入。

routine 日常的、常规的 fit in 适应、融入

For example, she found English idioms difficult to understand.

例如，她觉得英语习语很难理解。

idiom 习语、惯用语

And it was out of the question to eat delicious Chinese foods though many optional cafeterias served abundant substitutes.

而且，想吃美味的中餐是不可能的，尽管许多可选的自助餐厅供应着大量替代品。

out of the question 不可能 cafeteria 自助餐厅 abundant 大量的、充足的 substitute 替代品

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In addition, she had to wait in a queue early for the minibus that took her to school and it was usually so cold that she felt numb.

此外，她还必须早早排队等接她上学的小型巴士，而且天气常常冷得让她浑身麻木。

queue 队伍、排队 minibus 小型公共汽车、面包车 numb 麻木的

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What bothered her most was that she received no apology when her sleeping was disturbed by a barking dog in a shopkeeper's cage.

最让她心烦的是，店主笼子里的狗汪汪叫，吵得她睡不好觉，她却没有得到一句道歉。

bother 打扰、使烦恼 apology 道歉 disturb 打扰、干扰 bark （狗）吠叫

S12

Luckily, with her parents comforting her by videophone, she became autonomous soon and eventually got her bachelor's degree successfully.

幸运的是，父母用可视电话安慰她，她很快就自立起来，最终顺利获得了学士学位。

comfort 安慰 autonomous 自主的、独立的 eventually 最终、终于 bachelor's degree 学士学位