When next year's crop of high-schoolgraduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they'll be joined by a new face: Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-oid provost of Yale, who'll become Oxford’s vice-chancellor-aposition equivalent to university president inAmerica.
原文译文：
当2009年秋季下一届高中毕业生来到牛津大学时，与他们一同前来的会有一个新面孔：来自耶鲁大学55岁的教务处长安德鲁·汉密尔顿，他将成为牛津大学的副校长—在美国相当于大学的校长。
四级词汇讲解：
本句的主干是they'll be joined。句首when引导的是时间状语从句，其中in the fall of 2009又是该从句的时间状语;冒号之后的内容为a new face的同位语，起到解释说明作用，其中the 55-year-oldprovost of Yale为Andrew Hamilton的同位语，who引导的是Andrew Hamilton的非限制性定语从句;破折号之后的内容对vice-chancello进行了解释说明。
a crop of的意思是“(同时出现或产生的)一群(人)，一批(事物)”。如：
The programme brought quite a crap of complaints from the audience. 该节目招致观众的诸多不满。
equivalent to的意思是“等于，相当于”。如：
A dime is equivalent to ten pennies一角等于十分。
英语四级考点归纳：
crop本义为“作物，庄稼”，此外还有以下用法：
※ 作名词，意为“收获，收成”。如：
We enjoy these sweeter apples, but the crop is smaller this year.我们很喜欢这些更甜的苹果，但今年的收成减少了。
※ 作及物动词，意为“播种，种植”：如：
The land around the village is all cropped.村子周围的地全都种了庄稼。
※ 作及物动词，意为“剪短，修剪”。如：
What do you think if I crop my hair short? 你觉得我把头发剪短怎么样?
※ 作不及物动词，意为“收成”。如:
It's good news that our tea crops very well this year. 好消息是，今年我们的茶叶收成很好。
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