Phrases and useful expressions Unit 3
Useful Expressions
1. 模拟面试 mock interview 2. 采取进一步行动 follow up 3. 在某人手中，为某人所拥有 in sb’s hands 4. 亲手送交的 hand-delivered 5. 可能的客户 prospective customers 6. 在我看来 as I see it 7. 俗话说 (as) the saying goes 8. 极有可能 the odds are good that 9. 一生中仅有一次的经历 a once-in-a-lifetime experience 10. 事先做好准备 do one’s homework 11. 努力争取，追求 go after 12. 交换场地 switch sides 13. 发扬长处 develop one’s strengths 14. 尝试 take/have a crack (at) 15. 奇迹中的奇迹 miracle of miracles 16. 实现你的目标 accomplish your goals 17. 改变现状或观点；产生影响 make a difference 18. 大约 in the neighborhood of
19. 做梦也想不到的 beyond one’s/anyone’s wildest dreams
20. 从……的观点来看 Unit 5
from one’s/the standpoint (of)
1. Useful Expressions 1. 耸耸肩 shrug one’s shoulders 2. 自大 great vanity
3. 让某人大吃一惊 give sb. a great surprise 4. 听某人亲口讲述 from sb. own lips 5. 衣着整洁素雅 be neatly and quietly dressed
6. 合乎某人的年龄和身份 in accordance with one’s age and station 7. 玩桥牌 play bridge 8. 和睦恩爱的一家人 a united and affectionate family 9. 年轻时 in one’s youth 10. 点头致意 nod a greeting
11. 对…有一种本能 have an instinct about … 12. 两颊白里透红 pink-and-white cheeks
13. 和善地咯咯一笑 give a kindly chuckle 14. 勉强地/欣然地 with a bad/good grace 15. 一文不名 go broke
16. 穷困潦倒 be down and out 17. 自杀 commit suicide 18. 由于 on account of 19. 吃一惊 be taken aback 20. 身体状况不好/好 in bad/good condition 21. 祝某人好运 wish sb. good luck
22. 临阵脱逃 23. 喝酒作乐把身体搞垮 24. 对付不了 25. 拿我自己来说 26. 红红的脸上布满皱纹 27. 拿我自己来说 28. 红红的脸上布满皱纹 Unit 6
Useful Expressions
1. 吞噬 2. 困于交通堵塞 3. 越洋购物旅行 4. 在大多数情况下 5. 使…摆脱 6. 个人的穿着打扮 7. 处理软件故障 8. 除去技术发展 9. 信息爆炸 10. 感到时间紧迫 11. 从世界各个角落 12. 在整个世界学术界 13. 在…的推动下 14. 无休止的选择 15. 适用于 16. 预测小组 17. 分配不均匀 18. 抚养子女 19. 做有报酬的工作 20. 家务杂活 21. 越做越大的市场 22. 家政服务 23. 更充分的利用 24. 工业革命 25. 注定 funk it at the last moment
ruin one’s constitution by drink and dissipationmore than one can manage for my own part a red face much wrinkled for my own part a red face much wrinkled
eat into
stuck in traffic jams
the transatlantic shopping expedition in most cases free sb. from
personal grooming fix software glitches technology apart
the information explosion feel time-pressed
from every corner of the world in the whole world of scholarship driven on by endless choice apply to
forecasting group
be unevenly distributed nurture offspring take paying jobs household chores a growth market concierge services make better use of industrial revolution be doomed to
Unit 7
1. Useful Expressions 1. plot out 2. plunge into 3. Kamikaze attack 4. think back on/to 5. in crystal detail 6. in the aftermath of 7. a handful of people 8. sap one's strength and hope 9. a particular explosive coup 10. in convoy 11. point fingers at 12. round up 13. bring down 14. fade the memory of 15. mourn the thousands who perished 16. a thin silver of history 17. in / within the space of 18. fill / step into sb.’s shoes 19. remain haunted by 20. pick at 21. revolve around 22. cling to
遮蔽
使陷入 自杀性袭击 回顾 详细（清晰）地 在…刚结束之后，紧跟着 几个人 消耗力量 一场特别猛烈的政变 结队（而行） 指责 围捕 使倒下，击落；降低 磨灭…记忆 哀悼数千名死者 历史薄薄的一页 在…期间内 接替某人的职位 无法摆脱 触摸，轻轻拉扯 围绕…旋转 粘住，抱紧，坚持
Unit 8
Useful Expressions
1. 偏远之地 out-of-the-way place 2. 在源头 on the headwaters 3. 在密密的树叶间 in deep-leaved shadow 4. 在空地上 across the clearing 5. 一会儿…一会儿 be alternately doing…and doing… 6. 喜形于色 with open delight 7. 自由作家 a freelance writer 8. 停顿了一下 after a pause 9. 不妨 might as well 10. 感受一下 get a feel for
11. 忽而飞进阳光里，忽而飞入树荫里 dart in and out of the light 12. 肉质鲜美的鱼 sweet-meated fish 13. 在河里沐浴 bathe in the river 14. 惊讶地 be startled to do sth. 15. 一眼望去 at eye level 16. 有部分印第安血统的向导 part-Indian guide
17. 偏离目标 18. 从表象看事物 19. 落幕 20. 动人 21. 声音清脆的 22. 近在咫尺
miss the target see things by their effects ring down the curtain catch the heart clear-voiced in the way