我们的目标是使年轻的毕业生能够适应竞争激烈的商业环境。

②In order to make our students adapt to the society better, we want to equip them with some special skills.

为了让我们的学生更好地适应社会，我们想让他们具备某些特殊技能。

③Our school is_equipped_with much advanced equipment bought from abroad.(equip)

我们学校配备有许多从国外购买的先进设备。

[名师点津]　equipment为不可数名词，它作主语时谓语动词用单数形式。表示"一件设备"用a piece of equipment。　

4．(教材P41)I'd like to point out that while there are some firms that do this and charge a fortune to keep the bodies frozen, unfortunately there's no scientific basis behind it.

我想指出的是，尽管现在有一些公司在做这个，收取一笔费用来保持身体冰冻，不幸的是这背后并没有科学基础。

fortune

(1)n.大笔钱财，巨款

①That ring must be worth a fortune because it has a long history.

那个戒指肯定值很多钱，因为它有很长的历史了。

make a fortune　　　　　　　 发财

come into/inherit a fortune 继承财产

②He made_a_fortune by selling houses when young.

年轻时，他靠卖房子发了财。

(2)n.命运；运气

have good/bad fortune to do ...　 有幸/不幸做......

try one's fortune 碰运气

seek one's fortune 寻找成功之路

③I have_had_good_fortune_to work with some brilliant directors.

我有幸与一些卓越的主管人员共事。

④Mr.Parker worked in a small company for two years and then he went abroad to seek_his_fortune.

帕克先生在一家小公司里工作了两年，然后就出国碰运气了。

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5．(教材P41)at any rate无论如何，至少

at this/that rate　 如果此/那种情形是真实的话；这/那样的话

at the/a rate of 以......的速度或比率；以......的价格

①You ought to read one of the English articles every day at any rate.

你应该至少每天读一篇英语文章。

②At_this_rate,_the book will never be published.

照此情形，这本书将出版不了了。

③An ordinary snail moves at_the/a_rate_of about two inches every minute.

普通的蜗牛以每分钟两英寸左右的速度移动。

6．(教材P42)concern