2017考研的小伙伴们，希望大家前期打好考研英语词汇基础，为后期的阅读学习做好详实的准备。通过我们不断推出的学习方法和资讯，希望大家好好利用和学习。我们本期的词汇要点是“听”和“向后”，希望好好掌握这两组词汇，认真学习下面的试题例句。继续加油吧！

1.audi,audit,aur---hear, “听”

audience n 听众；观众

audio a.音频（响）（的）；声音（的），听觉（的）

audit v & n 旁听查账 审计;旁听

auditor n审计员

auditorium n 礼堂；讲堂
audible a 听得见的；可听的
inaudible a 听不见的

aural a.听觉的，听力的

1. Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ convention, of a story which works well because the audienceall shared the same view of doctors. (NETEM 2002, Text 1, Paragraph 2)

下面举一个例子，它是我在一个护士大会上听到的。这个故事效果很好，因为听众对医生都有同样的看法。

2. It is entirely reasonable for auditorsto believe that scientists who know exactly where they are going and how they will get there should not be distracted by the necessity of keeping one eye on the cash register while the other eye is on the microscope. (NETEM 1999, Text 5, Paragraph 4)

审计人员也完全有理由相信，确切知道自己的目标并知道如何实现这一目标的科学家们根本没必要分心，用一只眼盯着现金计数器的同时，还要用另一只眼睛盯着显微镜。

3. But the cult of the authenticand the personal, “doing our own thing”, has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. (NETEM 2005, Text 4, Paragraph 3)

然而，崇尚真实和个性──“做我们自己的事” ──已经导致了正式演讲、写作、诗歌和音乐的消亡。

2.Back----- 向后

back a.后面的 ad.向后 v.倒退；支持 n.背；后面

background n.背景,经历；幕后

backward a.向后的,倒行的;迟钝的 ad.向后,朝反方

drawback n.欠缺,缺点;退还的关税

feedback n.反馈;反应;回授

setback n.挫折；失效；复发；倒退

1.So short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. (NETEM 2004, Text 2 , Paragraph 4)

因此近视的小Zysman就被插在了后排，这样一来，粗心的教师提出的有助于提高的问题就很少会问到他。

2.As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback—— a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick. (NETEM 2007, Text 3, Paragraph 2)

结果，它们失去了在经济萧条时期曾经有过的缓解举措 —— 一个后备挣钱者（通常是母亲），她可以在家庭的主要挣钱者失业或者病倒的时候出去工作。

3.Friedman relies on a leanstaffof20in Austin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds.（NETEM 2003，Text 1，Paragraph 5）

在奥斯汀市，Friedman依靠的是为数不多的20名职员。他的职员当中有好几个人具有军事情报工作背景。

4.I wouldn’t care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance. I wouldn’t care the difficulties around, for what I can leave on the earth is only their view of my back since I have been marching toward the horizontal.

我不去想是否能够成功，既然选择了远方，便只顾风雨兼程；我不去想，身后会不会袭来寒风冷雨，既然目标是地平线，留给世界的只能是背影。（与考研学子共勉!）

以上精选单词是按照词根来讲解的，并且采用图例的讲解方式。目的在于形象的对这些单词有视觉上和知觉上的认识，希望小伙伴们学习用这种思路来记忆单词，这样可以达到事倍功半的效果呢。加油！