ReadingRealizingyourpotential授課人：SandraHello,everyone!Welcometoseniorhighschool!Todayisthestartofanewterm,thestartofathree-yearjourneyandthestartofapromisingfuture.welcometo:歡迎…thestartof:…的開始、開端Promising:充滿希望的，有前途的Ican’twaittodescribetoyouwhatseniorhighschoollifeislike.Thepathbeforeyouleadstoaworldfullofchallenges:anewenvironment,newknowledgeandnewwaysofthinking.can’twaittodosth:迫不及待做某事What…belike:…是什么樣子的leadto(介):通向；導致(be)fullof=(be)filledwith:充滿However,forthoseofyouwithapositivemind,opportunityliesineachchallenge.positivemind:積極的思維（思想）

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potential.Mostimportantly:最重要的是effort：努力（U），費力的事（C）makeeffortstodosth.努力做某事“Whatispotential?”youmayask.Putsimply,potentialisyournaturalabilitythatcanbedevelopedwhenyoutryhardenough.putsimply:簡而言之（固定搭配）natural[?n?t??r?l]:生而俱來的，自然的nature

[?neit??]:自然Whoknowswhatbeautifulworksofartyouwillcreate,whatmedicaladvancesyouwillmakeorwhatamazingtechnologiesyouwilldevelop!advance:n.進步，進展v.發展進步inadvance:提前，預先medicaladvances：醫學進步amazing:adj.令人驚喜的，令人大為驚奇的amaze:vt.使驚奇amazed:adj.驚奇的，驚訝的amazement:n.驚奇，驚訝Thepossibilitiesareendless,andIhaveconfidenceinyourabilitytomakeadifferencetoyourfamily,toyourcommunityandtoourcountry.endless:無限的，無休止的limited:有限的haveconfidencein:對…有信心differencen.:不同，區別makeadifference(to)：對…有區別，有影響confidencen.:信心，信任搭配：haveconfidencein…對…有信心loseconfidencein…對…失去信心confidentadj.:自信的，確信的Overthenextthreeyears,youwilldiscoveryourpotentialwhileyoudevelopasastudentandasaperson.discoverv.:發現，發覺Tofullyrealizeyourpotential,itisimportantforyoutomakethemostofourschoolresources.itis/was+adj.forsbtodosth:對某人來說做某事是怎么樣的makethemostof=makegood/fulluseof=makethebestof:充分利用，盡情享受Takeadvantageofyourclasses,learnfromyourteachersandclassmates,andmakeuseofourschoolfacilities.Takeadvantageof:利用learnfrom：向某人學習makeuseof：利用facilities：設施sportsfacilities：體育設施Therearealsoalotofschoolactivitiesforyou.Joinaclubortwo,andtakeanactivepartindifferentsports.alotof=lotsof:許多join:加入(團體)joinin:加入正在進行的活動takepartin:參加會議或群眾性活動Ofequalimportancearegoodstudyhabits,usefulskillsandapositiveattitude.Carefullyplanyourstudy,setcleargoalsandbalanceyourschoolworkwithotheractivities.equal：adj.平等的，相當的equality:n.平等beequalto:相當于setgoals/setagoal:建立目標achieve/reachone’sgoal:達到目標balance:n&v平衡balance:n.平衡，平衡能力v.同等重視，使保持平衡keep/loseone’sbalance:保持/失去平衡keepabalancebetweenAandB:保持A與B之間的平衡asenseofbalance:平衡感Asaseniorhighschoolstudent,youmustmakeeffortstoimproveyourcommunicationandproblem-solvingskills.makeeffortstodo:努力做某事improve:提高；改善improvement:n.改進、改善Lastbutnotleast,alwayslookonthebrightsideandneverlosehope,evenindifficultsituations.Intimeyouwillfindyourselfgrowingintoawell-roundedindividual.lastbutnotleast:最后但同等重要的是lookonthebrightside:（對壞情況）持樂觀態度Intime:最后，終于，及時individual：n.個人adj.個人的，單個的AsLao-Tzuwiselysaid,“Ajourneyofathousandmilesbeginswithasinglestep.”Youneedtomakeacontinuousefforttotrainyourmindanddevelopyourcharacter.

makeacontinuouseffortto:不斷努力，持續努力character:n.性格；人物Seniorhighschoolwillhelpyoulearnandgrow,yetyoualone

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