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自考 泛读考试 Unit 1 University and Their Function Text A 词汇 superfluous : 多余的 impart ：传授 faculty ：教职员工 elicit ：bring out justification ：正当的理由 be consistent with : 与……一致 preserve ：保持 feeble ：weak zest ：激情 temperate :温和的 arise from ：来自 construe ：explain transform ：change 改变 hamper : 阻碍 energize as: catalyst 激励 acquisition ：控制力 divorce assertion ：断言 illuminate ：富于启发的 in obedience to : according to in great measure fatigue : tired slight: little reliability : trust weld: combine obstinacy: stubbornness 固执 pedant：老学究 letters: arts reflection：思考 prolong : long period of flinch: draw back 退缩 dull ：迟钝 engage ：从事 drudgery: uninteresting hard work 苦差工 modes: kinds rule of thumb ：凭经验 interlocking: interwoven 相互交织 binding forces: unity 团结的力量 翻译 1、The universities are schools of education, and schools of research. But the primary reason for their existence is not to be found either in the mere knowledge conveyed to the students or in the mere opportunities for research afforded to the members of the faculty. T: 大学是实施教育的机构，也是进行研究的机构。但大学之所以存在，主要原因并不在于仅仅向学生们传播知识，也不在于仅向教师们提供研究的机会。 2、The justification for a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge and the zest of life, by uniting the young and the old in the imaginative consideration of learning. T: 大学存在的理由是，它使青年和老年人融为一体，对学术进行充满想象力的探索，从而在知识和追求生命的热情之间架起了桥梁。 3、A fact is no longer a bare fact: it is invested with all its possibilities. It is no longer a burden on the memory: it is energizing as the poet of our dreams, and as the architect of our purpos