新概念3Lesson60Too early词汇和句型6-9 6. public affairs n. issues and questions about social, economic, political or business activities, etc. that affect ordinary people in general 公众事务 Politeness / Courtesy is a necessary habit in all public affairs in civilized society. 礼节是文明社会所有公众事务中一个必备的习惯。 新概念英语网课 裕兴新概念英语第一册 新概念英语青少版1a 7. Without it, nothing could ever be brought to a conclusion; everything would be in a state of chaos. (1)bring sth. to a conclusion使…得出结论 In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences—most of them wildly improbable. 在十九世纪，小说家会通过给读者呈现一系列的巧合来结束他的故事，这些巧合大多是极不可能的。 draw / come to / reach a conclusion得出结论 This trend began during the Second World War, when several governments came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail. 这种趋势始于第二次世界大战期间，当时一些国家的政府得出结论：政府要向科研机构提出的具体要求通常是无法详尽预见的。 (2)chaos: disorder; mess; confusion混乱 in (a state of) chaos 处于一片混乱（状态） In the absence of the teacher, the class was in a state of chaos. 在老师不在的时候，班里处于一片混乱状态。 8.  Only in a sparsely-populated rural community is it possible to disregard it. 只有在人口稀少的农村社区，才有可能忽视它。 （1）sparsely / thinly populated 人口稀少的 densely / thickly populated  人口稠密的 （2）disregard摈弃 They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary. 他们无视社会习俗，却没有意识到自己在做什么不寻常的事。 （3）living n.  生计 make / earn a living谋生 生活；生活方式plain / luxurious living the art of living 9. The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated and organized for the matter in hand. 知识分子正在研究一个深奥的问题，为了手头的事情，他把一切都协调起来，组织起来了。 （1）work on sth. / doing 致力于…… John is still working on the new book. The couple need to work on improving their relationship.  这对夫妇需要努力改善他们的关系。 （2）abstruse adj. difficult to understand 深奥的；难理解的 （3）have sth. done使…被做 I’m going to have my hair cut. 我要去理发。 （4）the job / task / matter in hand手边的工作 Could you just concentrate on the job in hand? 你能专心做手头的工作吗？ As the matter in hand was urgent, we dealt with it at once. 由于手头的事情很紧急，我们立即处理了。