Preliminary annual report

preliminary [prɪ'lɪmɪnɛri]

adj. 初步的，初级的;预备的;开端的;序言的; n. 准备工作;预赛;初步措施;（对学生等的）预考;

pre预先+limin门槛，限制+ary形容词后缀→入门以前→初步的

annual ['ænjuəl]

adj. 每年的;一年的;[植物]一年生的; n. 年刊;一年生植物;

ann一年+ual...的→ 一年一度的

report [rɪ'pɔrt]

n. 报告;成绩报告单;传闻;流言蜚语; vt.& vi. 报道;公布;宣告; vt. 告发，举报;使报到;

re回+port拿，带→ 把消息、情况等带回来→ 报告，汇报

Harry, if Michelle doesn't want to go,

Harry如果Michelle不想去，

If we had been more careful, we would be getting much better results now.

如果我们更为细心的话，成绩会更好。

I want to ask you for your advice. When I leave school, I want to be an engineer. For years I have been interested in engineering. I have made tools at home and have written articles for magazines. My father says that engineering is not a suitable subject

我希望得到您的指点。中学毕业后，我希望成为一名工程师。多年来，我一直对这个方面感兴趣。我在家制作各种用具，给杂志写文章。我的父亲说工程学不适合女孩子学。他要我学习地理。可是我对这门学科一点也不感兴趣。我尝试阅读有关这方面的书籍，然而，我感到索然无味。我该?2283