Unit 1 Words in use 1.As the gender barrierscrumble number of women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid-20th century. 随着性别障碍的瓦解，从事律师、医生或银行家工作的妇女人数从20世纪中期开始大幅增加。 2.With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop candiscern customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance. 通过每年收集的数据，店主可以识别客户的趋势，以及天气和经济指标等因素如何影响销售业绩。 3.His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to surpass his personal goals. 他的上司以一种积极的方式推动和激励他，使他不仅能够达到，而且能够超越他的个人目标。 4.He is a man with a(n shrewdbusiness sense. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.
他是个有精明商业头脑的人。他把最初的投资积累成了一大笔甚至是过多的财富。 5.The conversion of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s. 核辐射直接转化为电力是一种令人兴奋的可能性，1950年代许多实验室正在大力探索这一可能性 6.I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to distort the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled. 我不仅感到震惊，而且感到厌恶的是，这份报告试图歪曲科学事实，以至于甚至一些受过高等教育的人都被愚弄了。 7.Sixty-two and blessed with his mother's skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as radiant as a man in his forties. 六十二岁的他拥有和母亲一样的皮肤，一生都经受住了日晒，看上去就像四十多岁的人一样容光焕发。 8.French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but ingenious code which has had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind. 法国教育家路易斯·布莱叶发明了一种简单而巧妙（有独创性的）的代码，它对几代盲人的生活产生了影响。
