WORDS

1.Commensurate

Objective consideration of contemporary phenomena compels the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be taken into account.

If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second. [v-link ADJ with/to n] [Formal]

Employees are paid salaries commensurate with those of teachers...

給員工的薪水與老師拿的薪水相當(dāng)。

2.squander

He is squandering a rich resource: himself.

If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them. [V n on n] [V n]

Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices...

胡克沒(méi)有將自己的錢(qián)浪費(fèi)在豪華轎車(chē)或其他惡習(xí)上。

他在揮霍無(wú)盡的資源：他自己。

3.dismay

Many of you would be totally dismayed if you could observe the manners of your children while they are eating.

If you are dismayed by something, it makes you feel afraid, worried, or sad. [be V-ed] [V n] [Formal]

The committee was dismayed by what it had been told...

委員會(huì)對(duì)所告知的一切很是驚愕。

Dismal

The dismal truth is that it’s very hard.

Something is dismal is that it is bad in a sad and depressing way.

令人沮喪的

【記】在中世紀(jì)的英國(guó)指不吉利的日子(dis = day, mal邪惡的, 壞的)dismay(使氣餒)使你dismal

Eg.Israel's dismal record in the Olympics...

The show was a dismal failure.

a dismal performance

The team's record is dismal.

仿寫(xiě)：My educational performance this semester is dismal .

4.lose (someone's or something's) grip

For a while they still couldn’t loose their grip on long words and vague nouns (“parent communication response”).

1. To no longer have the ability to control someone or something.

Eg.He must be losing his grip on his followers if they're beginning to rebel against him.

I think this cold is finally losing its grip on me, thank goodness.

The funeral service was so sad that I just lost my grip and bawled.

2. To lose certain skills or abilities.

I must be losing my grip—can you remind me how to use this computer program again?

5.venture

I learned about corporate America by venturing out into it, after Greenwich, to conduct workshops for some major corporations, which also asked to be dejargonized.

If you venture somewhere, you go somewhere that might be dangerous. [V adv/prep] [LITERARY 文]

People are afraid to venture out for fear of sniper attacks...

由于害怕狙擊手，人們不敢冒險(xiǎn)外出。

REFLECTION

[Business Writing

? ? ? writing in your job]

Nowadays, most of us have to write in our jobs.But our writing always appear pompous and meaningless.How come the things turn out to be like this?Zinser explains to us thoroughly and also suggest us how to write.

Our problems:

1.We are too anxious about writing.

2.Managers at every level always think that? they should write complexly or others will think they are simple-minded.

3.We don't want to take the risk to write humanely.

4.High executives want to sound important.

The method：

core thoughts:write for yourselves not the position you are at.

1.humanity and clear thinking.

2.always remenber to identify with people.

3.write things that contain the meaningful context.

3.to be natural.