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自考英语（二）讲义完整版四 　　TextB 重点词汇： 　　1. appoint ： 任命，委任 　　appointment 　　He‘s just been appointed as director of the publishing division. 他刚被任命为出版社的主任。 　　2. accessible ： adj. 易接近的，能进去的， 　　The problem with some of these drugs is that they are so very accessible . 毒品的问题在于毒品太易得到了。 　　She has made some attempt to make opera accessible to a wider public. 她曾尝试着让歌剧走进更广大的大众。 　　派生词：access n. 通路，入口，接近（或进入）的机会 　　3. to amount to ： 达到，总计；相当于 　　The cost amounts to $3，000 . 费用总计3000 美元。 　　Her words amount to a refusal. 她的话无异于拒绝。 　　4. to blame sb. for ： 为… 责备某人 　　Public opinion blames Mrs. Smith for leading the girl astray . 　　舆论责怪史密斯夫人把那位姑娘引入歧途。 　　You can‘t really blame Helen for not wanting to get involved . 　　海伦不想被卷入其中，你确实不能为此责备她。 　　5. by nature ： 生来，天生， 　　He is an optimist by nature . 他生来一个乐天派。 　　He was ， by nature ， a man of few words. 他是天生沉默寡言的人。 　　a few+可数名词 　　a little + 不可数名词 　　Text B 重点句子： 　　Advantage Unfair 　　According to the write Walter Ellis， author of a book called the Oxbridge Conspiracy， Britain is still dominated by the old-boy network： it isn‘t what you know that matters， but who you know .He claims that at Oxford and Cambridge Universities （Oxbridge for short） a few select people start on an escalator ride which， over the years， carries them to the tops of British privilege and power. His research revealed that the top professions all continue to be dominated， if not 90 percent， then 60 or 65per cent， by Oxbridge graduates. 　　And yet， says Ellis， Oxbridge graduates make up only two percent of the total number of students who graduate from Britain‘s universities. Other researches also seem to support his belief that Oxbridge graduates start with an unfair advantage in the employment market. In the law， a recently published report showed that out of 26 senior judges appointed to the High Court last year ，all of them went to private schools and 21 of them went to Oxbridge. 　　But can this be said to amount to a conspiracy？ Not according to Dr.John Rae， a former headmaster of