【正文】 life/ time/ money/ energy to sth./ doing sth. 把本人的一生/時間/金錢/精力奉獻于…… devoted. adj. 忠實的；深愛的 be devoted to… 專心致志于；忠于；喜歡 a devoted friend 一位忠實的朋友 a devoted mother 一位賢妻良母principle n. 法則；原則；原理 stick to one’s principles 恪守自己的原則 against one’s principle 違背某人的原則out of work=be out of a job 失業(yè) out of control 失去控制 out of patience 失去耐心 out of reach 夠不著 out of date 過時 out of sight 看不見 out of money 錢花光 out of mind 心不在焉 out of order 壞了；混亂vote vt amp。指令；掌握have a good mand of English. 精通/熟練掌握英語request V. 請求，要求 request sth. from sb. 向某人索要某物 request sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事 request that sb. (should) do sth. It’s requested that 從句 據(jù)要求 as requested 依據(jù)請求 play an important/vital part/role in (doing) sth. 在……中起重要/至關重要的作用play the leading role/part 起主要作用，起帶頭作用，演主角recognize vt. 識別；認出recognize sb./sb’s voice. 認出某人/聽出某人的聲音recognize sth./sb. to be 承認某人是……recognize sth./sb. as sth. 正式認可/接受某事/人為……recognition n. 承認，認出 beyond/out of recognition 認不出來a large number of fluent English speakers 許多英語講得流利的人the number of people learning English 學習英語的人的數(shù)目make sense 有道理；有意義；講得通In some important ways they are very different from one another.At fist the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. 過去分詞作后置定語 It was base more on German than the English we speak at present. 定語從句English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. 定語從句 The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. 現(xiàn)在分詞作后置定語The fly agreed immediately without a second thought.Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English.Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard Those who report the news were expected to speak excellent You will hear differences in the way people speak. 掌握way作先行詞的關系詞When people use words and expressions different from the standard language.The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken.U3prefer vt. 更喜歡 prefer coffee to tea. 更喜歡咖啡而不是茶prefer doing to doing 更喜歡干……而不愿干…… prefer to do rather than do 寧愿干……而不愿干……prefer that sb (should) do 更寧愿某人干…preference n. (兩者之中) 較喜歡的東西；偏好；偏愛 have a preference for… 對……偏愛 have no particular preference 沒有特別的偏好persuade vt. 說服；勸服、 persuade sb. to do sth.=persuade sb. into doing sth. 說服某人做…… persuade sb. not to do=persuade sb. out of doing 說服某人停止做……；勸阻某人做…… persuade sb. of sth. 或persuade sb. + that 從句 使某人相信 persuasive adj. 有說服力的 schedule: n. 時間表；進度表 ahead of schedule 較預定的時間提前 on schedule 按照預定的時間，按時 behind schedule 遲于預定的時間；拖后 vt. 為……安排時間 schedule the meeting for that night會議的時間定在那天晚上 be scheduled to do sth. 預定做某事determine vt.amp。不了解，無知out of ignorance 出于無知stay/keep/be calm保持鎮(zhèn)靜As far as I am concerned 就我而言Sb be concerned about sth 擔心Sb be concerned in/with sth 涉及Concerning sth =Regarding sth 關于，某事go through a hard time 經歷了一段困難時期go through the baggage 檢查行李go through the