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1、Useful expressionsMore1.一臉的茫然和沮喪1. look blank and dispirited2.外出工作2. be off to work3.能夠理解3. come to grips with4.大惑不解4. be utterly mystifying to5.很可能的是5. it is a safe bet that 6.在普通的日常工作中6. in the common everyday job7.費(fèi)用非常高7. prohibitively expensive8.好追根究底的孩子8. inquisitive children.Useful expressions

2、9.變得破舊9. wear out 10.一天中任何一個(gè)時(shí)間里10. at any given moment during the day11.在空白處作批注11. jot notes in the margins 12.打聽(tīng)在哪兒12. ascertain the whereabouts of13.用紅筆憤怒地打個(gè)記號(hào)13. make an angry red mark 14.一式五份重新打印14. be reproduced in quintuplicate15.好好想想15. mull over 16.我不知道16. it beats meMore .Useful expressions

3、More1.我們所謂的激動(dòng)人心的時(shí)代我們所謂的激動(dòng)人心的時(shí)代1. our supposedly exciting times2.前所未有的、讓人眼花繚亂前所未有的、讓人眼花繚亂 的變化的變化2. unprecedented, dazzling change3.讓我們有這種論調(diào)的正是緣自讓我們有這種論調(diào)的正是緣自3. It is that leads us into this kind of talk.4.狂妄自大狂妄自大4. arrogant insistence on our own importance5.有一個(gè)很好的例子可以有一個(gè)很好的例子可以 用來(lái)證明用來(lái)證明5. There is a

4、 good case that 6.多民族、多文化、跨國(guó)界的實(shí)多民族、多文化、跨國(guó)界的實(shí)體體6. a multi-ethnic, multicultural, transnational entity7.更應(yīng)該指出更應(yīng)該指出7. It makes more sense to point out8.吹噓吹噓8. boast of.Useful expressions9.美麗的郊野景色和高聳美麗的郊野景色和高聳 的摩天大樓的摩天大樓9. physical landscape of suburbs and skyscrapers10.在一個(gè)偉大的技術(shù)革新在一個(gè)偉大的技術(shù)革新 的時(shí)代的時(shí)代10. in

5、 an age of great technological innovation11.盡管盡管11. For all + n. phrase12.上映一部電影上映一部電影12. release a film13.我不知道聽(tīng)過(guò)我不知道聽(tīng)過(guò)多少遍多少遍13. I dont know how often I have met with the statements that14.泛美航空泛美航空14. Pan-Am flights15.消除了距離消除了距離15. abolish distance16.巨大的變化巨大的變化16. sweeping transformations.Useful exp

6、ressionsActive reading 1: Resources1.有一點(diǎn)兒進(jìn)展1. make a dent2.站在那里一動(dòng)不動(dòng)2. dead solid still3.過(guò)山車(chē)3. thrill ride 4.被困其中4. stuck in the middle5.把自己的人生 都回顧了那樣5. in any kind of life-flashing- before-my-eyes sort of way6.令人膽戰(zhàn)心驚的瞬間6. chilling moment7.中隊(duì)長(zhǎng)7. battalion commander8.紐約消防局8. New York Fire Department9.

7、救援隊(duì)9. rescue operations .Useful expressionsActive reading 2: ResourcesMore1.聯(lián)合專(zhuān)欄 1. syndicated column2.一個(gè)男人的身影 2. a figure of a man3.青少年聯(lián)盟 3. the Junior League4.上流社會(huì)4. high society5.心地善良5. Big heart 6.選舉權(quán)6. right to vote7.仕途越來(lái)越順利 7. ones career grows8.人權(quán)問(wèn)題8. the civil right issues9.重新定義9. rewrite th

8、e definition of 10.勞工部長(zhǎng)秘書(shū) 10. the Secretary of Labor.Useful expressionsActive reading 2: ResourcesMore11.召開(kāi)新聞發(fā)布會(huì) 11. hold a press conference12.離不開(kāi)輪椅的 12. wheelchair-bound13.羅斯福新政 13. New Deal projects14.受挫14. stub ones toe15.一舉一動(dòng)都在別人的注視之下 15. fishbowl atmosphere 16.沒(méi)出什么岔子 16. avoid any real mishap17

9、.用意真誠(chéng)17. sincerity of purpose18.心地單純18. simplicity of heart19.仁慈而無(wú)私的性情 19. humane and selfless nature.Useful expressionsActive reading 2: ResourcesMore20.爭(zhēng)取到了反對(duì)者的支持 20. win over the naysayers21.美國(guó)黑人21. Afro-Americans22.惡疾纏身的人 22. victim of a cruel affliction24.歸功于24. owe debt to23.經(jīng)受住戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)年代和和平時(shí)期的風(fēng)雨磨難2

10、3. ride the storms of peace and war 25.小試身手25. only training26.準(zhǔn)備要退隱26. ready to return to private life27.接受了使命27. accept the charge28.聯(lián)合國(guó)人權(quán)委員會(huì)的首任主席 28. the first chairman of the UN Human Rights Commission.Useful expressionsActive reading 2: Resources29.世界人權(quán)宣言29. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights30.起草和通過(guò)的全過(guò)程30. the process of drafting and securing passage31.用平常的語(yǔ)言來(lái)評(píng)價(jià) 31. in o