prizes and other intellectual accolades, the current
crop of Cambridge undergraduates is focusing on a
rather less taxing competition – rear of the year.
当前辈校友们多次斩获诺贝尔奖，取得令人刮目的学术成就时，
如今的剑桥大学学生却 更热衷于不太费力的竞争——评选“年
度美臀”。
1. predecessor:祖先,前任,原有事物
Example: Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.我们新来的医生比他的前任年轻许多。
2. amass:收集，积累
Example: He is planed to amass a fortune for a rainy day.他正打算积蓄财富以备不时之需。
3. dozens of：几十
Example: He's got dozens of suits but not one of them is presentable.他有几十套衣服，却没有一套像样的。
4. intellectual：凭理智做事者,知识分子
Example: He likes to set himself up as an intellectual.他喜欢自命为知识分子。
5. accolade：表扬,嘉奖
Example: is new book received accolade from the papers.他的新书受到报纸的热烈赞扬。
4. current：现在的,流通的
Example: How long will she keep her current job?她现在这份工作能维持多久?
5. crop：农作物,收成,庄稼,(一)批
Example: The programme brought quite a crop of complaints from viewers.该节目招致观众诸多不满.
6. taxing:费力的,棘手的
Example: Raising a creative child can be taxing.培养一个有创造性的孩子可能会费心费力。
7. rear:后部,尾部,后方
Example: The rear of the bus is in smoke.公交汽车尾部在冒烟。
