第一百一十一讲

    Text Study
    Para. 6a “When they do housework, the realize their parents aren’t their slaves”, he says, “and if they don’t do it well, it doesn’t get signed off by mum and dad. They’re developing a work ethic.

    realize
    1. VERB 动词认识到；意识到；了解 If you realize that something is true, you become aware of that fact or understand it.
    As soon as we realized something was wrong, we moved the children away... 我们刚意识到有什么不对劲就把孩子转移了。
    People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been... 人们没有意识到这次经济衰退事实上有多严重。
    2. VERB 动词（希望、心愿或恐惧）实现，成为现实，发生 If your hopes, desires, or fears are realized, the things that you hope for, desire, or fear actually happen.
    Those are our hopes; we are starting this clinical trial to investigate whether those hopes will be realized.
    那些就是我们的希望；我们正在开展这些临床试验以调查那些希望是否可以实现。
    2. VERB 动词（希望、心愿或恐惧）实现，成为现实，发生 If your hopes, desires, or fears are realized, the things that you hope for, desire, or fear actually happen.
    Those are our hopes; we are starting this clinical trial to investigate whether those hopes will be realized.
    那些就是我们的希望；我们正在开展这些临床试验以调查那些希望是否可以实现。
    3. VERB 动词发挥，实现（潜力） If someone or something realizes their potential, they do everything they are capable of doing, because they have been given the opportunity to do so.
    The support systems to enable women to realize their potential at work are seriously inadequate... 使妇女在工作中发挥潜力的支持体系严重不足。
    4. VERB 动词实现（利润）；卖得… If something realizes a particular amount of money when it is sold, that amount of money is paid for it. （FORMAL 正式）
    A selection of correspondence from P G Wodehouse realized ￡ 1,232.
    P.G.沃德豪斯的书信选集卖了1,232英镑。

    slave
    1. 可数名词奴隶 A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person.
    The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States. 150年前，从美国获得了自由归来的奴隶建立了利比里亚。
    2. 可数名词完全被控制的人;完全被影响的人 You can describe someone as a slave when they are completely under the control of another person or of a powerful influence.
    Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system. 电影明星过去完全受制于大制片厂制度。
    3. VERB 动词辛苦地工作;卖命地干 If you say that a person is slaving over something or is slaving for someone, you mean that they are working very hard.
    When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove. 辛苦了一整天之后，最不愿意做的事情就是在热烘烘的炉子前再忙活上好几个钟头。
    Slave away means the same as slave.
    He stares at the hundreds of workers slaving away in the intense sun. 他凝视着在炎炎烈日下辛苦劳作的几百名工人

    sign off
    PHRASAL VERB 短语动词
    (在信的结尾)写结束语;(挂电话、广播节目结束时)就说到这，到此为止 If someone signs off, they write a final message at the end of a letter or they say a final message at the end of a telephone conversation. You can say that people such as entertainers sign off when they finish a broadcast.
    I'll sign off. We'll talk at the beginning of the week... 好，就说到这儿吧，下周初我们再谈。
    He would sign off each week with the catch-phrase, 'I'll see thee!' 每周结束节目时他都会说那句经典的话，“下周见！”。

    sign
    n. 记号，符号；信号，暗号；手势；预兆
    vt.& vi. 签名，签字；用信号表示；画十字于；打手势
    动词打手势语;为(节目或表演)配手语 If you sign, you communicate with someone using sign language. If a program or performance is signed, someone uses sign language so that deaf people can understand it.
    All programs will be either 'signed' or subtitled... 所有节目要么要配手语要么要打字幕。
    可数名词招牌;标牌;指示牌;告示牌;标志 A sign is a piece of wood, metal, or plastic with words or pictures on it. Signs give you information about something, or give you a warning or an instruction.
    ...a sign saying that the highway was closed because of snow. 声明公路因大雪而关闭的告示牌
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    sign
    动词在…上签名;在…上签字;签署 When you sign a document, you write your name on it, usually at the end or in a special space. You do this to indicate that you have written the document, that you agree with what is written, or that you were present as a witness.
    World leaders are expected to sign a treaty pledging to increase environmental protection... 世界各国首脑预计会签署一份承诺加强环境保护的协定。
    Before an operation the patient will be asked to sign a consent form. 手术前患者将被要求在同意书上签字。

    ethic
    1. Ethics 道德规范;伦理 Ethics are moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong.
    Its members are bound by a rigid code of ethics which includes confidentiality. 它的成员受到包括保密在内的一套严格的伦理规范的约束。
    2. 不可数名词伦理学 Ethics is the study of questions about what is morally right and wrong.
    ...the teaching of ethics and moral philosophy. 伦理学和道德哲学的教学

    3. 复数名词（个人信奉的）道德原则 Someone's ethics are the moral principles about right and wrong behavior which they believe in.
    It is common to distinguish between personal and social ethics... 个人道德准则和社会道德准则常常不一致。
    4. 单数名词 道德规范；伦理标准 An ethic of a particular kind is an idea or moral belief that influences the behavior, attitudes, and philosophy of a group of people.
    ...the ethic of public service. 公共服务的道德标准

    Translation
    Para. 6a “当孩子们做家务的时候，他们就会意识到父母并不是他们的奴隶。”他说, “如果他们做的不好，那么爸爸妈妈就不给他们签字。他们是在培养一种职业道德。”