大学英语口语练习第一课（大学英语口语8）

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大学英语口语练习第一课

Lesson 8

Should We Diet in Order to Keep Fit?

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How Does It Feel to Lose Weight?

Here is a conversation between a heart specialist and a heart patient.

Vic: I've been feeling very lonely. I can't explain it, I'm in a crowd but I

feel lonely. And so today, .I tried to get in touch with it . The

loneliness and sadness are there because several things are going on.

One, I don't like my body. Two, I am very angry with my body for having

heart disease.

　

Dean: Do you want to do an imagery exercisel?

Vic: Yes.

Dean: Okay, Please close your eyes and put yourself in a

state. If at any time you feel like this is not something you want to

do, I'11 rely on you to tell me that. Begin by your

body. What kind of image do you get?

Vic: Just of flesh. A wall of fat.

Dean: Imagine that your body has a voice of its own. Tell it hello.

Ask it to just say hello to you, just to identify itself. Does it?

Vic: [pause] it says "hello" back. I'm amazedl Its voice is different from

mine.

　

Dean: Ask it if it has a name.

Vic: It says, "Fat ."

Dean: Ask "Fat" what is its purpose in your life.

Vic: [pause] It says, "To give me support. To shield me. To protect me."

Dean: Ask it what it is shielding you from.

Vic: It says, "From everyone. I'm your best friend."

Dean: In what way is it your friend?

Vic: It says, "I've been protecting you."

Dean: Ask it what it has been protecting you from.

Vic: It says, "You don't have to do a lot of things because you're fat. "

Dean: Ask it if it's protecting you from anything else?

Vic: [pause] Yes, it says it's been protecting me from my feelings.

Dean: Okay-ask it if it's protecting you from any feelings in particular.

Vic: [pause] It says, "From loneliness."

Dean: When it says that, do any other images or feelings come to your

?

　

Vic: Somehow I remember getting fat when I was seven. I see myself going

into a room feeling like I was all right, and finding out I was not

all right . So my life has been about . Justification

about being all right. Being accepted. So I used food as a friend.

My fat says it protects me from feeling bad. I have a lot of

resistance to change. I have a lot invested in this fat. And to give

it up is like giving up a friend. It's been a barrier but it's also

a friend. It's a friend that gets in the way sometimes, but it

also serves me really well. But my size limits me in what I want to

do now.

　

Dean: Stay with those feelings now. Ask "Fat" what it needs from you now.

Vic: [pause] It says that it needs to be told it's all right the way it is.

Dean: Maybe you could start by thanking it for shielding, protecting you from

loneliness all these years.

Vic: [pause] All right.

Dean: Does the wall say anything in reply?

Vic: It agrees. It says, "It's about time."

Dean: Good. Now ask if it would be willing to open up, to stop shielding you

all the time. If you could find a different way to shield yourself

when you need it-one that is easier to open and close.

　

Vic: A replacement-is that what you are saying?

Dean Yes. Something that you could use to shield yourself when you need it,

but isn' t there all the time when you want to open up. See what it says.

Vic: [pause] It says, "Yes."

Dean: Ask it what you need to do f or it to begin opening up.

Vic: [pause] To get . To be, perhaps, more vulnerable. To allow myself

to be touched.

Dean: What images or feelings come to mind of your body in that way?

Vic: I'd feel freer.

Dean: How would you look? Ask "Fat", the one that protects you and shields you,

if it would give you a different image of your body. How your body

would look if you were more open and less shielded all the time.

　

Vic: Okay.

Dean: What does it say?

Vic: [pause] If I'm willing, it's willing.

Dean: Good . W hat image do you see? You can always go back to the fat image if

you need it.

Vic: I see a thinner body.

Dean: What does it look like?

Vic: It looks thinner. But it looks disfigured The fat is very disfigured.

Dean: How so?

Vic: It's full of stretch marks. skin.

Dean: Okay. What does that body have to say?

Vic: [pause] To try and it anyway. To try to achieve it. That it's okay

to have a thinner body that' s not perfect.

Dean: Do any other images or feelings come to your awareness?

Vic: I feel uncomfortable and sad...

II. Read

Read the following passages. Underline the important viewpoints while reading.

1. We Should All Grow Fat and Be Happy

Here's a familiar version of the boy-meets-girl situation. A young man has at last plucked up courage to invite a dazzling young lady out to dinner. She has accepted his invitation and he is overjoyed. He is to take her to the best restaurant in town, even if it means that he will have to live on memories and hopes during the month to come. When they get to the restaurant, he discovers that this etherial creature is on a diet. She mustn't eat this and she mustn't drink that. Oh, but of course, she doesn' t want to spoil his . Lct him by all means eat as much food as he wants: it's the surest way to an early grave. They spend a truly even:ng together and never see each other again.

What a lot dieters arel You can always recognize them from the sour expression on their faces. They spend most of their tixne turning their noses up at food. 'They are forever consulting calorie charts; gazing at themselves in mirrors; and leaping on to weighing-machines in the bathroom. They spend a lifetime fighting a losing battle against spreading , tummies and double chins Some wage all-out war on fat . dieting is not enough.

They exhaust themselves doing exercises, sweating in sauna baths, being pummelled and massaged by machines. The really wealthy diet-mongers pay vast sums for "health cures? For two weeks they can enter a "nature clinic" and be starved to death for a hundred guineas a week. Don't think it's only the who go in for these either. Many of these bright young things you see are suffering from : they are living on. nothing but air, water and the of God.

Dieters undertake to starve themselves of their own free will so why are they so miserable? Well, for one thing, they're always bungry. You can't be hungry and happy at the same time. All the horrible they eat instead of food leave, them permanenily dissatisfied. "Wonderfood is a complete food,'~ the advertisement says. "Just dissolve a in water..."

A complete food it may.be, but not quite as complete as a juicy steak. And, of course, they're always miserable because they feel so guilty. Hunger just proves too much for them and in the end they out and five huge guilt-inducing cream cakes at a sitting. And who can blame them? At least three times a day they are exposed to temptation. What utter torture it is always watching others tucking into piles of mouth-watering food while you a water biscuit and unsweetened lemon juice!

What's all this self-inflicted torture for? Saintly people deprive themselves of food to attain a state of grace. Unsaintly people do so to attain a state of . It will be a great day when all the dieters in the world abandon their slimming courses; when they hold out their plates and demand second !

2. I Feel Better with Food

I grew up in Texas on double cheeseburgers with hickory sauce, , fried. chicken, T-bone steaks, and eggs. Many people report that they lose the taste for animal foods after eating a vegetarian diet for a while, but it hasn't happened to me. I still enjoy the way animal foods taste and smell, but I usually don't eat them.

Why not? Because I like the way I feel when I don't eat these foods so much more than the pleasure I used to get from eating them. I have much more energy, I need less sleep, I feel calmer, I can maintain an ideal body weight without worrying about how much I eat, and I can think more clearly (although some might debate the last point).

I began making some dietary and lifestyle changes during my second year of college and have been eating this way ever since. I wasn't worried about coronary heart disease at age nineteen-my levelthen was only 125 (and it still is). I began feeling better after I started eating this way, so I continue to do so. Eating this diet probably will help me to live longer, but it,s not my primary motivation. Feeling better is.

In my clinical experience, I often find that fear may be enough motivation

for some people to begin a diet, but it's usually not enough to sustain it. As I've said earlier, who wants to live longer if you're not enjoying life?

Since I began making these dietary changes in 1972, eating this way has become increasingly accepted. Beans and grains are becoming, believe it or not, high-status foods.

3. High-fat Diet, Little Strength

You bring one of our football players in and put them on a exercise bicycle and tell them to work as hard as they can for as long as they can, and you'll time them. Say the guy lasts for eight minutes, and then he's just . Then for three days you put him on a high-fat diet. He comes back in, goes on the bike and he'll last probably only six minutes. He's lost that much strength.

Then put him on a high , low-fat diet for only three days, and he' 11 probably go up to 12 minutes. It makes that much difference.

4. I Feel Great Because I've Lost All That Extra Weight!

During my first year of college, I gained forty pounds when I began throwing the . For the next twenty years, I carried all of this extra weight and kidded myself that I was in good shape since that's what I weighed in college. Now that I've lost all that extra weight, I feel great!

People say all the time, "Well, how do you live without eating cheeseburgers or this or that?" and I say, "You just don't. It's not even an option." It's not that hard once you get on it.

The most difficult parts for me are the social aspects of eating. For example, hamburgers were hard to do without at first because I identified eating them with fun times-sitting on the floor with the kids watching television, or in a fun place with people sitting around laughing, drinking beer and eating burgers.

It's the same at a tailgate picnic at a football game. It was hard--not because of the foods there, but because of the social factors. But once you understand that, then you can say, "I can enjoy the social part without having to eat that food." It's more what you're doing than the food itself.

5. Weight Watchers

Jean Nidetch was a professional dieter, a housewife who tried every conceivable .slimming , lost weight with each one, then it thanks to her " ?eating habits. In 1961, when she sought help from the clinic run by New York City's Dept. of Health, she was 38 years old and weighed 214 lb. The clinic put her on a diet by Dr. Norman Jolliffe, best known.for his " diet". Convinced that she couldn't stick to it alone, Mrs.

Nidetch invited some fat friends to form a group and meet weekly to made horror stories (secret midnight binging in the bathroom) and helpful hints(put that doughnut in the freezer to cool temptation). Established in 1963, Weight Watchers expanded into an international network of clubs, with a product line of diet drinks, sugar substitutes,and publications-the McDonald's of the reducing industry. "My little private club has become an industry," wrote Mrs. Nidetch, amateur nutritionist, in The Story of Weight Watchers (1975). In 1978 the oiganization, with about $ 50 million in annual revenues and a membership of close to 2 million, was bought by Heinz Foods.

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adj.沉思的，冥想的参考例句：

• A stupid fellow is talkative;a wise man is meditative.蠢人饶舌，智者思虑。
• Music can induce a meditative state in the listener.音乐能够引导倾听者沉思。

2

肉眼观察参考例句：

• Nevertheless, the Bohr model is still useful for visualizing the structure of an atom. 然而，玻尔模型仍有利于使原子结构形象化。
• Try to strengthen this energy field by visualizing the ball growing stronger. 通过想象能量球变得更强壮设法加强这能量场。

3

土堆，土丘( mound的名词复数 )； 一大堆参考例句：

• We had mounds of tasteless rice. 我们有成堆成堆的淡而无味的米饭。
• Ah! and there's the cemetery' - cemetery, he must have meant. 'You see the mounds? 啊，这就是同墓，”——我想他要说的一定是公墓，“看到那些土墩了吗？

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n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

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n.正当的理由；辩解的理由参考例句：

• There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
• In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。

6

按摩，推拿( massage的过去式和过去分词 )参考例句：

• He massaged her back with scented oil. 他用芳香油按摩她的背部。
• The script is massaged into final form. 这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。

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松懈的，下垂的参考例句：

• Daisy: Would you still love me if I were old and saggy? 当我的皮肤变得又老又松弛时，你还会爱我吗？
• My darling, if my breasts were saggy, would you still love me? 这是女人最担心的一个问题。

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vt.达到，获得，完成参考例句：

• I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科学的方法来达到这一目的。
• His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他为实现人生目标所下的苦功是值得称赞的。

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adj.坚定的；有决心的参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

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n.乐趣；享有；享用参考例句：

• Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同，我们这次访问更加愉快了。
• After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。

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adj.（食物）要使人发胖的v.喂肥( fatten的现在分词 )；养肥（牲畜）；使（钱）增多；使（公司）升值参考例句：

• The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。

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adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

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abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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v.（使某物）伸出，（使某物）突出( protrude的现在分词 )；凸参考例句：

• He hung his coat on a nail protruding from the wall. 他把上衣挂在凸出墙面的一根钉子上。
• There is a protruding shelf over a fireplace. 壁炉上方有个突出的架子。 来自辞典例句

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adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

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adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

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adj.中年的参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

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n.时尚；一时流行的狂热；一时的爱好参考例句：

• His interest in photography is only a passing fad.他对摄影的兴趣只是一时的爱好罢了。
• A hot business opportunity is based on a long-term trend not a short-lived fad.一个热门的商机指的是长期的趋势而非一时的流行。

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n.一时的流行，一时的风尚( fad的名词复数 )参考例句：

• It was one of the many fads that sweep through mathematics regularly. 它是常见的贯穿在数学中的许多流行一时的风尚之一。 来自辞典例句
• Lady Busshe is nothing without her flights, fads, and fancies. 除浮躁、时髦和幻想外，巴歇夫人一无所有。 来自辞典例句

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adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

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n.营养不良参考例句：

• In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
• It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。

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n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。

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n.编造，捏造，混合物( concoction的名词复数 )参考例句：

• We bearrived scientists and tested concoctions of milk, orange juice, and mouthwash. 咱们是科技家，尝试牛奶、橙汁和漱口水的混合物。 来自互联网
• We became scientists and tested concoctions of milk, orange juice, and mouthwash. 我们是科学家，尝试牛奶、橙汁和漱口水的混合物。 来自互联网

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n.一茶匙的量；一茶匙容量参考例句：

• Add a teaspoonful of mixed herbs. 加入一茶匙混合药草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder. 加一茶匙咖喱粉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

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v.吞没；贪婪地注视或谛听，贪读；使着迷参考例句：

• Larger fish devour the smaller ones.大鱼吃小鱼。
• Beauty is but a flower which wrinkle will devour.美只不过是一朵，终会被皱纹所吞噬。

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v.用力嚼，大声咀嚼参考例句：

• We watched her munch through two packets of peanuts.我们看她津津有味地嚼了两包花生米。
• Getting them to munch on vegetable dishes was more difficult.使他们吃素菜就比较困难了。

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v.小口地喝，抿，呷；n.一小口的量参考例句：

• She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
• Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。

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n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

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n.（食物）的一份( helping的名词复数 )；帮助，支持参考例句：

• You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings! 你这个馋嘴！你已经吃了两份了！
• He had two helpings of pudding. 他吃了两客布丁。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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n.素食者；adj.素食的参考例句：

• She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
• I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。

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n.辣椒参考例句：

• He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
• It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。

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adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

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n.（U）胆固醇参考例句：

• There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
• They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。

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adj.固定的，静止不动的参考例句：

• A stationary object is easy to be aimed at.一个静止不动的物体是容易瞄准的。
• Wait until the bus is stationary before you get off.你要等公共汽车停稳了再下车。

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adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

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n.碳水化合物；糖类；(plural)淀粉质或糖类参考例句：

• You should not have too much carbohydrate in your diet.你日常饮食中不该有过多碳水化合物。
• Cashew nuts are rich in carbohydrate.腰果含丰富碳水化合物。

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n.标枪，投枪参考例句：

• She achieved a throw of sixty metres in the javelin event.在掷标枪项目中，她掷了60米远。
• The coach taught us how to launch a javelin.教练教我们投标枪。

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复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 )； 赢回； 重回； 复至某地参考例句：

• The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
• She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。

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ad.习惯地，通常地参考例句：

• The pain of the disease caused him habitually to furrow his brow. 病痛使他习惯性地紧皱眉头。
• Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair. 我已经习惯于服从约翰，我来到他的椅子跟前。

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adj.杂乱的，随便的参考例句：

• They were taking a promiscuous stroll when it began to rain.他们正在那漫无目的地散步，突然下起雨来。
• Alec know that she was promiscuous and superficial.亚历克知道她是乱七八糟和浅薄的。

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n.肥胖，肥大参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

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adj.谨慎的，有远见的，精打细算的参考例句：

• A prudent traveller never disparages his own country.聪明的旅行者从不贬低自己的国家。
• You must school yourself to be modest and prudent.你要学会谦虚谨慎。

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adj.累积的，渐增的参考例句：

• This drug has a cumulative effect.这种药有渐增的效力。
• The benefits from eating fish are cumulative.吃鱼的好处要长期才能显现。

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