友课教育英语晨读2020-04-16

 1.artificial [ɑːtɪ'fɪʃ(ə)l]
 adj. 人造的，假的
 artificial intelligence 人工智能 
 artificial color 人造色素 

 2.pirate [ˈpaɪərət]
 n. 海盗，盗版 
 piracy n. 盗版行为 v. 掠夺，翻印 

 3.confer [kən'fɜː]
 v. 授予; 协商，交换意见 
 n. conference（正式）会议
 confer with 协商，交换意见
 I need to confer with my lawyer. 
 我需要跟我的律师商量。
 confer on 授予
 Diplomas were conferred on members of the graduating class. 
 给毕业班的学生颁发了毕业文凭。 

 4.*grant [grɑːnt]
 v. 授予，允许，承认，同意 
 grant permission/ request 给予许可/同意请求
 take it for granted /take sb（sth）for granted 想当然，将…视为理所当然
 n. 授予物（资助，拨款等）
 a government grant 政府拨款/ a student grant 学生助学金 

 5.*award [ə'wɔːd]
 vt. 授予 
 For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.
 为表彰他的奉献精神，市长授予他荣誉奖章。
 n. 奖品，奖 
 Academy Award 奥斯卡金像奖 

 6.*reward [rɪ'wɔːd]
 n. 奖励，报酬，回报 
 vt. 奖励，奖赏 
 Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness. 
 现行雇佣法要变，要奖勤罚懒。 

 7.*infer [ɪn'fɜː]
 v. 推断，作出推论 inference n. 推理，推断
 People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact. 
 人们通常从已知的事实中推断未知的事实. 

 8.*refer [rɪ'fɜː]
 v. 提到，涉及，参考
 In her autobiography she occasionally refers to her unhappy schooldays.
 她在自传里间或提起自己不愉快的学生时代。
 .reference n. 参考，参照 
 Reference News 《参考消息》 

 9.*prefer [prɪ'fɜː]
 v.更喜欢，宁愿
 prefer A to B 比起B更喜欢A
 I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics. 
 我当老师，是因为我更喜欢书本和人而不是权术。 

 10.transfer [træns'fɜː]
 v./n. 转让，转移，传递
 The aim is to transfer power/control/responsibility to self-governing regional councils. 
 目的是把权力/控制权/责任转移到自治区委员会。