English Intensive Reading 吉林大学远程教育学院
Introduction Text Language Points Grammar
				Lesson 6    Language Points  ( Page 3)
			surrender: (1) (v.)to give up 放弃；投降 1.We shall never surrender. 我们永不投降。 2.They advised the criminal to surrender to the police. 他们劝这个罪犯去向警察自首。 (2)to yield or give way to 屈服于；任由摆布 1.He surrendered to despair and committed suicide. 他感到绝望而自杀了。 2.He surrender himself to drugs. 他沉迷于毒品中，不能自拔。 external: (1)(adj.)outside;of or for the outside 外部的；在外部的 1.He is an external examiner. 他是个校外主考人。 2.This medicine is for external use. 这是外用药。 (2) (n.)(usu pl)outward features （通常用复数）外部情况；外貌；外观 1.The external of this building impresses us deeply. 这座房子的外貌给我们留下了深刻的印象。 2.We should not judge people by externals. 我们不应以貌取人。 Learning is a natural pleasure, inborn and instinctive, ... Meaning: Here it is the author's opinion that children are born with a natural curiosity about the outside world,which makes their learning a natural pleasure. 学习是一种自然的乐趣,是与生俱来而且是本能的… inborn: (adj. )possessed at birth;implanted by nature 天赋的；天生的 1.He is a boy with an inborn love of mischief. 他是个生来就喜欢恶作剧的男孩子。 2. She is an inborn talent for art. 她是个艺术天才。 instinctive: (adj.)based on instinct,not coming from training etc. 天生的；凭本能的 1.Animals have an instinctive dread of fire. 动物天生怕火。 2.Crying is an instinctive response to sadness and pain. 哭泣是对痛苦的本能的反应。 Watch a small child, at an age too young to have had any mental habits implanted by training. Meaning:Watch a small child who is too young to have acquired mental habits through training or education showing a natural curiosity about the outside world acquired or learned habit. 试想一名儿童,当他年龄很小的时候,头脑中不会产生任何经过训练而形成的想法。 mental: (adj.) of or in the mind 心智的；智力的 1.He is good at mental arithmetic. 他擅长心算。 2.She has mental illness. 她有精神病。