英语每日一句(五十七)_The

原标题：英语每日一句（五十七）

the truly incompetent may never know the depths of their own incompetence, a pair of social psychologists said on thursday.

study found again and again that people who perform poorly relative to their peers tended to think

that they did rather well.

（一）考点词汇

1. incompetent不胜任的（形容词）

例句：i was incompetent at playing the piano.

我钢琴弹得不好。

注1：competent胜任的（形容词）

例句：make sure the firm is competent to carry out

the work.

要确保这家公司有能力完成这项工作。

注2：incompetence不胜任（名词）

例句：the incompetence of government officials is appalling.

政府官员的无能令人震惊。

2. depth深度

例句：the smaller lake ranges from five to fourteen feet in depth.

小一些的湖深度从5英尺到14英尺不等。

3. a pair of 一双

例句：on the mantelpiece are a pair of bronze ming vases.

壁炉台上是一对明代的青铜花瓶。

4. psychologist 心理学家

例句：ask your doctor for a referral to a clinical psychologist.

让你的医生给你推荐一位临床心理学家。

5. again and again再三地，反复地

例句：again and again the test met with no success.

这一试验一再遭到失败.

6. relative to和…比较起来

例句：the satellite remains in one spot relative to the earth’s surface.

相对地球表面而言，这颗卫星位置固

定。

7. peer 同辈，同龄人

例句：…children who are much cleverer than their peers…

比同龄人聪明许多的孩子

（二）翻译

the truly incompetent may never know the depths of their own incompetence, a pair of social

psychologists said on thursday.

study found again and again that people who perform poorly relative to their peers tended to think that they did rather well.

两位社会心理学家周四说，真正的不称职者可能永远不知道自己不称职的程度。研究发现，与同龄人相比，表现较差的人往往认为自己做得相当好。

（三）复试口语

good morning! it is my great honor to have this opportunity for this interview and i really appreciate it.

很荣幸能有这个机会参加这次面试，我真的很感激。

（四）每日美文

there is no such thing as a great talent without great will.

没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。

注1：我理解的意志力，就是能克制玩手机的欲望、能按时起床、按计划学习和工作。

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