王大仙儿学英语 day 4
大学入学申请论文 the college essay
让某人疯狂 drive sb crazy
从事律师职业的母亲 lawyer-mom
郊区 suburban
密集地 thick on
梅格是一位从事律师职业的母亲,住在华盛顿哥伦比亚特区郊区,在那里,到处都是像她一样从事律师职业的母亲。
Meg is a lawyer-mom in suberban Washington,D.C.,where lawyer-mom are thick on the ground.
秋天 fall
毕业班学生 senior
她的儿子Doug是数十万高中毕业生中的一员,今年秋天,这些学生都过的非常痛苦。
Her son Doug is one of several hundred thousand high-school seniors who had a painful fall.
填写 fill out
10月初 early October
yet表否定
向他最心仪的大学提出申请的截止日期是11月1日,但是直到10月初,他还没有填好申请表。
The deadline for applying to his favorite college was Nov.1,and by early October he had yet to fill out the application.
附随的 accompanying
说的更确切些 more to the point
主题、题目 subject
选定 settle on
说的更确切些,需要和申请书一起提交一篇个人论文,但是他还没有确定这篇论文的主题。
More to the point,he had yet to settle on the subject for the personal essay accompanying application.
大学里流传的说法 college folklore
措辞优美 well-turned
诱惑 seduce
录取委员会 admission committee
据大学里流传的说法,措辞优美的论文足以影响录取委员会的决定。
According to college folklore,a well-turned essay has the power to seduce an admissions committee.
让某人疯狂 drive sb crazy
从事律师职业的母亲 lawyer-mom
郊区 suburban
密集地 thick on
梅格是一位从事律师职业的母亲,住在华盛顿哥伦比亚特区郊区,在那里,到处都是像她一样从事律师职业的母亲。
Meg is a lawyer-mom in suberban Washington,D.C.,where lawyer-mom are thick on the ground.
秋天 fall
毕业班学生 senior
她的儿子Doug是数十万高中毕业生中的一员,今年秋天,这些学生都过的非常痛苦。
Her son Doug is one of several hundred thousand high-school seniors who had a painful fall.
填写 fill out
10月初 early October
yet表否定
向他最心仪的大学提出申请的截止日期是11月1日,但是直到10月初,他还没有填好申请表。
The deadline for applying to his favorite college was Nov.1,and by early October he had yet to fill out the application.
附随的 accompanying
说的更确切些 more to the point
主题、题目 subject
选定 settle on
说的更确切些,需要和申请书一起提交一篇个人论文,但是他还没有确定这篇论文的主题。
More to the point,he had yet to settle on the subject for the personal essay accompanying application.
大学里流传的说法 college folklore
措辞优美 well-turned
诱惑 seduce
录取委员会 admission committee
据大学里流传的说法,措辞优美的论文足以影响录取委员会的决定。
According to college folklore,a well-turned essay has the power to seduce an admissions committee.