NPR-250412英语笔记
📚生词 & 词组
- under enormous pressure – 承受巨大压力
- comply with (laws/orders) – 遵守(法律/命令)
- executive orders – 行政命令
- diversity and inclusion / DEI – 多样性与包容性
- alleged antisemitism – 所谓的反犹主义(alleged 有“未经证实”的含义)
- uphold (a decision) – 支持/维持(决定)
- freeze (funding) – 冻结(资金)
- be under investigation – 被调查中
- chancellor – 校长(在某些大学的称呼)
- gladiator match – 角斗场战斗(比喻:残酷竞争)
- Pell grants / work-study grants – 助学金 / 勤工俭学资助
- scapegoating – 替罪羊现象
- interpret civil rights laws – 解释民权法案
- Title I money – 美国针对低收入学区的专项教育拨款
✍️ 实用表达搭配 & 句子
表达搭配:
- feels like the federal government is at odds with higher education
👉 政府与高等教育机构矛盾重重(be at odds with) - a calmly beating heart in a moment of swirling chaos
👉 混乱中的定海神针式人物(优雅比喻,非常地道) - uncharted waters
👉 未知领域、前所未有的局面(比喻) - feel under attack
👉 感觉受到攻击(心理或舆论上) - try to strengthen their relationship with people in power
👉 努力和掌权者建立更强联系(政治表达) - protect that space of freedom in educational institutions
👉 保护教育中的自由空间(学术自由相关)
好句子:
- “This job is as dynamic as it can be without actually being fired at.”
👉 “这份工作充满变数,仿佛没有子弹却依然置身战场。” - “The current climate feels like a gladiator match where colleges are being sent into the pit for entertainment.”
👉 “如今的氛围就像一场角斗赛,大学被送上战场供人娱乐。”(比喻社会舆论对大学的审视) - “That’s how people learn – when they feel free enough to try things, to fail, to experiment.”
👉 “只有在感到自由时,人们才会尝试、失败、实验——而这正是学习的方式。”
NPR-250412英语笔记
https://hexwhat.top/2025/04/12/NPR-250412/