his smile .
5. 有些学生能轻松自如地与陌生人交谈，可有些学生却很难做到这一点。（be easy about）
译：Some students are easy about talking with strangers , while some others find it hard to do so . Unit 2
1. 他们这儿不卖薯条，如果你想吃，得去肯德基或麦当劳。（serve） 译：They don’t serve chips / French fries here. If you want them, you have to go to a KFC or McDonald’s.
2. 他捡起一个核桃，想用锤子把它砸开，可没想到却把它砸碎了。（crack ; crush）
译：He picked up a walnut and tried to crack it with a hammer , but instead he crushed it .
3. 当金子加热融化后，他们把金水倒进模子，铸成金条。（melt / mould）.
译：When the gold was heated and melted , they poured it into a mould to from a gold bar . 4. 他承认是他打破了教室的窗玻璃。（admit to）
译：He admitted to breaking the window of the
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classroom .
5. 令我们欣喜的是，新的经济计划开始对经济发展产生积极影响。（have … effect on）
译：To our delight , the new economic policy is beginning to have a positive effect on the economy . Unit 4
1. 据估计，目前中国4亿手机用户中，有大约一半人的隐私受到了威胁。（it is estimated that …;privacy）
译：It is estimated that today , the privacy of half of the 0.4 billion mobile phone subscribers is in danger . 2. 人们在购买生活必需品上的花费越少，他们安排的诸如旅游等娱乐活动就越多。（the less … the more …）
译：The less people spend on daily necessities , the more arrangements they will make for leisure activities , such as traveling .
3. 对我来说，旅游最大的好处就是可以去不同的地方，了解不同文化背景下人们的生活方式以及传统习俗。（What I especially like about … is …）
译：What I especially like about traveling is that I can go to different places and learn about particular
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lifestyles , conventions and customs in different cultures . 4. 在大多数情况下，文化碰撞激起的是人们对不同文化的好奇心，只有在极少数情况下，文化碰撞会造成尴尬。（culture bumps ; on rare occasions）
译：In most cases , cultural bumps arouse people’s curiosity about different cultures . Only on rare occasions can they cause embarrassment .
5. 你可以保持自主选择的权力，但作为一个成年人，你做事不要冲动。（reserve the right to; act on impulse）
译：You can reserve the right to make your own choices , but as an adult , you should not act on impulse . Unit 5
1. 那位身穿红衬衫的人突然收起假笑，露出他的本来面目。（turn off ; false smile ;true colours）
译：Suddenly the man in the red shirt turned off his false smile and showed his true colours .
2. 妻子声称丈夫很懒，不愿做家务，丈夫对此予以坚决否认。（flatly ;contradict）
译：The husband flatly contradicted his wife’s claim
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that he was too lazy to do the housework .
3. 经理已经做出保证，在他的任期结束之前，他不会离任。（pledge one’s word ;leave office ;term）
译：The manager pledged his word that he would not leave the office until the last day of his term . 4. 他没有意识到，对她美貌的迷恋使他对她的缺点视而不见。（blind） 译：He didn’t realize that his fascination for her beauty had blinded him to her faults .
5. 当得知警察终于在树林里找到她的孩子时，这位年轻的太太留下了眼泪。（shed）
译：On hearing that the police had finally found her child in the woods , the young lady shed tears . Unit 8
1. 他抑制不住自己的好奇心，决心立刻出发，去看看真实的普罗旺斯是什么样子。（contain one’s curiosity ;resolve ;set off）
译：He couldn’t contain his curiosity , so he resolved to set off immediately to see what Provence was really like .
2. 随着截止日期的临近，他花更多的时间搜索线索，以确保结论与事实相符。（be matched by）
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译：As the deadline approaches , he is spending more time searching for clues , making sure that the conclusion is matched by the fact .
3. 他们大约每隔两天就争吵一次，整整持续了半年多，谁也不肯认输。（at … intervals ;yield to）
译：Their quarrels continued at approximately two-day intervals for more than half a year , and neither wanted to yield to the other .
4. 我们刚躺下，旅店的大门就被撞开了，一群士兵冲了进来。（no sooner … than …）
译：No sooner had we gone to bed than the door of the hotel burst open and a group of soldiers rushed in .
5. 由于突然下起了大雨，他们在路上花的时间比预计多了一倍。（due to ;intend to）
译：Due to the unexpected heavy rain , the time they spent on the road was twice as long as they had intended to . Unit 10
1. 人们担心温室效应给环境带来的巨大威胁。（fearful ;pose）
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译：People are fearful of the huge threat posed by the greenhouse effect on the environment .
2. 在大城市里生活一段时间后，他发现自己已经很难再适应乡村生活了。（be conditioned to）
译：After living in a big city for a while ,he found that it was hard for him to become conditioned to rural life again .
3. 他渐渐意识到没有人能够对这件事做出一个令人信服的解释。（dawn on sb ;come up with）
译：It gradually dawned on him that no one would come up with a convincing explanation of this incident .
4. 人们想当然地认为苦干有助于成功。（take for granted ;contribute to）
译：It is taken for granted that hard work contributes to success .
5 他总是找理由逃避集体活动。（walk away from ;collective） 译：He is finding excuses to walk away from collective activities .
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