【正文】 und to get the scholarship. No other applicant is better qualified. 34 be satisfied with 35 keep on doing sth His children kept on pestering him while he was working hard on a report. 36 work (on sb/sth) The folk remedy works. My headache’ s gone. Do you think the plan will work? 3 interpretations 1 With the labor market being increasingly petitive, many people do not take their present jobs for granted. 2 After the brutal longdrawnout tribal war, the mon people living in the area all yearning for peace and security. 3 Standing up to the great pressure from the doctor and relatives, my mother insisted on teaching me reading and writing. 4 Since neither side gave in to the other, the war had been going on for more than a decade. Book 1 lesson 6 1 text 1 Culture shock might be called an occupational disease of people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad. 2 These cues, which may be words, gestures, facial expressions, customs, or norms, are acquired by all of us in the course of growing up and are as much a part of our culture as the language we speak or the beliefs we accept. 3 All of us depend for our peace of mind and our efficiency on hundreds of these cues, often without our conscious awareness. 4 When foreigners in a strange land get together to grumble about the host country and its people, you can be sure they are suffering from culture shock. Another symptom of culture shock is regression. The home environment suddenly takes on a tremendous importance. 5 It usually takes a trip home to bring one back to reality. 6 However, those who have seen people go through culture shock and on to a satisfactory adjustment can see steps in the process. 7 If you are a real tourist, you probably do not stay long enough for this phase to wear off but go on to the next new location or experience. 8 When you stay in a new environment for a while, you move to stage twothe crisis stagein which the shine wears off and daytoday realities sink in. 9 However, if you stick with the experience and try to deal with it realistically, you will probably move to the third phase of culture shock: recovery. 10 In recovery, you learn the systems, procedures, language, or nonverbal behaviors of the new environment so that you can cope with it on the basis of some mastery, petence, and fort. 11 You no longer need to make mental conversions of the country’s money。 With all the windows open, the room is very cool. With so many people watching me, how can I concentrate on my work? 10 (to the)east/west/north/south of : He works in Beijing, and lives in a small town some 40 kilometers south of the city. 11 live for sth/sb:為 ? ..而活 12 give in to sth./sb Parents often give in to their children’ s demands. 13 the nine of them 他們九人（一共有九人）， nine of them 他們當中的九人。Book 1 lesson 1 1 text 1 well above average 2 One of the most important things I’ ve learned is how much there is to learn, and how much I don’ t yet know. 3 Sometimes I think how grateful I would be today if I had learned more back then about what really matters. 4 Every student should regularly experience the “ Aha!” 5 While you learn a little bit about many subjects, make sure you learn a great deal about one or two. It hardly matters what the subject is, as long as it deeply interests you, and you place it in broader human context. 6 But don’ t get trapped by the first subject that interests you, or the first ting you find yourself good at. 7 Discuss ideas in depth with friends. It’ s much braver to ask questions even when there’ s a prospect of ridicule than to suppress your questions and bee deadened to the world around you. 8 Many conversations are a kind of petition that rarely leads to discovery on either side. 9 The only embarrassment is in not learning from your mistakes. 10 This is a deflation of our pretensions, to be sure, but it is also the opening up to our view of a vast and awesome universe. 11 In a world as tightly connected as ours is, don’ t restrict your attention to American or Western culture. 2 phrase 1 above\below average. Well的用法 He is no longer young. He is well over fifty. It’ s well past midnight, I think it’ s time you went home. 2 back then 3 some 與數字連用 大約 Some 80 students have taken the course. 4 deficiencies 不足 缺乏 5 more + 名詞短語 + than + 名詞短語：與其說 ?? 不如說 ? . For him, music is more a way of life than an interest. 6 the + 形容詞最高級 + of + 名詞 的用法 the greatest of philosophers in ancient Greece. The best of my father’ s friends. The most intelligent of his students. 7 it + 否定詞 + matter(s) + wh 的用法 It doesn’ t matter how you do the job as long as you do it well. It hardly matters how you do it, as long as you do the job well and plete it on time. 8 gateway to 9 as well as you can 10 on the part of sb.\on sb.’ s part: There is no need for any more explanation on my part. There must be some misunderstanding on their part. 11 confine? .to: They managed to confine the disease to a small area. 12 deaden sb. to sth. bee deadened to sth 13 leave + 賓語 + 賓補（形容詞 分詞等）：使 ? .處于某種狀況 He left all the windows open for half an hour. The news left everybody depressed. 14 far form: The result of the match is far from (being) satisfactory. It was obvious that what he said was far from the truth. 15 open up to: The policy of reform and opening up to the outside world. 改革開放政策 16 no more than: She had no more than a banana for lunch. He went to New York with no more than 2 dollars in his pocket. 17 exposure to:接觸 ? .，感受 ? .的熏陶，受到 ? 的影響 Too much exposure to the sun might cause skin diseases. Living in Europe for a year, he gained some exposure to western culture. 18 there is something to\in : There’ s something to what he’ s just said.