新概念英语第四册45-03

compulsory course: 必修课

optional/selective course: 选修科目

deem=regard/think

I deem him right/nice.

He hampers my progress.

block / thwart

shackle: 枷锁

impede: 阻止

jungle law: 丛林法则

the survival of the fittest 适者生存

savannah n.: 大草原（比较潮湿的湿地） in South America

grassland n.:草原

delinquency n.: 多指青年人(行为不良 错失) juvenile delinquency

crime/sin/guilt

crime 非常严重 commit

sin: 可以饶恕的罪行 (宗教)

Amitabha: 阿弥陀佛

guilt: (抽象)犯罪 I am guilty.

confront vt.: 面对 （face 的书面用语）

confront difficulty / be confronted with...

There’s a confrontation between the two countries.

Notes on the text 课文讲解*****

经典背诵句：

课文开始 Education is one of the key words of our time. a man without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of adverse circumstances deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities. ...

key words: 关键词

an=once, 表强调

victim: 牺牲品

adverse

deprived: 被剥夺的

deprived of ...:后置定语

Only with education can a man be successful.

As an apple is not an apple in any things until it is ripe, so a man without education is not a man in any things.