term The founders of the USA left important precedents. 美国的建立者留下了很多重要的先例（复习：precedent, 取决于pre=before)。 George Washington, in particular, refused to act as president for a third term. 具体来说，作为总统，乔治华盛顿拒绝连任第三届（the third term)。 我要收藏 George真的就解甲归田，也为后世确立了一个precedent: 总统只能连任一次。 但这只是一个惯例(custom)，而非联邦法律（federal law)。于是， Roosevelt broke the custom at the special time of the Great Depression and World War Two, acting as American president through four terms. 牛人罗斯福在大萧条及二战（注意！此两件大事，经常谈及）的特殊时刻，打破了这一惯例，在总统宝座上一干就是四任。 But later the precedent became law, requiring any president, however able he is, no matter what the situation is, to leave after the second term. 但后来这一先例成为法律，要求每位总统在两任后必须离任，不管他多有能力，也不管形势如何。 term: 任期。 现在让我们从the White House回到学校，“任期”自然就变成了____? It is quite unimaginable to many Chinese that Bill Gates abandoned Harvard in the third or fourth term. 牛人比尔-盖茨在第三还是第四学期抛弃了哈佛，这对于很多中国人来说委实难以想像。 term: 学期。 It should be admitted that both George and Bill are the greatest names, only in terms of different things. 应该承认，乔治和比尔都是最伟大的人物，只是标准不同。 George is greatest in terms of his contribution to the independence of the American people, while Bill is greatest in terms of his devotion to the development of the Information Society. 就对美国人民独立的贡献而言，乔治是最伟大的，而就投身于信息社会的发展而言，比尔是最伟大的。 in terms of. 就……而言。 Information Society is the term frequently used to refer to the current world community. “信息社会”是一个术语/说法，被频繁地用于指称现在的世界。 It may not be a formal technical term, but it is really popular. 它可能不是一个正式的技术术语，但实在应用广泛。 term: 术语/说法。 measure 有meter, 就不怕measure。 YOS is more than one meter tall. 黄老鞋有一米多高。（这可一点都不是吹） To be specific, I am more than one meter and twenty centimeters tall. 具体点来说，要高于一米二。（centimeter, 厘米也） 怎么知道有几meters几个centimeters？要measure。 It is no use measuring yourself severals times a day. 一天抓住自己去量几遍是没有用的。