些。
This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.
eg. 人的生命是有限的，而其对生命的热情却是无限的。
（短语：be finite / one’s passion for life / be infinite）
译：One’s life is finite, whereas one’s passion for life is infinite.
6、 Unless …, it seems in one’s eyes (to one’s mind) as if …
如果不是······，则某人就觉得好像是······
注：用于表述“某人对某事的感受”。
原文：在他们看来，如果不花一定时间来处理某件事情，那么这件事就好像是无足轻重的，
不值得给予适当的重视。
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.
eg. 如果没为孩子提供力所能及的一切，中国父母就觉得好像对孩子关照不够。 （短语：provide everything for sb. / within one’s power / not care enough for sb.
译： Unless they provide everything within their power for their child, it seems in the eyes of
Chinese parents as if they did not care enough for him / her.
Unit3 Section A
1．ups and downs：盛衰；浮沉
eg. 回首往事，夫妇二人庆幸彼此互相扶持、共同经历人生的起起落落。
（短语：look back on the past / stick up for each other/ through the ups and downs in life） 译：Looking back on the past, the couple felt lucky that they could stick up for each other through
the ups and downs in life.
2．to be open with each other：开诚布公
eg. 作为朋友，我们要开诚布公，而不是相互猜疑。
（短语：rather than / feel doubtful about ）
译：As friends, we should be open with each other rather than feel doubtful about one another.
3．to be involved with sth. ：热衷于某事
eg. 她过分热衷于打探他人的隐私，因而与人处不好关系。
（短语：sb.’s privacy / be on good terms with sb. ）
译：She is too involved with others’ privacy to be on good terms with people.
扩展：对······着迷: to be obsessed with
忙于······: to be occupied with
为······所困: to be seized / cursed with
为······所动: to be touched with
eg. 为情所困者难于理性思维。
（短语：be cursed with emotion / find it hard to do sth. / think in a rational way ）
译：Those cursed with emotion find it hard to think in a rational way.
4．to have/harbor (no) illusions about … ：对······(不)抱幻想
eg. 尽管男孩意识到女孩不喜欢他, 但他仍对他们的爱情前景抱有幻想。
（短语：aware of / one’s dislike for sb. / harbor the prospects of one’s love ）
译：The boy, though aware of the girl’s dislike for him, harbored illusions about the prospects of