重點詞匯：
1.scarce： a. 缺乏的，不足的；稀有的，珍貴的
e.g. Firewood is scarce in many parts of the world. 世界上很多地區(qū)都缺乏木材。
Scarce resources should be used sensibly. 稀有資源的使用應(yīng)該合理。
2. expansion： n. 擴張，膨脹
派生詞：expand v. 擴張，膨脹
e.g. Expansion into new areas of research is possible. 擴展到新的研究領(lǐng)域是有可能的。
3.promotion： n. 促進；提升
派生詞：promote v. 促進，提升
e.g. As part of their sales promotion they‘re giving away a free pair of socks with each holiday.
作為促銷的一部分，他們每個假日都免費贈送一雙襪子。
4. award ： vt. / n. 授予，給予，判給
e.g. He was awarded his damages by the court . 法院判給他損失賠償費。
reward 意思是“報答，報應(yīng)，報償”。而且reward 后面一般要加with .
e.g. He was rewarded with $10000. 他被獎勵10000 美元。
5.integrate v. 使結(jié)合，使并入，使成為一體
e.g. It‘s very difficult to integrate yourself into a society whose culture is so different from your own.
使你自己融入一個完全不同的文化非常困難。
6.diversity n. 多樣性
e.g. Does television adequately reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the country ？
電視能充分反應(yīng)這個國家種族和文化上的多樣性嗎？
7.permissive adj. 容許的，許可的，隨意的，開放的
e.g. He claims that society has been far too permissive towards drug taking.
他認為社會對吸毒太放縱了。
8.prescribe vt. 指示，規(guī)定，開處方，開藥
e.g. The law prescribes that all children must go to school.
法律規(guī)定所有的兒童必須上學。
Painkillers have been prescribed for me.
醫(yī)生給我開了止痛藥。
9.route n…… 路線，航線
e.g. I live on a bus route so I can easily get to work.
我家就在一條公共汽車線路上，所以我去上班很方便。
詞組：phrases
1.on the contrary ： 相反地
e.g. It doesn‘t seem ugly to me； on the contrary， I think it’s rather beautiful.
我覺得它并不丑；恰恰相反，它很美。
2.demand for ： 對…的要求，對…的需求
e.g. The workers‘ demands for higher pay were refused by the employers.
工人提高工資的要求遭到雇主的拒絕。
3.to go along with ： 和…一起
e.g. He has decided to go along with his father. 他決定跟著父親走。
重點句子
Changes to Come in U.S Education
The biggest “infrastructure” challenge for the United States in the next decade is not the billions needed for railroads， highways and energy. It Is the American school system， from kindergarten through the Ph.D. program and the postgraduate education of adults. And it requires something far scarcer than money - thinking and risk-taking.
The challenge is not one of expansion. On the contrary， the rapid growth in enrollment over the last 40 years has come to an end. ⑴
1.on the contrary， “相反地”
注意本句的時態(tài)： 用的是現(xiàn)在完成時，因為有一個明顯的時間狀語over the last 40 years.
譯：相反，在過去的40年中，學校的在校人數(shù)迅速增加的局面已經(jīng)結(jié)束。
By 1978， more than 93 percent of young people entering the labor force had at least an eighth-grade education. So even if the birthrate should rise somewhat， little expansion is possible for elementary and secondary school enrollments.
The last 30 years of social upheaval are also over. Busing will continue to be a highly emotional issue in a good many large cities. And there will still be efforts to use schools to bring women into fields such as engineering that have traditionally been considered “made.” But this shift has already been accomplished in many fields： half or more of the accounting students in graduate schools of business， for example， are now women.
As for most other social issues， the country will no longer try to use schools to bring about social reform. ⑵
1.scarce： a. 缺乏的，不足的；稀有的，珍貴的
e.g. Firewood is scarce in many parts of the world. 世界上很多地區(qū)都缺乏木材。
Scarce resources should be used sensibly. 稀有資源的使用應(yīng)該合理。
2. expansion： n. 擴張，膨脹
派生詞：expand v. 擴張，膨脹
e.g. Expansion into new areas of research is possible. 擴展到新的研究領(lǐng)域是有可能的。
3.promotion： n. 促進；提升
派生詞：promote v. 促進，提升
e.g. As part of their sales promotion they‘re giving away a free pair of socks with each holiday.
作為促銷的一部分，他們每個假日都免費贈送一雙襪子。
4. award ： vt. / n. 授予，給予，判給
e.g. He was awarded his damages by the court . 法院判給他損失賠償費。
reward 意思是“報答，報應(yīng)，報償”。而且reward 后面一般要加with .
e.g. He was rewarded with $10000. 他被獎勵10000 美元。
5.integrate v. 使結(jié)合，使并入，使成為一體
e.g. It‘s very difficult to integrate yourself into a society whose culture is so different from your own.
使你自己融入一個完全不同的文化非常困難。
6.diversity n. 多樣性
e.g. Does television adequately reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the country ？
電視能充分反應(yīng)這個國家種族和文化上的多樣性嗎？
7.permissive adj. 容許的，許可的，隨意的，開放的
e.g. He claims that society has been far too permissive towards drug taking.
他認為社會對吸毒太放縱了。
8.prescribe vt. 指示，規(guī)定，開處方，開藥
e.g. The law prescribes that all children must go to school.
法律規(guī)定所有的兒童必須上學。
Painkillers have been prescribed for me.
醫(yī)生給我開了止痛藥。
9.route n…… 路線，航線
e.g. I live on a bus route so I can easily get to work.
我家就在一條公共汽車線路上，所以我去上班很方便。
詞組：phrases
1.on the contrary ： 相反地
e.g. It doesn‘t seem ugly to me； on the contrary， I think it’s rather beautiful.
我覺得它并不丑；恰恰相反，它很美。
2.demand for ： 對…的要求，對…的需求
e.g. The workers‘ demands for higher pay were refused by the employers.
工人提高工資的要求遭到雇主的拒絕。
3.to go along with ： 和…一起
e.g. He has decided to go along with his father. 他決定跟著父親走。
重點句子
Changes to Come in U.S Education
The biggest “infrastructure” challenge for the United States in the next decade is not the billions needed for railroads， highways and energy. It Is the American school system， from kindergarten through the Ph.D. program and the postgraduate education of adults. And it requires something far scarcer than money - thinking and risk-taking.
The challenge is not one of expansion. On the contrary， the rapid growth in enrollment over the last 40 years has come to an end. ⑴
1.on the contrary， “相反地”
注意本句的時態(tài)： 用的是現(xiàn)在完成時，因為有一個明顯的時間狀語over the last 40 years.
譯：相反，在過去的40年中，學校的在校人數(shù)迅速增加的局面已經(jīng)結(jié)束。
By 1978， more than 93 percent of young people entering the labor force had at least an eighth-grade education. So even if the birthrate should rise somewhat， little expansion is possible for elementary and secondary school enrollments.
The last 30 years of social upheaval are also over. Busing will continue to be a highly emotional issue in a good many large cities. And there will still be efforts to use schools to bring women into fields such as engineering that have traditionally been considered “made.” But this shift has already been accomplished in many fields： half or more of the accounting students in graduate schools of business， for example， are now women.
As for most other social issues， the country will no longer try to use schools to bring about social reform. ⑵