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Keys: 1)Teachers should allow children to have their private opinion. 2) They reached a satisfying agreement after the private discussion.

1. settlement n. 1) 定居点[C] 2)（解决纷争的）协议[C] 3) 解决，处理[U]

[典例]

1) The Indians often attacked the settlements of the colonist.

　印地安人经常袭击殖民者的定居点。

2) The strikers and the employers have reached a settlement over new working conditions.

罢工者已经与顾主就新的工作条件达成了协议。

3) After the settlement of our differences, we became friends. 消除分歧后，我们成了朋友。

[重点用法]

settle v.定居

come to a settlement解决; 决定; 和解

settle in Canada. 定居加拿大

settle down安顿下来：过稳定有序的生活：

[练习] 汉译英

1) 他与一家人安顿下来务农

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2) 她丈夫死后，她定居俄亥俄

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Keys: 1) He settled down as a farmer with a family. 2) After the death of her husband, she settled her family in Ohio.

2. impression n.印；印痕；印记；印象；意念；概念

[典例]

1) Your performance gave me a strong impression．你的表演给我留下了很深的印象。

2) What I said made no impression on him．我的话对他不起作用。

[重点用法]

impress v.留下印象

impress sth．on／upon one's mind 把......牢记在心上

have an impression of sth．／doing sth．that...

make an impression on sb． 给某人留下印象

make no impression on 对......无影响／效果

give sb．a favorable impression给某人以好印象

an impression of sb's foot某人的脚印

[练习] 汉译英

1) 我隐约记得我们以前曾经见过面

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你对他的印象如何? (他给你的印象怎样?)