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Unit 1
Text Aassurebiaseddreadgrin hoverscrawl visible Text Bawait crease engage frail glistenhint sole Don’t sit for too long or you’ll crease(折痕) your new dress.别坐得太久,否则会弄皱你的衣服。
There’s a hint(少许)of summer in the air, although it’s only April. 虽然才四月,空气中已经有一丝夏天的味道。
He assured(保证) me that the well-known doctor would cure my headache.他向我保证,那个著名的医生会治好我的头痛。
I handed in my application for the job last week; I am eagerly awaiting(等待) their reply.
我上周提交了我的就业申请,现在正急切地等待着他们的答复。
I wish you’d stop hovering(盘旋) round and let me get on with some work.我希望你能停止在周围转动,好让我做一些工作。
Hilary was out, so I scrawled(潦草) a note to her and put it under the door.希拉里不在家,所以我草草写了一张给她的字条,放在门下。
The little girl kept on dancing, her face and black hair glistening(闪亮的) with sweat.这个小女孩不停地跳舞,她的脸和黑色的头发因为汗水闪闪发亮。
A frail(瘦弱的) old woman with a walking stick came slowly down to the gate tomeet us.
一个瘦弱的老妇人,拄着拐杖,慢慢地走下大门来接我们。 Judy is the sole(唯
一) survivor of the car accidentthe driver and all the other passengers died.朱迪是那个汽车事故中的唯一幸存者,驾驶员和其他乘客都死了。
In the room where the young man was killed, detectives found no visible(明显的) signs of a struggle.
一个年轻人被杀死在房间里面,侦探没有发现明显的争斗迹象。While one of the robbers engaged(吸
引) the guard in conversation, the others crept into the factory.当其中一个盗贼拖住了保安聊天,其他几个盗贼偷偷潜进了工厂。One member of the jury was biased(有偏
见) in favour of the suspect, because they shared the same educational background陪审团中的一个成员偏袒那个嫌疑人,因为他们有着相同的教育背景。This was the moment he had been dreading(担心) for weeks-his mother found out theat he had told a lie.
这是几周来他一直担心的时刻——他的母亲发现他之前撒谎了。When she heard they were going to get married, the old woman couldn’t stop grinning(露出笑容) all day.
听到他们将要结婚的消息,那老太太整天满脸笑容。
The young couple spoke in whispers for fear of(避免) waking the baby.那对年轻夫妇说话轻声细语,以免吵醒婴儿。
We pulled up(停放) in front of a shop, bought some drinks and drove on.我们在一家商店门口停车,买了些饮料,又继续上路
了。 I can answer all the questions except for(除了) the last-it puzzles me too.我可以回到所有的问题,除了最后那个,它也把我难倒了。 We couldn’t get by(过日子) on my salary alone, so my wife did some odd jobs.
仅仅依靠我的工资,我们没有办法勉强过日子,所以我的妻子做了一些零工。He left his well-paid office job to try to make a living(维持生活) on a farm.他辞掉了他薪资丰厚的办公室工作,努力想依靠农场生活。I no longer go to see John regularly, but every so often(偶尔) he drops in at my office.
我不再经常去看望约翰,但偶尔他会顺便来我办公室拜访
我。 7.Though she has a lot of power in that big company, Sandy tends to remain in the background(在幕后).
虽然桑迪在那个大公司有很大的权利,她还是倾向于躲在幕后工作。Shut off(关掉) the power after you use the multi-media devices in the conference room.使用完会议室的多媒体设备后,请关掉电源。
Although he’s been here just a few days, he knows the name of each and every(每个) colleague.
虽然他只来了几天,他已经知道了每个同事的名字
了。 We hope to finish the work today, but as it is(实际上) we probably won’t finish until tomorrow.
我们希望今天把工作完成,但实际上我们可能得到明天才能完成。
Judy is quite obedient while her younger sister always wraps her father around her little finger(随心所欲支配某人). 朱迪很听话,而她的妹妹则是任意摆布她父亲。The shower caugtht us completely unawares(令某人出其不意)-all the clothes we hung up outside got wet.
这场倾盆大雨来得出其不意,我们挂在外面的所有衣服都淋湿了。
Unit 2
Text A acquire affection curldefy given haste Interact preserve restraint Text B clip fascinate grief manipulate minimum presence yieldI don’t like my straight hair so I’m going to have it curled.我不喜欢我的直头发,所以我要把它卷曲。
This price is her minimum ;she refuses to lower it any further. 这个价格是她的最低限度,她拒绝进一步降低
I often clip recipes out of newspapers and magazines but never use them when I cook.
我经常在报纸和杂志上剪辑食谱,但当我做饭时,我从不使用它们。
She yielded to temptation and had another chocolate even though she was going on a diet.
她屈服于诱惑,又吃了一块巧克力,尽管她在节食
Given the fact that she loves children, I am sure teaching is the right careerfor her.
考虑到她爱孩子这一事实,我相信教书对她是正确的职业。
They try to preserve their interesting old customs against the impacts of the modern world
他们试图保护他们的有趣的旧习俗对现代世界的影响
Philip was fascinated to see how the old woman wove cloth with such simple tools. 菲利普看到老妇人用这种简单的工具布着迷
Among all his relatives,he has an especially deep affection for his aunt whocares for him most.
在他的所有的亲戚中他对他姑姑的感情特别深,姑姑是最关心他的。
Teahing is not a one-way activity; teachers and students should interact witheach other in class.
教学不是单向的活动;教师和学生应该在每一个课堂上互动。
After his wife died, he remarried with much haste, which caused a lot of gossipamong his acquaintances.
他的妻子死后,他再婚有多快,在他的熟人中这引起了很多八卦。
Without your love and support he would have been weighed down with grief after his daughter died of a car crash.
没有你的爱和支持,他会因他的女儿死于车祸而伤心。
I have never seen a house like that—its untidiness defies description; I thinkshe ought to learn how to keep a house.
我从来没有见过那样邋遢其难以形容的房子;我想她应该学会如何保持房子。 there day more and more pregnant women want the presence of their husbands at the birth of their childen.
这些天,越来越多的孕妇希望丈夫出现在他们的孩子出生。
It is quite possible for a student to master English grammar and acquire a largevocabulary without the help of a teacher.
一个学生的确可能在没有老师的帮助下,掌握英语语法并获得大量的英语词汇。 She watched him manipulate all the handles and gears in his automobile until she thought she could run it herself.
她看着他操纵所有的手柄和齿轮在他的汽车,直到她认为她可以自己运行。Lack of money and lack of machinery are the two major restraints on the growthof this factory; that’s why it remains the same as it was ten years ago. 缺乏资金和缺乏机械是经济增长的两大制约因素,为什么它仍然与十年前相同。 Text A state of affairs build … on give and take hold on in short let … loose on Text B fit into in the course of in vain reach for
1) Don’t let the little boy loose on the garden; he’ll pull up all the flowers.2) The refrigerator I bought last week is too large to fit into our new kitchen. 3) When the flood broke out, the little girl clung to a tree and managed to hold on .4) Her parents are divorced and her brother is in prison — it is a sad state of affairs , indeed.
5) It is said that in no country other than Britain can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.
6) The moment my father came in I could see from his worried face that his effort to find a job had been in vain once again.
7) Do you think it wise for a person to build his hopes on the economic strength of his country? Or should he base them on his own efforts?
8) He’s disorganized; he’s inefficient; he’s never been there when you want him. In short , he is hopeless.
9) Seeing his neighbour’s house on fire, he quickly reached for the phone and dialled 110.
10) You can’t always insist on your own way — there has to be some give and take .
Unit 3
Text Abind commitment ground possess regulate surpass virtue Text B appoint correspond gaze grasp keen sensible unfold
They bound(捆住)his hands and legs with a rope so he couldn’tescape.他们捆住他的手和腿和一根绳子使他无法逃跑。
He unfolded(打开) the map and tried to find out which way to go
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