New words and expressions 生词短语
intelligence n.: 智力 intelligent cute intellectual a.智力的 n.知识分子
superior advanced intellectually
pass on 衡量
He passes on(=pass away=die)表死的委婉语
pass away = die
衡量 judge:to pass on 如:to pass on one's intelligence
pass for :被认为 不能用被动,只能用主动
pass 过了 pass grade long live: 万岁
reliance n.: 信赖,依靠
rely=depend rely on He relies on his parents. parasite:寄生虫 drag:负担
reliant reliable 值得信赖的 self-reliant :自力更生=self-dependent
working 起作用的 works :有功效的
pill:药丸 dose:剂 efficient: 指人效率很高,做事麻利 effective :有效果的
The pill does.
a wide variety 各种各样
a wide variety of goods .
various a. variant:变化的 variantion n.: 变化 very colored/formed
multi-
multifunctional :多功能
multinational :多国的
multilateral talks 多边会谈
bilateral:双边会谈
Lesson17
The fact that we are not sure what 'intelligence' is, nor what is passed on, does not prevent us from finding it a very useful working concept, and placing a certain amount of reliance on tests which 'measure' it. In an intelligence test we take a sample of an individual's ability to solve puzzles and problems of various kinds, and if we have taken a representative sample it will allow us to predict successfully the level of performance he will reach in a wide variety of occupations. This became of particular importance when, as a result of the 1944 Education Act, secondary schooling for all became law, and grammar schools, with the exception of a small number of independent foundation schools, became available to the whole