1. UCLA scored the first points of the first game, but Memphis was not intimidated.
洛杉矶加州队得了首场比赛的第一分，但是孟菲斯并没有被镇住。
intimidate
frighten sb (in order to make him do sth) 恐吓, 威胁（某人做某事）:
* intimidate a witness into silence 恐吓目击证迫使其不出声、保持缄默.
2. In the second semifinal game, Kansas took the lead with the first basket of the game and expanded it to 28 points before halftime.
在第二场半决赛上，堪萨斯州队在第一节就领先，在中场结束前把优势扩大到28分。
semifinal
match or round preceding the final, eg in football 半决赛（如足球赛的）
3. However, North Carolina was able to come back within four points, but Kansas never surrendered the lead.
但是北卡罗来纳州最后追到4分以内，而堪萨斯州队没有放弃领先。
surrender
(a) stop resisting an enemy, etc; yield; give up 停止抵抗; 投降; 屈服; 放弃:
* We shall never surrender. 我们决不投降.
* The hijackers finally surrendered (themselves) to the police. 劫机者终於向警方投降了.
(b) give up possession of sth/sb when forced by others or by necessity; hand sth/sb over 被迫放弃对某物[某人]的控制权; 交出某事物[某人]:
* We shall never surrender our liberty. 我们决不放弃自由权.
* They surrendered their guns to the police. 他们向警方交出枪枝.
4. Teammate Darnell Jackson of Kansas says that his team knows beating Memphis will be tough.
队友DJ称他的队伍知道和孟菲斯对决可不容易。
teammate
A fellow member of a team.
队友：一支队伍中的队员
5. The honorees included a pro-democracy activist in Argentina, a young proponent for women's education in Kenya, a critic of Burma's military government and the first female government minister in the United Arab Emirates.
领奖人包括在阿根廷促进民主积极分子，一肯尼亚妇女教育事业的年轻支持者，针对缅甸军政府的批评家和阿联酋首位政府女部长。
honoree
The recipient of an honor.
受誉者：接受荣誉的人
proponent
person who supports a cause, theory, etc （某事业、理论等的）支持者, 拥护者, 倡导者:
* one of the leading proponents of the Channel Tunnel 修建英吉利海峡隧道的主要倡议者之一.
6. As the first female finance minister in the Middle East, she says she hopes her award will work to improve the dialogue between Western nations and the Middle East.
最为中东首位女部长，她称她希望她的获奖可以有利于西方世界同中东的对话磋商。
dialogue
(a) conversation or talk 对话;
* a novel with long descriptions and little dialogue 描述多而对话少的小说.
* a long dialogue in the opening scene 开场的大段对白.
(b) discussion between people with different opinions 意见分歧者之间的讨论; 意见交换; 磋商:
* More dialogue between world leaders is needed. 世界各国领导人之间需要多交换意见.
7. Other award recipients included Kakenya Ntaiya, a young Kenyan woman, who negotiated with her father and agreed to undergo female circumcision, if he allowed her to go to school.
其他的奖项得主包括KN，一肯尼亚年轻女性，她同其父亲协商，如果父亲同意她去上学，她就同意做女性行割礼。
recipient
person who receives sth 接受者.
8. She later won a scholarship to attend university in the United States and is now finishing her doctorate in education at the University of Pittsburgh.
她之后得了奖学金去美国大学读书，现在正在匹兹堡大学攻读教育学博士学位。
scholarship
(a) (award of a) grant of money to a scholar(1) 奖学金; 获得奖学金的资格:
* win a scholarship to the university 获得该大学的奖学金.
(b) great learning; care and attention in carrying out scholarly work 学问; 学识; 学术成就:
* a teacher of great scholarship 很有学问的教师
* The book shows meticulous scholarship. 这本书的写作态度很慎重.
doctorate n.（名词）
The degree or status of a doctor as conferred by a university.
博士学位：大学授予的博士学位或身份