第一单元
1. 房子着火了,里面的人面临着死亡的危险.(in danger of) The house was on fire and people inside were in danger of losing their lives.
2. 他买不起这么好的房子.(afford to do) He cannot afford to buy such a fine house.
3. 这个主意听起来也许有些怪,不过还真有点道理.(make sense) Although this idea may sound strange, it does make sense.
4. 约翰看起来是个好人.即便如此,我还是不信任他.(even so) John seems (to be) a nice person. Even so, I don't trust him.
1.如果他一开始谈论过去,你就永远都没法从他那儿脱身.(get away from) If he starts talking about the past, you'll never get away from him. 2. 冬天失业率有上升的趋势.(tendency) There is a tendency for job losses to rise in the winter.
3. 在我不断地要求下,父亲终于同意和我一起去澳大利亚了.(frequent) Because of my frequent demands, father finally agreed to go to Australia with me.
4. 他把老店卖了,开了一家新的,以便赚更多的钱.(make money) He sold his shop and opened a new one to make more money.
1. 我们应该从失败中吸取教训, 这是很重要的.(learn a lesson from) It is important for us to learn a lesson from the failure.
2. 他相信自己想当证券经纪人的梦想总有一天会实现.(come true) He believes that one day his dream of becoming a stockbroker will come true.
3. 很多学生最后从事的工作不需要用到所学的知识.(end up) Many students end up doing jobs that do not make use of what they have learnt.
4. 我一提到他的名字,母亲就变得很不开心.(as soon as) As soon as I mentioned his name, my mother became very unhappy.
1. 只要你经常锻炼, 你又会变得健康起来.（as long as）As long as you get regular exercise, you will become healthy again.
2. 我一直想读一本有关太空的书,但是我好像总没时间去读.（get around to）I have always been thinking of reading a book on space, but I never seem to get around to it.
3. 那位作家自从买了电脑 (computer) 后,就再也不用笔写小说了.（no longer）Since the writer had bought the computer, he no longer wrote his stories with a pen.
4. 学校制定了一些新的规章制度,人人必须遵守.（set up）The school has set up some new rules that everybody must follow.
1. 看见大海,孩子们开心得大叫起来.（at the sight of）The children cried with delight at the sight of the sea.
2. 你刚刚说的话我没太听懂,你能再说一遍吗?(catch on) I didn't quite catch on to what you said just now. Would you say it again?
3. 他知道那项任务很难,但还是接受了.(be conscious of ) He was conscious of the difficulty of the task, but he still accepted it.
4. 直到现在,当想起那天发生的事情时,我还是觉得莫名其妙.（to this day）To this day, when I recall what happened that day, I still feel confused.
1. 她似乎以贬低别人为快.（speak poorly of）She seems to enjoy speaking poorly of others.
2. 他过度地喝酒抽烟,结果死了.（as a consequence of）He died as a consequence of heavy drinking and smoking.
3. 你永远无法从他那儿得到直接的回答.（get...out of）You can never get a straight answer out of him.
4. 我们的产品在过去几年中逐渐受到欢迎.（little by little）Our products have become popular little by little over the past few years.
1. 我们明天就该开始进行那个项目了,可你却还没有准备好.(work on) We are supposed to start working on that project tomorrow, but you haven't got things ready.
2. 我今晚得把工作赶完,所以我不能和你一起去看电影了.(catch up on) I have to catch up on my work tonight, so I can't go to the movies with you.
3. 约翰不习惯这儿的新生活,所以打算搬走.(be accustomed to) John wants to move because he is not accustomed to the new life here.
4. 她伸手拿起电话,拨了一个朋友的号码.(reach for) She reached for her telephone and dialed the number of a friend.
1. 这个计划听起来虽然很难,但他决心将它付诸实施.(put something into practice) Difficult as the plan sounds, he is determined to put it into practice.
2. 面对这么多的困难,球队怎么能赢得比赛呢?(in the face of) How could the team win the game in the face of so many difficulties?
3. 自两年前开业以来, 今年年初他的生意最兴隆.(at one's best) His business was at its best at the beginning of this year since it was started two years ago.
4. 他虽然没有直说,但我们能从他的手势中得到一些信息.(pick up) Although he didn't say it directly, we could pick up some messages from his gestures.
1. 我们必须想出解决这个问题的办法. (figure out) We must figure out how to solve the problem.
2. 他看着包,像是在看着件他看不懂的东西.(beyond one's comprehension) He looked at the bag as if he were looking at something beyond his comprehension.
3. 我会使用计算机,但是说到修计算机,我是一无所知.(come to) I know how to use a computer, but when it comes to repairing it, I know nothing about it.
4. 我们迷了路,更糟的是,天开始下雨了.(what's worse) We got lost. What's worse, it started to rain.
