【正文】 essage sand in that this wasn’ t the thing to do. 16 barriers to (doing) sth 17 beyond: apart from 18 stick with sb/sth I’ ll stick with my idea no matter what you say. 19 on the basis of: because of a particular fact or situation He’ s recently been made public relations manager on the basis of his performance. 20 the other way round 21 bee adapted to sth./adapt(oneself) to sth: bee adjusted to new conditions, The old lady quickly adapted herself to life in the city. 3 interpretations 1 Since China adopted the reform and openingup to the outside world policy, this city has taken on an entirely new look. 2 The foreigners who are suffering from culture shock often cut themselves off from the rest of the world. 3 For the first few months, many freshmen are hardly adapted themselves to the college life. 4 Biologists decided to try out that set of expensive equipment. 5 I noticed that she had greatly improved her behaviors since she returned from abroad. 6 More and more Chinese people begin to concern themselves with environmental protection Book 1 lesson 7 1 text 1 Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. 2 The poor should be practical and ordinary. 3 Intellectually, we must admit, he was not of much importance. 4 He was as popular with men as he was with women, and he had every quality except that of making money. 5 He had gone on the Stock exchange for six months。） He is distinguished from his twin brother by a mole on his back. 7 measure? against:對(duì)照 ..來(lái)評(píng)價(jià) ? .. He constantly measures his performance against that of the best goalkeeper in the country. 8 e by 9 be beyond sb. 10 bereft of 11 latch onto\on to sb\sth 12 people who are simply famous for being famous people wellknown for their wellknownness 13 in part 14 more than a ?? death: Nothing pleases the professor more than his students’ achievement. 15 bee : 適合， 與 ? 相稱 Purple bees her. Don’ t be rude , Jack. It doesn’ t bee you. 16 personal habits 17 shift (away) from? to? :由 ? 轉(zhuǎn)移到 ? 18 make it: I believe he’ s got the talent to make it. He dreamed of going to college all his life, but never made it. 19 be sure to do sth.: 一定要 ? ；肯定會(huì) ? . With your talent, your are sure to make it. Be sure to take the medicine before you go to bed. Be sure to read the text before class. 20 reward 3 interpretation 1 They are always measuring their own work against the standard set for the professionals’ work. 2 Plainclothes policemen were waiting in the dark for the burglars to show up. 3 At sundown, the strong cold wind has shifted form the southeast to the northwest. 4 Many people have e to realize the sideeffect from the use of cellular phones in public. 5 All the people who came to watch the football game were very excited. 6 Tow months is needed to finish this work.(被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài) ) Book 1 lesson 3 1 text 1 If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people mitted to researching, experimenting and exploring. 2 Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor. 3 “ we are slaves to nothing but the clock,” 4 Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run our of a person’ s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count. 5 Don’ t take it personally. 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,