risk-taking

吴悠，胡小雨，陈柳潼，韩佳旭

戴松岭，夏渝楠

Live up to

to achieve (what is expected, especially highstandards) 保持…的高水平；遵守，实践（原则

等）；符合，不辜负（期望等）

e.g. Did the film Mural live up to your

expectations? (= Was it as good as you expected?)

Demon

⑴n. an evil spirit 恶魔，恶鬼，鬼

e.g What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?

⑵a person with unusual strength, skill, etc. 精力过人的人；技艺出众的人；高手

e.g She worked like a demon and expected everybody else to do the same.

punctuation mark:标点符号; 标点法▲punctuation n.▲punctuate v.出; 不时打断; ▲punctually adv.▲punctuality n.▲punctual adj.标点法; 标点符号; 标点在...中间加标点; 强调, 突; 加标点按时地; 如期地准时

严守时刻的, 准时的

使用标点Look的短语

look for 赶快; 快些look about 期望; 盼望

look after 目送; 照顾; 寻求look ahead 朝里看; 顺道探访look alive 寻找look down on 仔细检查

look forward to 环顾; 察看; 观光look in 计划未来; 预测未来look over 轻视; 看不起

look round 四处寻找, 察看, 考虑look for a needle in a haystack 大海捞针

Relinquish(vt)

~ sth to sb SYN:give up,quit,surrenderto stop having sth,especially when this happens unwillingly(尤指不情愿地）放弃Eg:She relinquished possession of the house to her sister.

Put :put sth into sth :to add a quality to sth 将什么注入，使融入（text)1.Put sth aside:

(1).忽视，不理睬，忘记(2).储存（SYN:put sth by)

2.Put sb away:

把某人送进监狱（或精神病院）

3.Put sth away:

(1).将什么收起，放回原处(2).积蓄(3.)猛吃，猛喝

4.put up sth

（1）(在战斗。竞赛）中表现（2）提出（意见等）

5.put sb up

(1)留某人住在家中（2）推荐，提名

6.put sth up

(1）提升，使升高（2）建造（3）张贴（4）提供，借出(资金）

Stigma: noun

1.[u] feelings of disapproval that people have

about particular illness or ways of behaving 耻辱，羞耻:

There is no longer any stigma attached to being divorced.

2.[c](biology生) the part in the middle of a flower where POLLEN is received （花的）柱头▲Stigmatize vt (usually passive) 使感到羞耻，侮蔑

▲Stigmatization [u] n

Approach Noun

①a way of dealing with sb./sth. 方式，方法，eg.She took the wrong approach in her dealing with them.

她用错误的手段和他们打交道。②movement nearer 接近

the welcome approach of spring春天令人欢欣的来临

③offer/request 接洽；建议；要求

She resented his persistent approaches.她对他没玩没了的纠缠极为反感。

He has made an approach to his mother for help.他向他的妈妈寻求帮助。

④path/road 小径；道路；通路

All the approaches to the palace were guarded by troops.

⑤The part of an aircraft's flight immediately before landing进场；进场着陆

To begin the final approach to the runway 开始进入跑道着陆

⑥Sth.similar 相似的事物

That is the nearest approach to an apology you'll get from him.

那是他能所作出的最似歉意的表示，

Verb

①move near 接近，靠近（距离或时间上）Spring is approaching.②Offer/ask 接洽；建议，要求~sb about /for sth~sb about doing sth

③to come close to sth in amount ,level or quality （在数额。水平或质量上）接近

④to start dealing with a problem,task 着手处理

▲Approachable adj

①friendly;easy to understand 和蔼可亲的；易理解的

②Can be reached 可接近的‘可达到的

Noun 优先；优先权

She had to learn that her wishes did not take precedence over other' people's needs.

她必须懂得，自己的愿望不能先于别人的需要▲In order of precedence = the most important one first

▲Precede verb

①在......之前发生；先于②走在........前面

She preceded him out of the room.

▲Precede sth with sth 以.......开始（或引导）

She precede her speech with a vote of thanks to the committee.

她讲话的开头是对委员会的感谢

Precedence

Translation

Beyond the well-paved roads and secure structures we really build for ourselves lie demons,unsure footing --and unfelt pleasures.

通常我们在给自己建造一条平坦而安全的求学之路的同时也为自己构筑了自我满足的谎言，迟疑不定的脚步和无法享受的快乐。

To be a student is to take risks.

成为一个学生就是去冒险。

Yet most education discourages people from venturing far enough to take risks to make mistakes.

当今教育界劝阻人们不要冒风险去犯错。

“Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods.，”observes educator Neil Postman.

作为教育家和观察员的尼尔-波兹曼说：

“孩子们带着问号进入学校，带着句号离开学校。”

What kind of punctuation mark do you represent ?

你现在代表什么符号呐？

Do you find yourself looking for tidy

answers that give you a feeling of security?

你发现自己正在寻找使自己感到安全的答案没？

By learning to find the one right

answer ,we may have relinquished our ability to find other answers and solutions.

我们可能会因为寻找一个答案而放弃找到其他问题或者答案的能力。

We learn,then,not to put ourselves into situations where we might fail,because failure has tremendous social stigma.

因为我们学习，然后就尽可能不让自己失败，因为失败会让自己感到耻辱。

When we try different approaches and do things that have no precedence in our experience ,we will surely make mistakes.

当我们尝试不同的方法去做没遇见过的事情，我们肯定会犯错。

A creative person uses these“failures”as stepping stones.

一个有创造性思维的人把这些失败作为成功的垫脚石。

Thanks

词汇：胡小雨陈柳潼韩佳旭夏渝楠PPT制作：吴悠文章理解：戴松岭