【正文】 一天晚上給她寫了一封署名“你的瓦倫丁”的告別信?，F(xiàn)在，人們以不同的方式慶祝情人節(jié)，他們發(fā)送賀卡、鮮花，贈(zèng)送巧克力或其他禮品，或共進(jìn)浪漫的晚餐。在中國(guó)，這個(gè)節(jié)日也正越來(lái)越受年輕人的歡迎。一些大的商家每年都舉辦不同的活動(dòng)，年輕人也送禮物給他們的情人。s Day)。相傳，每年的這個(gè)夜晚，天上的織女都會(huì)與牛郎相會(huì)。姑娘們也會(huì)在這一天晚上向天上的織女乞求智慧，以獲得美滿姻緣。July 7th on the Chinese calendar is Chinese Qixi Festival, the most romantic of all the traditional Chinese year, some big businesses organize various activities, and young people send gifts to their a result, the Qixi Festival is considered to be Chinese “Valentine39。(minor)a)We have a problem with the puter system, but I think it39。就在那時(shí)，家鄉(xiāng)的父老接過(guò)了養(yǎng)育我（my upbringing）的責(zé)任。(requirement)a)The toys have to meet strict/tough safety requirements before they can be sold to ）作為新聞和輿論的載體（carrier），廣播和電視補(bǔ)充了而不是替代了報(bào)紙。(digest When it es to this magazine, it is/carries a digest of articles from many newspapers and magazines around the world1）雖然受到全球金融危機(jī)后果的巨大影響，但是我們?nèi)匀幌嘈盼覀兡軌蛎鎸?duì)挑戰(zhàn)，克服危機(jī)。(threat, pel, settlement a)Under threat of constant sand storms, we were pelled to leave our cherished village and move to the new settlement3）根據(jù)最近的網(wǎng)上調(diào)查，許多消費(fèi)者說(shuō)他們也許會(huì)有興趣考慮購(gòu)買電視廣告中播放的產(chǎn)品。(spot, alongside)a)Having spotted a truck driver dumping contaminated waste alongside the river, the old man reported to the police at ）一些科學(xué)家堅(jiān)信人們總有一天會(huì)喜歡轉(zhuǎn)基因農(nóng)作物（genetically modified crops）的，因?yàn)樗鼈兡軌蛱岣弋a(chǎn)量，幫助發(fā)展中國(guó)家戰(zhàn)勝饑荒和疾病。(urban, rural)a)The Internet is changing the way people live, no matter whether they are in urban or rural areas7）和大公司相比，中小公司更容易受到全球經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)的威脅。(analyze, chart, reflection)a)With regard to our term papers, the professor asked us to analyze the chart of unemployment first, and then provide critical reflections on the nation39。(by a large margin, it occurs to...)a)It never occurred to him that their team would win the basketball match by a large ）回顧二十年的中學(xué)教學(xué)，我把我的成功歸結(jié)為耐心、才能、和對(duì)知識(shí)的不斷追求。 teaching in high school, I attributed my success to patience, talent, and the constant pursuit of knowledge11）紅十字會(huì)派遣的志愿人員非常小心地對(duì)村里的飲用水進(jìn)行消毒(disinfect)，以避免爆發(fā)瘟疫。(unifya)Einstein spent many years trying to unify the theories of electromagnetism and gravity but failed13）因其在激發(fā)學(xué)生創(chuàng)造性想象力方面的出色表現(xiàn)，王教授獲得了校長(zhǎng)獎(jiǎng)。 creative ）因存在一些設(shè)計(jì)上的（design）重大缺陷，董事會(huì)沒(méi)有同意那個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)刺激計(jì)劃（stimulus package）。t approve of the economic stimulus ）喬丹（Jordan）意識(shí)到?jīng)]人能給他幫助，終于得出結(jié)論他必須面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)，獨(dú)自接受挑戰(zhàn)。(take grantedGrandma took it for granted that food prices would soar, so she bought a lot of ）我可以給你引用幾個(gè)例子來(lái)說(shuō)明她獻(xiàn)身科學(xué)的精神。(see, swift)a)The 1980s saw the start of the swift development of some special economic zones in ）兩國(guó)關(guān)系的緊張部分是由最近的間諜事件（spy affair）引起的。你可考慮請(qǐng)他做你的律師，當(dāng)你需要法律援助時(shí)，由他代你行事。s behalf）a)Peter has worked in a law firm for many can consider having him as your lawyer to act on your behalf when you need legal ）這座紅房子在參天古樹的映襯下十分奪目。（a)The salary in / for my new job is great, but for the rest, I39。（minglea)The waters of the two streams mingle near our 。s religious ）這間房間的窗簾同家具的風(fēng)格不太協(xié)調(diào)。反對(duì)黨聯(lián)合工會(huì)發(fā)動(dòng)了一次大罷工，最終導(dǎo)致政府的垮臺(tái)。form an alliance with。bring about)Instead of resolving contradictions, the series of measures taken by the government gave rise to more violent Opposition formed an alliance with the trade unions and launched a general strike, which ultimately brought about the downfall of the 如今，大學(xué)與現(xiàn)實(shí)世界的距離越來(lái)越小，學(xué)生也變得越來(lái)越實(shí)際。(shrink。a means to an end)Nowadays, the gap between the university and the real world is shrinking and students are being more and more are the days when the university was an ivory tower in which scholars pursued knowledge as an end rather than a means to an 我從未指望靠上課來(lái)學(xué)好這門課。(hope?？墒钱?dāng)我去廚房喝飲料的時(shí)候，我突然間靈機(jī)一動(dòng)，意識(shí)到解決問(wèn)題的方法實(shí)際上可能很簡(jiǎn)單。click)Although I have been trying every means to solve the problem, I cannot work out a satisfactory when I went to the kitchen to get a drink, something clicked and made me realize that the solution might be quite simple..UNIT2 1 一看見抽屜里的那些老照片，我的眼淚就涌了出來(lái)。(the moment。周圍的人反應(yīng)各異，有的關(guān)心地走上前去看他是否受傷了、能為他做點(diǎn)什么；有的則站在一邊不知所措；有的干脆就不理。approach。tune out)When a student slipped on a pool of water and fell over, people’s reaction diverged from one approached caringly to see if he was hurt and if they could help。while others just tuned 上星期六上午，我像往常一樣去超市購(gòu)物。我只好回家去找，可是哪兒也找不到。do nothing but。我們大家只有羨慕的份，卻不能也去買一輛，因?yàn)槟欠N遙控車很貴，而且還是在香港買的，那時(shí)候在我們看來(lái)香港和紐約一樣遙不可及。as far as)When I was a second grader, one of my classmates got a red radiocontrolled toy car as a birthday rest of us could only admire, but could not imitate, because the car was expensive and was bought in Hong Kong, a place which seemed to us as far away as New York at that 1 這些文件很重要，內(nèi)容要絕對(duì)保密。(content of which。instead of)These are important documents, the content of which should be kept strictly you need to dispose of them, you must shred them or tear them up instead of throwing them out with the 現(xiàn)在，偽造支票、身份證和信用卡之類的白領(lǐng)犯罪已變得相當(dāng)普遍。(forge。人們與平時(shí)一樣忙著各自的事情。(go about。mental trauma。(matter。if so)Why does it matter that a library has many new books and electronic resources readily available to the readers? This is because if so, the scholars know the latest development in their own fields and know whether their research is 1 這個(gè)消息來(lái)得如此突然、如此令人震驚，我在沙發(fā)上呆呆地坐了幾分鐘。(so...that。對(duì)孩子們來(lái)說(shuō)，一本印刷精美的紙版書不僅是一本書也是一個(gè)玩具。(have advantage over。盡管如此，這幵不一定意味著傳統(tǒng)媒體已失去市場(chǎng)。(in the tendency of。when it es to...)In recent years, traditional media are in the tendency of decline and new media are developing , this does not necessarily mean that traditional media have lost the it es to reading things like news, people are still used to such traditional media as 隨著金融危機(jī)的爆發(fā)，許多企業(yè)陷入了困境。(find oneself in difficulty。為了表彰他的突出貢獻(xiàn)，公司決定獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他一套住房。for the better。如果他接受挑戰(zhàn)，他肯定會(huì)輸；可如果不接受呢，他就是個(gè)懦夫。but if he didn’t, he would be a 他昨天感冒了。但是下午放學(xué)回家時(shí)他發(fā)起燒來(lái)，不得不臥床休息。confine to)He caught a cold that he would get better after a good night’s sleep, we sent him to school this later in the afternoon, he got back home with a fever and was confined to 在過(guò)去的幾年里，我得了幾次重病，一直在貧困狀態(tài)中生活，但是我沒(méi)有放棄我的夢(mèng)想。(abandon。cling to)In the past few years, I have had several severe illnesses and lived in a state of poverty, but I have never abandoned my spite of everything I clung to my dreams, which have turned out to be a great support and fort to 1 當(dāng)他知道自己未能入選校隊(duì)時(shí)，他哭得很傷心，畢竟他經(jīng)