要想提高英语水平，除了每天的练习外，掌握必要的政治术语也是必不可少的。
工人阶级的先锋队the vanguard of the working class
生产力、生产关系、经济基础、上层建筑productive force, relation of production, economic base, superstructure constitute
科学技术是第一生产力science and technology are the primary productive force
社会主义物质文明和精神文明material and spiritual civilizations of socialism
有理想、有道德、有文化、有纪律的公民citizens with lofty ideals, moral integrity, better education and good sense of discipline
自立意识、竞争意识、效率意识、民主法制意识和开拓创新意识self-reliance, competition, efficiency, democracy, the legal system, and the pioneering and innovative spirit
依法治国和以德治国 the rule of law and the rule of virtue
科教兴国战略the strategy of invigorating the country through science and education
倡导爱国主义、集体主义、社会主义思想，反对和抵制拜金主义、享乐主义、极端个人主义等腐朽思想advocate patriotism, collectivism and socialism, combat and resist money worship,hedonism, ultra-egoism decadent ideas
先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐be concern about the country and the people before anything else
全心全意为人民服务、立党为公、执政为民serve the people heart and soul, work for the public and assumes power for the people
解放思想、实事求是emancipating the mind, seeking truth from the facts
主观主义、形而上学subjectivism, metaphysics
民主集中制、党内民主democratic centralism, inner-Party democracy
集体领导、民主集中、个别酝酿、会议决定 collective leadership, democratic centralism, case-specific consultation, decision through meeting