2018-11-27

D44   [hurdle]   20181127

1）使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查“hurdle”，了解它作为名词时的常用搭配。 

 problem/difficulty难关

①、[搭配]ADJ.

big, difficult 大障碍；难关

main, major 主要障碍

final, first, last, next 最后的障碍；第一关；最后一关；

下一关: The first big hurdle in putting your car on the road is getting insurance.

让车子上路的第一关就是购买保险。

②、[搭配]VERB + HURDLE

face 面临障碍: This is perhaps the most difficult hurdle that we face.

这也许是我们遇到的最棘手的难题。

clear, jump, overcome, pass 清除障碍；跨越障碍；渡过难关: We’ll jump each hurdle as we come to it.

我们会跨越我们遇到的每一道难关。

You have already overcome the first major hurdle by passing the entrance exam.

通过入学考试你就已经越过了第一大难关。

fall at 失败: The plan fell at the first hurdle.

这项计划在第一关就败下阵来了。

2）翻译下面的句子：

中国学生申请赴美留学面临的一大障碍是托福考试。 

A major hurdle that Chinese students to apply to study in the US is TOEFL.

（参考翻译： A big hurdle that Chinese students who wish to study in the US face is TOEFL. 或To get admitted to US colleges, Chinese students have to clear a difficult hurdle: TOEFL, an English language proficiency test.） 

 3）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。 

例子： Like a flu vaccine, an effective HIV vaccine needs to protect against multiple strains, so researchers are designing a set of immunogens that can be given sequentially, preparing for whatever strain they come up against, and jumping a hurdle in HIV vaccine design.