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After-Class Reading Passage I A Long March to Creativity (I) appoint v.: (formal) to arrange or decide a time or place for something to happen 确定或决定某事物 ● A date for the meeting is still to be appointed.● Everyone was assembled at the appointed time. (at the time that had been arranged) manual adj.: of, done or controlled by hands 手的；手工的；手制的；手控的● No great manual dexterity (=skill in using your hands 手巧) is required to perform the technique.● People in manual occupations have a lower life expectancy. ● It would take too long to do a manual search of all the data. ● My camera has manual and automatic functions. intervene v.: 1. to become involved in an argument, fight, or other difficult situation in order to change what happens 干涉/预，调解● They were planning to get married and then the war intervened. ● I will come if nothing intervenes. ● The police don’t usually like to intervene in disputes between husbands and wives. 2. if an event intervenes, it delays or interrupts something else（指事情、情形）发生（以阻碍某事）● The army will have to intervene to prevent further fighting. agenda n.: 1. purpose or plan 意图，计划 ● Many of the coalition members could have their own political agendas.e.g. hidden agenda : (disapproving) the secret intention behind what somebody says or does 背后意图● Voters suspected a hidden political agenda. ● Were there a hidden agenda behind this decision? 2. a list of items to be discussed at a meeting 议程表 ● The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget.● In our company, quality is high on the agenda. ● For the government, education is now at the top of the agenda (=most important). fair game [U]: if someone or something is fair game, it is acceptable, reasonable, or right to criticize them 该／易受批评的人或事● The young star’s behavior made her fair game for the tabloid press (小报新闻界).● The younger teachers were considered fair game by most of the kids. rear v.: to look after a person or animal until they are fully grown养育；饲养● She reared a family of five on her o