1. campus 大学或学院的校园
All freshman students live on campus. When they are in their second year at college, they may live off campus.
所有大学一年级的学生都住在校园里。大学二年级时，他们可以住在校外。 2. scholarship 学问 学识 学术研究
This book series is regarded as a magnificent work of scholarship. 这本丛书被认为是学术巨著。
3. Frontier （思想的）前沿； （知识的）新领域
They were very excited about their work on the frontiers of medicine, for they were developing a medicine that might be able to cure lung cancer. 4. Transform 使改观；使变形；使转化
The president of the university said that they were trying their best to transform their university into a top school in the country.
大学的校长表示他们正竭尽全力把他们的学校建设成全国的一流大学。 5. Electronics
1）电子设备；电子仪器
Storms, thunder and lightning can affect a car’s electronics. 暴雨和雷电会影响汽车的电子设备。 2）电子学；电子技术
He is an electronics engineer, but he likes to write with a pen instead of a computer. 他是电子工程师，但是他喜欢用笔写字，而不是用电脑打字。 6. Fleet 车队；机群；船队
Survivors were taken to a hospital in a fleet of ambulances. 幸存者被救护车对送往医院。
The word fleet is used metaphorically here. It is a kind of word play. You could say a fleet of laptops, of an army of laptops. For example: He sat in the back yard in the sun, watching a fleet of white clouds overhead. 他做在后院晒太阳，看着天上的多多白云。 7. Typical 典型的；有代表性的
Notice the sentences in the text that are relatively long, which is typical of a news
report.
注意照片文章中的句子比较长，这在新闻报道中是比较典型的。 8. Access 享用全；享用机会
Students and faculty in the university have free access to the computer lab. 大学的学生和教职员工可以免费使用那个机房。 9. Instant-messaging 发送即时消息
She doesn’t like instant-messaging. When she has something to say, she will make a phone call.
她不喜欢发送即时消息。有话要说时，她就打电话。 10. Less than interesting 一点也没有意思 11. Be tied to
1)和某物联系在一起；依附于某物
Our economy is closely tied to import and export. 我们的经济和进出口紧密相关。 2）被某事物束缚/约束/限制
Many young mothers are tied to the home and children. 许多年轻母亲被家庭和孩子所牵绊。 12. Text （用手机）给...发短信
He boyfriend didn’t call or text her all day, which made her quite upset. 她的男朋友一整天都没有给她打电话，也没有发短信，这让她很不安。 13. Accessible 易得到的；易使用的
He has made some attempts to make opera accessible to a wider public. 他作了一些尝试，想让歌剧能有更多的受众。 14. Boundless 无限的；无穷的；无边无际的 He always has boundless energy and enthusiasm. 他总是有着无穷的精力和热情。 15. Response 1）回答；答复
We wrote to the manager to complain about the poor service, but received no response yet.
我们给经理信息投诉服务差，但是还没有得到回复。 2）反应；响应
When he heard the news, his response was just a slight shake of the head. 当他听到这个消息的时候，他的反应只是微微的摇了摇头。 16. Means 手段；方法；工具
Homework should not be used as a means of controlling children. 家庭作业不应该被当做控制孩子的手段。
17. Major (大学中）主修某科目的学生；某专业的学生 She’s a history major, but she really likes engineering. 她是历史专业的学生，但她真正喜欢的是工科。 18. Dialect 方言；地方话；土语
He’s been in Shanghai for five years, but he still can’t understand the Shanghai dialect.
他来上海五年了，但是还是听不懂上海话。
Here the word dialect refers to the language particularly used by young people when they exchange text messages, such as “u”(you), “thnx” (thanks), “btw”(by the way), “cool” (very attractive), “nuts” (crazy), “chicken”(coward) and so on. 19. Analyze 分析；刨析
The teacher analyzed our mistakes in order to help us find the causes. 老师分析了我们的错误，以帮助我们找到出错的原因。 20. Script （戏剧、电影、电视节目、演讲等的剧本、手稿 You can’t read your script when you are attending a speech contest. 参加演讲比赛的时候，你不能读讲稿。 21. Tape （用磁带）录音，录像 Did you tape the professor’s lecture today? 今天，教授的讲座你录下来了吗？ 22. Post 贴；公布
He posted some of his pictures on his website. 他在自己的网站上贴了几张自己的照片。 23.device