【正文】 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。 14 a pack of （狼群）一群，（壞人）一伙 15 envy sb sth. 16 every now and then 17 quit(doing sth): Can’ t you quit smoking? Quit還有 “ 辭職不干 ”“ 退學(xué) ” 的意思 Jim has decided to quit. He doesn’ t like his job. 18 beyond all reasoning 19 cracked with yin 因 ? ..瘋狂 crackbrained （人） 瘋狂，（思想，觀點(diǎn)）愚蠢 20 calculating 21 afford he’ s failed tow exams and can’ t afford to fail another. 22 all the more/better After a thorough cleaning, the room looked all the more fortable. 23 go After the accident, his sight began to go. He can’ t remember where he had met the man before: his memory is going. 24 take over(sth) He took over the pany after his father died. I’ ve been driving for two hours。 we must find a plumber to see about it. 11 drop in Drop in whenever you e to see your parents. 12 personally : as a person Personally she is a very charming girl, but intellectually she is below average. Personally還常常在句首表示 as far as I am concerned, 就我個(gè)人而言 Personally, I don’ t like the film. 13 seek(after) 14 put/add the finishing touches(to sth) She got a few buttons and added the finishing touches to dress. She went over what she had written and put the finishing touches to the essay. 15 make a picture of sb 16 fell(about/around)(for sb/sth) He felt in his briefcase for a pen. In the dark, he felt around for the switch. The blind man felt along the wall for the staircase. 17 slip : put sth somewhere 3 interpretations 1 The Legend washing machine has a great sale on account of its aftersale service. 2 Gee like s blaming others for anything he himself has done wrong. 3 My professor would not hear of my working in the laboratory during Christmas. 4 I cannot give any mitment at he moment, but I will see about it. 5 He went bankrupt and had to got his friends for financial help. Book 1 lesson 8 1 text 1 “ Finished and framed, my boy!” 2 I think it is terrible that any one should be so miserable. 3 What you call rags I call romance. What seems poverty to you is charm to me. 4 “ An artist’ s heart is his head,” 5 ? .., our business is to show the world as we see it, not to make it better. 6 He has a house in every capital, has his dinner off gold plate, and can prevent Russia going to war when he wishes. 7 ? and he sank into an armchair the picture of dismay. 8 “ I think you ought to have told me, Alan,” said Hughie in a bad temper, “ and not have let me make such a fool of myself.” 9 “ Millionaire models,” remarked Alan, “ are rare enough。 you know where services are located and how to use them。 the celebrity by his image or trademark. 7 The shift from heroworship to celebrityworship occurred around the turn of the century. 8 Slowly, the focus of public attention began to shift away from knowing what such people did to knowing what they looked like. 9 With the arrival of television, the faces of the stars became as familiar as those we saw across the breakfast table. 10 Today an appearance on a television talk show is the ultimate proof of “ making it” in America. 11 Most hosts are grateful just to get someone who will fill the room with sound. 12 This kind of attitude rewards smooth, insincere talk, and makes hesitancy look like stupidity. 13 He might have been first in the hearts of his countrymen, but today he’ d be dragging his bottom in the ratings. 2 phrase 1 bigger\larger than life: My disappointment was bigger than life. 2 e up with:提出 想出 No one could find a solution to the problem, but finally Bill came up with an idea. The scientist came up with a good plan for using solar energy. 3 rather than: 不是 ? .（而是），與其 ? .（不如） 4 in short 5 by definition: By dictionary definition, an icon is a person or a thing regarded as symbol of something. 6 be distinguished(from..)by : 由于 ? 而有別（于。 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