Midterm 1

childhood

past happenings

gold color; golden

life

golden age

children; youth

worry-free

actually; in fact

recall; recollection

one’s conduct in society

guess; suspect

family background

surprised; amazed

determine; make sure

self-confident

scholar; intellectual

tradition; traditional

morality; ethics

lay stress on; value

encourage; encouragement

earnestly; properly

honest

sense of responsibility

owing to; due to

be kind to people

be friends with books; be learned

be greatly surprised; shocked

ever since

recall; reminisce

growth; development

indeed; really

if; supposing

experience; go through

reality; practical

times; period of time

rich; wealthy

explain; explanation

outward appearance

evaluation; to evaluate/appraise

Deng Xiaoping

curious

person; historical figure

one’s entire life

dramatic ups and downs; radical changes

ordinary; common

extraordinary; remarkable

to admire; look up to

to fondly remember; miss

naive; innocent

to act emotionally; irrational

according to; depending on

completely selfish

cruel and merciless

dictator

evidence

basis; according to

vivid; living

event; incident

to protect from damage; preserve

interest; benefit; profit

not only

to command; order

army; armed forces

to shoot and kill

to revoke; cancel; remove

to support

democracy; democratic

reform

secretary-general

official position; post

rhetorical “could it really be that…?”

to have no alternative; compelled to

painful difficulty; predicament

critical moment

no matter; regardless of

to adopt; take (measures)

intense; fierce

means; method

calm; sober

a short moment; for a while

impulse; impulsive

to issue an order

to kill

one’s conduct and actions

to show; demonstrate; make clear

genuine; authentic; out-and-out

extreme; radical (opinion)

handsome

generous; poised

inner; intrinsic

compassionate; benevolent

extent; degree

temperament; disposition

more or less; to some degree

to exist; existence

contradiction; conflict

ordinary person

weakness; shortcoming

great person

foresight; vision

courage; boldness

to describe

safe; safety

to communicate; communication

each other

concept; idea

to converse; meet for talks

to become; turn into

to talk about; discuss

position; status

to appreciate; admire

appearance; looks

personality

temper; temperament

to handle matters; deal with people

to dislike; loathe

to handle; process; solve

to choose; choice

to suffer or encounter something negative

to scold; criticize harshly

otherwise; or else

to injure; harm

to touch emotionally; move

suffering; hardships

painstaking effort; great pains

suffering; adversity

to prove; confirm; evidence of

positive; proactive

to adopt; use

scholar

to comment; commentary

portion; measure word for documents

to store; save; deposit

Cui (surname)

pain; ache

wristwatch

to consult; refer to; reference

to give an example

to replace; on behalf of

gentleman; man

condition; requirement

to describe; description

to limit; restrict

official duty; post

educational background

master’s degree

to swim