新概念英语第四册48-02

sphere n.: 范围

hemisphere n.: 半球

eastern hemisphere 东半球 western hemisphere 西半球

semi-colony: 半殖民地

feudal society : 封建社会

semi-feudal: 半封建的

semifinal: 半决赛

domain : 域 field scope 眼界 province :省 领域

He is very provincial .他没有远见.

dividend: （入股的）红利

allowance: 津贴

bonus: 奖金

civil marriage : 不在教堂举行的婚礼

She keeps the family in line. 她把家打理得井井有条。

课文讲解**

课文开始 ：If a nation is essentially disunited, it is left to the government to hold it together. This increases the expense of government, and reduces correspondingly the amount of economic resources that could be used for developing the country. ...

state ：政治概念

state law ：国家法律

state visit ：国事访问

correspondingly: therefore , so

He wrote me 5 letters, correspondingly I answered 5.

接下来课文...And it should not be forgotten how small those resources are in a poor and backward country. Where the cost of government is high, resources for development are correspondingly low. ...

where 可当作 if 来理解 : Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。