重点词汇词组：

And if Bessie 's accounts of school-discipline (gathered from the young ladies of a family where she had lived before coming to Gateshead) were somewhat appalling, her details of certain accomplishments attained by these same young ladies were, I thought, equally attractive.

如果贝茜关于校纪的说法（她来盖茨黑德之前，从她主人家一些年轻小姐那儿收集来的）有些骇人听闻，那么她细说的关于那些小姐所学得的才艺，我想也同样令人神往。

discipline

①纪律

eg. She keeps good discipline in class.

她严格执行课堂纪律。

②学科

eg. We're looking for people from a wide range of disciplines.

我们正在寻找各类学科的人才。

equally 同样地

eg. Diet and exercise are equally important.

饮食和锻炼同样重要。

【相关短语】

equally matched 不相上下，实力相等的

accomplishment 这里是“才艺”的意思

eg. Drawing and singing were among her many accomplishments.

她多才多艺，能歌善画。

【相关短语】

a poet of rare accomplishment 出类拔萃的诗人

【辨析】

acquire v.多指经过努力逐步获得才能、知识、习惯等，强调“一经获得就会长期持有”。

attain v.指经过不懈的努力获得未曾预料到的结果。

obtain v.获得，买到，用于正式语体中。

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