M9U2 Witnessing time
一、单词中的短语：
1.associate......with...... 把…和…联系起来 be associated with...=be connected with... = be related to...; =be linked to/with... =be concerned with... 与...有联系/有关 in association with...= in connection with... 与...有关/相关 an associate director/professor 一位副导演/教授 2.cause some friction between... and... 在...和...之间引起一些摩擦 3.appoint sb. as/to be... 任命某人为... appoint sb to do sth. 任命某人做某事 at the appointed time 在指定的时间里 break one’s appointment 违约；失约 keep one’s appointment 守约；按时赴约 fix/make an appointment with sb 与某人约会/约定 4.mend one’s ways 改邪归正；改过自新 mend/settle one’s differences 解决分歧
5.make slow but steady progress in sth. 取得慢而稳的进展 6.inspire sb to do sth. 激励某人做某事 be inspired by... 受到.....的鼓舞
give an inspiring speech 做一场鼓舞人心的演讲 an inspired poet 一位富有灵感的诗人 7.get sunburnt 被晒伤 8.get a divorce 离婚
be/get divorced from sb. 与某人离婚/分开、分离 end in divorce 以离婚告终
9. be accused of doing sth.= be charged with doing sth. 被指控犯有...罪；被指责做某事 10. sentence sb to death/ three years in prison 判处某人死刑//入狱三年 11. on behalf of sb 代表某人；代替某人 12.be decorated with... 装饰着...
13.It is/was apparent/ obvious/evident/clear that... 很显然/明显...
14.in terms of... 在...方面；从...方面来说 15.stress the importance of (doing)...... 强调做某事的重要性 lay/place/put great stress on sth. 十分强调；十分注重
be under stress/ pressure 处于压力下 put stress/pressure on...... 给...施加压力 16.with the assistance/help /aid of ...... 在...的帮助下
come to one’s assistance/aid/rescue 来帮助某人 assist/help/aid sb with sth. 帮助某人某事 assist/aid sb in doing sth. 帮助某人做某事 assist/aid sb.to do sth.= help sb (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事 二、文中其他的短语
1.become more and more aware of ... 越来越意识到… 2. have an influence/effect/impact on ...... 对…有影响
3.in honour of ...... 为了纪念…；为向...表示敬意 4.make many advances in many fields 在各种领域取得很多成就 5.in particular / particularly 特别地；尤其 6.rise up high above the city 高高升起在城市上方
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7.of the time 当时
8. on top of ... 在…的顶部；除...之外
9.three main temples/monuments to Athena 三座为雅典娜修建的寺庙或纪念碑 10. throughout / all through history 纵观历史
11.be no different 没什么两样/不同 12.seize control of...... 夺取对…的控制权 13.occur withthe theft of ... 随着...的偷窃发生 14.turn over sth to sb. 把某物移交给某人 15.under the title of ...... 以…为名；冠名为... 16.give up asking for the return of ...... 放弃要求...的归还
17.be recognized as ...... 被承认为…；被公认为... 18.carry out 实施，开展，执行 19.cause gradual damage to ...... 对...逐渐造成破坏 20.in a gesture to help preserve history 为了保护历史 21.make much/great progress in ...... 在...取得很大进步
22.in preparation of .../ make preparations for.../prepare for... 为…做准备 23.bring ...... back to its former glory 使...重返昔日辉煌
24.protect sth from acid rain 保护某物不受酸雨的破坏 25.(be) based on the assessment that (同位语从句)...... 基于这一认识 26.avoid damaging important historic buildings 避免破坏重要的历史建筑 27.for generations to come 为了未来的世世代代
28.refer to 提到；涉及；参阅；与...有关 29.be meant to do sth. 打算、有意做某事 30.come across/ run across/ run into 偶然遇到 31.be used as ...... 被用作...
32.look into 向...里面看；调查
33.keep ......in good/bad condition 使...处于良好/不好的状态 34.focus on.../ concentrate on... 集中于... 35.the (vast) majority of... 大多数的...
36.make huge/great contributions to... 为...作出巨大贡献 37.apart from (远离)/ aside from..... 除...之外 38.in the field of ... 在......领域
39.participate in/ take part in/ join in... 参加；参与(活动) 40.it is convenient for sb to do sth. 方便某人做某事 41.with/in regard to...= concerning /regarding 关于；至于 42.be superior to ... 比...优越；胜过 43.function as... 充当；起...的作用 44.help sb out 帮助某人脱离困境 45.sb.make it clear that...... 清楚地表明...... 46.in that 由于；因为
47.except for +词/短语 ；except that +从句 除了...(不包括在内) 48.be opposed to doing sth. 反对做某事 49.impress sb with sth. 给某人留下印象 50.come/get to do sth. 渐渐地做某事 51.belong to(不及物：没被动)... 属于；是...的一员
52.quit doing sth. 放弃(give up)/停止(stop)做某事 53.deal with 处理；涉及；与...打交道
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54.first of all =firstly = in the first place 首先
55.in general = generally speaking 一般来讲 56.on the whole /as a whole 总的来说 57.as a result/consequence 结果；因此 58.that is to say = that is = namely 也就是说 59.in other words 换句话说
60.by the way 顺便提一下；顺便问一下 61.at the beginning of ... 在...开始时/初期 62.take over 负责；接管
63.so as to... 以便; 如此……以致于 64.give birth to... 生产(孩子); 分娩；孕育 65.in secret = secretly 秘密地，私下地 66.set sail to sp. 起航去某地
67.manage to live in comfort 设法成功地舒适地生活
68.make room for... 为......腾出空间；给...让出地方 69.give sb permission to do sth.= permit sb to do sth. 允许某人做某事 70.fail to do sth.= be not able/unable to do sth. 没能做某事
71.be sure about/of... 对...肯定/有把握 72.combine ......with...... 把...和...结合起来 73.be home to.../be the home of ... 是...的家园/所在地
74.be equel to... 相等于,抵得上…;能胜任 75.along/together with... 和…一起；连同 76.be open to the public 向公众开放 77.lead to... 通往；导致
78.be considered by sb.as ....... 被某人认为是....... 79.at the heart of.../ in the centre of... 在…的中心 80.on either side of... 在......两旁/两边 81.add to... 增添，增加; 加强 82.be made from a fragrant type of wood 用一种香木制成 83.be native to sp. 原产于某地
84.be covered with... 被…覆盖着；铺满... 85.in the five centuries that followed 在接下来的五世纪中
86.take up 开始从事，占据（时间，空间） 87.give sb./sth serious attention 对...给予重视
88.suffer at least some harm from ...... 至少受到...的一些损坏 89.raise money from... 从....募集资金 90.most important of all 最为重要的是
91.lead to increased tourism as well 也促进了旅游业的发展 92.result in more potential damage to... 给...带来更多潜在的破坏
93.It is our responsibility to do sth.=We have a responsibility to do sth.我们有责任做… 94.to one’s surprise 令某人惊奇的是 95.show up 出现，露面
96.be concerned about ... 担心; 挂念 ; 关心
97.break off 折断；中断；突然停止；断交 98.be in poor /bad condition 处于不好的状态 99.be proud of.../ take pride in... 为.....感到骄傲/自豪 100.be registered as ... 被登记为；被注册为...
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