(短语：seek economic growth / one’s gain / one’s loss / be smaller than / manage to )
译：China should manage to avoid the mistake made by developed countries of seeking economic growth for the wrong reasons, and only finding out many years later that their gain was smaller than their loss.
2、Sb. does sth. in the expectation that … ：某人做某事，期望/指望着······
注：用于表述“某人做某事时的期望或目的” 。
原文：他们忽视了严重的性格差异，指望婚姻会自然而然地解决各种问题。
They overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right.
eg. 许多学生从大学毕业时, 指望很快能找到称心的工作。
(短语：graduate from / in accordance with one’s wishes / land a job )
译. Many students graduate from college in the expectation that they can soon land jobs in accordance with their wishes.
3、Instead of (doing) sth. upon doing…, sb. do sth. else.
一 ······，某人并不做······，而是······
注：用于表述“某人的反常规做法 ”。
原文：听到我们要结婚的消息时，她没有向我们表示祝贺，反而劝盖尔想清楚自己的决定是
否正确。
Instead of congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the right thing.
eg. 听到别人说闲话， 他并没有大发雷霆， 而是一笑置之。
(短语：at sb.’s gossip / blow one’s top / with a laugh / shrug sth. off )
译. Instead of blowing his top at others’ gossip, he shrugged it off with a laugh.
4、One’s biggest worry is that the other may do sth. (else) for the same wrong reason that one did sth. 某人最大的担心，是另一人也许跟自己当初做某事一样，为了错误的原因而做某事(另一事)。
注：用于表述“担心某人犯同样的错误 ”。
原文：我最大的担心是你也许跟我当初嫁给你爸爸一样，为了错误的原因而嫁给马克。
My biggest worry is that you may be marrying Mark for the same wrong reasons that I married your father.
eg. 我最大的担心， 是我弟弟也会像我当初干蠢事一样，为了错误的原因而做傻事。 （短语：do something stupid / do a dumb thing ）
译：My biggest worry is that my brother may do a dumb thing for the same wrong reasons that I ever did something stupid.
Unit4 Section A
1、to focus one’s eyesight on：注视;盯着
eg. 他们彼此用炽热的目光注视着，心中充满了激情。
（短语：focus one’s burning eyesight on sb. / with one’s heart full of passion ）
译：They focused their burning eyesight on each other, with their hearts full of passion. 扩展：将注意力集中在······: focus one’s attention on
将思想集中在······: focus one’s mind on
将精力集中在······: focus one’s energy on