【正文】 6 Many of us have what might be called “ a short fuse.” 7 ? .be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. 8 much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust and rapport. 9 We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. 10 bur in the business world we almost always have other appointments following hard on the heels of whatever we are doing. 11 ? especially given our trafficfilled streets. 12 In some countries no major business is carried on without eye contact, requiring facetoface conversation. 13 Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. 14 Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to “ get it moving.” 2 phrase 1 be mitted to: From then on, I was mitted to shedding the weight and getting into shape. 2 be slave to\of: 受 ? .的支配或影響 An ancient Greek philosopher once said that the rich man was slave to his money. Quite a number of girls are slaves of fashion. 3 account for sth.:對(duì) ..作出解釋 The boy could not account for the time he spent away from school. 4 charge(sb. money) for sth: 向（某人）收取 ? 的費(fèi)用 They charge $10 for a haircut there. The hotel doesn’ t charge for breakfast. Charge sb. money(for sth.): （因 ? .） 向 某人 收 取費(fèi) 用 The watchrepairer charged Lao Li 200 yuan for his service. 5 count: 有價(jià)值，有重要意義 We don’ t have much water left, so make every drop count. Strength, skill and willpower count equally in sports. 6 attach importance/significance/value, etc. to:認(rèn)為 ? 重要 We attach great importance to the good relations between our tow countries. People seem to attach too much importance to his opinion. 7 have a short fuse 8 slip away: leave quickly She slipped away ten minutes after the film began. Time’ s slipping away. 9 in terms of:在 ? .方面， 就 ? .而論 10 go with sth.: be included with or as apart of sth. 包括， ? .是其一部分 The car goes with the job. 11 over:在做 ? 的時(shí)候 Let’ s discuss the matter over dinner. They exchanged information over a cup of tea. 12 small talk 閑談，聊天 13 much less: They wouldn’ t even take any souvenir, much less money. She was so tired that she did not want to speak, much less sing. Much less 在句首時(shí)，要倒裝 14 seek out 努力尋找，找出 15 rather than: She is shy rather than proud. We attach or importance to what he is rather than what his parents are. 16 lay out 設(shè)計(jì)，規(guī)劃（建筑物等） 17 (hard)on the heels of: happening very soon after Famine came hard on the heels of flood. 18 work(hard) at : 在 ? ..上（狠）下工夫 19 given prep. : 考慮到 ? .. Given his age, he’ s done well. Given that there was so little money available for the project, they’ ve done a good job. 20 有 increasing的句子里，一般用進(jìn)行時(shí)，表示行為在當(dāng)前一段時(shí)間里正在發(fā)生。 would you take over for a while? The new president will take over from Mr. Johnson next week. 25 face down/ facedown 26 pick sb up 27 hold off 3 interpretation 1 Hearing that the firm I work for was going to be taken over by an oil pany, I was greatly shocked. 2 The miners had been trapped in the collapsed gallery for over one week before they were picked up. 3 Mother has never given in to the difficulties encountered in the course of my growing up. 4 This country can not afford to have another civil war. Its people long for lasting peace. 5 His sincere selfcriticism made us respect him all the more. 6 No force can keep the Chinese people back from reuniting their own country. Book 1 lesson 5 1 text 1 While traveling for various speaking engagements, I frequently stay overnight in the home of a family and am assigned to one of the children’ s bedrooms. 2 I’ m not plaining, only making a point. 3 I think that in far too many families, not only do children e to take their parents’ generosity for granted, but also the effects of this can actually be somewhat harmful to children. 4 ? ..along with those things the parents yearned for but didn’t get. 5 ? .requests for toys for fear that their children will feel?? . 6 Overindulgence of a child also happens when parents are unable to stand up to their children’ s unreasonable demands. Such parents vacillate between saying no and giving inbut neither response seems satisfactory to them. 7 But overindulging children with material things does little to lessen parental guilt(since parents never feel that they’ ve given enough), nor does it make children feel more loved. 8 Children may, to some degree, bee greedy, selfcentered, ungrateful and insensitive to the needs and feelings of others, beginning with their parents. 9 Parents who are fortunate enough not to have a problem with feelings of guilt don’ t need to respond crossly to their children when denying a specific request which is thought to be unreasonable. They can explain, cheerfully, that it ’ s too expensiveexcept perhaps as a birthday or holiday giftor that the child will have to contribute to its purchase from an allowance or from the earnings of an outside job. 2 phrase 1 stay overnight 2 be assigned to sth: 向（某人）提供 ? , 把 ? 分派給（某人） Xiao Zhang has been assigned to Class five. The best worker was assigned to the most difficult job. be assigned to do sth: （某人）被指派做某事。 12 I began to feel familiar with traveling by “ tube” . 13 using some phrases that are unique to English people. 2 phrase 1 symptom 2 result from The disease results from Vitamin C deficiency. Result in : The Evening Messenger has decided to offer the above reward to any person who gives information which results in the arrest of William Strickland. 3 a thousand and one I have got a thousand and o