person | n. | 人，本人，自身 |
personality | n. | 1.人格，个性 2.名人 |
personal | a. | 1.个人的，私人的 2.人体的，身体的 3.亲自的，本人的 |
personnel | n. | 1.全体人员 2.人事（部门） |
1. "Those things that do not show up in the test scores-personality, ability, courage or humanity-are completely ignored," says Toshiki Kaifu, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's education committee. "Frustration against this kind of thing leads kids to drop out and run wild." (NETEM 2000, Passage 4, Paragraph 3)
那些考试成绩无法反映的东西--个性、能力、勇气或人性--完全被忽略了，日本执政的自民党教育委员会主席海部俊树这样说，"由此产生的挫折感导致了孩子们的中途退学，和难以管教。"
2. Recently I heard a well-known television personality declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs. (NETEM 1995, Passage 1, paragraph 4)
最近我听到一位著名电视人宣称他反对广告，因为广告意在劝诱而非提供信息。
3. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffing assignments to be made accordingly. (NETEM 1994, Passage 2, paragraph 2)
同时这些计算机记录哪些时间段是高峰，哪些员工最有效率，进而就能对人员分配进行相应的调整。
literature | n. | 1.文学（作品） 2.文献 |
literal | a. | 1.文学上的 2.字面的，逐字的 |
literally | ad. | 1.照字面意义，逐字地 2.实际上，确实 |
literary | a. | 1.文学（上）的 2.精通文学的，从事写作的 |
linguistic | a. | 语言上的，语言学上的 |
literacy | n. | 有文化，有教养，有读写能力 |
(注：liter词干表示"文字，字母"的意思) | ||
1. With much practice people can learn to, literally, do it in their sleep. (NETEM 2005, Text 3, paragraph 4)
通过多次练习，人们确实可以学会在梦中这样做。
2. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. (NETEM 2004, Text 2, paragraph 5)
在大学的毕业典礼上，姓名首字母是ABC的学生骄傲的首先领到奖品；等轮到Zysmans们领奖品的时候，大多数人实际上都在鼾声大作了。
3．In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in peril and that they would someday be meat for worms. (NETEM 2006, Text 4, paragraph 5)
在西方，在大众通讯和读书识字出现之前，最有影响的大众传媒是教会，教会提醒崇拜者，他们的灵魂处于危险之中，他们迟早会成为蛆虫的食粮。
catalog(ue) | vt. | 编目录 |
| n. | 目录 |
dialogue | n. | 1.对话 2.（小说，戏剧中的）对白 |
表示"说话"的其它词汇： | ||
oratory | n. | 演讲术 |
orator | n. | 演说家 |
oral | a. | 口头的 |
verbal | a. | 1.口头的 2.用文字的 3.动词的 |
eloquent | a. | 雄辩的，有口才的 |
nonverbal | a. | 不用言语表达的 |
1. Given this optimistic approach to technological innovation, the American worker took readily to that special kind of nonverbal thinking required in mechanical technology. (NETEM 1996, Passage 4, paragraph 7)
有了这种对技术革新的乐观态度，美国工人很快便习惯了机械技术需要的那种特别的非语言的思维方式。
2. A technologist thinks about objects that cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions. (NETEM 1996, Passage 4, paragraph 7)
技术人员思考那些不能被简化成功用明确的语言进行描述的物体。
mystery | n. | 1.神秘小说，侦探小说 2.神秘 |
mysterious | a. | 1.神秘的 2.难以理解的 3.可疑的 |
myth | n. | 1.神话 2.虚构的理论 |
rhythm | n. | 节奏，韵律 |
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| (爱听节奏蓝调音乐的同学应该知道R&B，就是rhythm and blue) |
Our factories hum to the rhythm of robot assembly arms. (NETEM 2002 passage 2, paragraph 2)
我们的工厂里轰鸣着机器人生产线的节奏。
vegetable | n. | 1.蔬菜，植物 2.生活呆板单调的人 |
| a. | 蔬菜的，植物的 |
vegetation | n. | 植物，草木 |
Unburnt vegetation rots quickly, but black carbon persists in the soil for many centuries. (CET-6, 2005.6, Passage 1, paragraph 5)
未被烧毁的植被很快就腐烂了，但是碳黑可以留在土壤中几个世纪。
robot | n. | 1.机器人 2.没有思想，行动机械的人 |
robotics | n. | （用作sing.）机器人学，机器人技术 |
robust | a. | 精力充沛的，强壮的 |
| 例： | a robust young man 一个精力充沛的年轻人 |
robust 的近义词： | ||
dynamic | a. | 1.有活力的 2.动力的 |
energetic | a. | 1.精力旺盛的 2.有力的 |
vigorous | a. | 1.精力充沛的 2.强有力的 |
1. That compulsion has resulted in robotics - the science of conferring various human capabilities on machines. (NETEM 2002, Text 2, paragraph 1)
这种不得已的行为导致了机器人科学的产生--一门将人类的能力赋予机器的科学。
2. "While we know how to tell a robot to handle a specific error," says Dave Lavery, manager of a robotics program at NASA. "we can't yet give a robot enough ‘common sense' to reliably interact with a dynamicworld." (NETEM 2002, Text 2, Paragraph 3)
"虽然我们知道如何让机器人去纠正一个特定的错误，" (美国)国家航空和宇宙航行局的一个机器人项目经理戴维·拉维里说，"我们仍然不能赋予机器人以足够的'常识'，使它们能够与动态的世界进行可靠的交流。"
3. Energetic people now routinely work through their 60s and beyond, and remain dazzlingly productive. (NETEM 2003, Text 4, paragraph 3)
现在精力充沛的人们通常能工作到60岁，甚至更久，并仍然具有惊人的创造力。
4. "They think they're okey because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, eight or even more to feel ideally vigorous." (CET-6, 1993.6, Passage 3, paragraph 2)
"他们认为睡6.5个小时就够了，所以没有问题，其实他们需要7.5小时、8个小时甚至更多的时间来保持理想的精力。"
