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        New Words and Expressions
  New Words

ability

n.

the fact of having the skill, power, or other qualities that are needed in order to do something 能力

actually  
adv.
really 实际上
automatically  
adv.
by a machine, without doing anything 自动地

claim

v.

declare to be true 声称

discourage  
v.
prevent or try to prevent (an action) 劝阻
dropout  
n.
someone who leaves a school or college without completing the program 辍学者

dynamics

n.

a force that produces change, action or effects (原) 动力

extended

adj.

wider or longer than usual or expected 扩展的

first-hand

adv.

(learned) directly from the point of origin 直接地

foster

v.

help (feeling or ideas) to grow or develop 有助于

heartfelt

adj.

deeply felt 衷心的

jeopardize

v..

put something at risk or in danger 危害

obsessive  
adj.
excessively interested 着迷的

perceive

v.

(come to) have knowledge of something through the mind 理解,领悟到

programmer

n.

a person who writes computer programs 编程员

purely

adv.

only, merely 纯粹地

reasonably

adv.

fairly 相当地

reconsider  
v.
think again about (a subject) with the possibility of changing one’s mind 重新考虑

science

n.

knowledge about the structure and behavior of the natural and physical world, based on facts that you can prove, for example by experiments 科学;自然科学

sink

v.

pass gradually into a worse condition 陷入 (更糟的境地)

specialization

n.

the process of specializing 学科专业;专门化

specialty

n.

a special field of work or study 专业

standpoint  
n.
a position from which things are seen and opinions are formed 立场

unlikely

adj.

not expected 不太可能的

wide-ranging

adj.

extensive in scope 覆盖广的

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