Book5Unit4languagepointsScientistscontinueto

pushbacktheboundaries

邊界,范圍ofhumanknowledge.

Accordingtoofficialstatistics統(tǒng)計數據thediseasekilledover500people.

Thegovernmentisdeterminedtotackle解決inflation.

Cutsinthehealthservicecouldhavetragic悲慘的consequencesforpatients.

Thegovernment

istaking

action

tocombat

打擊drugabuse.

My

doctor

referred

me

to

a

specialist專家.

Infectious傳染的diseases

canbe

acquired

inseveral

ways.

Her

devotion

投入tothe

job

leftherwithvery

little

freetime.

Any

productmade

fromcow’smilk

made

him

vomit嘔吐.

It’s

amiracle

奇跡that

nobodywas

killed

in

the

crash.

Nothingcan

compensate

補償for

the

loss

of

a

loved

one.

She

agreedto

collaborate

合作

with

him

inwriting

her

biography.

We

tryto

make

these

training

courses

as

realistic

現實的

as

possible.

Our

proposal

triesto

accommodate

the

special

needs

of

minority

少數

groups.

They

issueda

joint

聯合的

statement

denying

thecharges.

Harmonious

和諧的

relationships

arewhatmany

companies

aimto

cultivate.

We

met

at

the

home

of

a

mutual

共同的

friend.

She

vowed

toherselfthatshe

would

dedicate

投入，奉獻

herlifeto

scientific

studies.

Eric‘ssister

hadnobly

無私地，高尚地

volunteered

to

helpwith

the

gardening.

He

was

oneof

themost

influential

有影響力的

performers

of

modern

jazz.

assistv.幫助，協(xié)助 assistant

n.助手，助理

assistance

n.幫助，援助assistsb.indoingsth.幫助某人做某事

assist(sb.)in/withsth.幫助（某人）做某事withtheassistanceof在…的幫助下

cometoone’sassistance幫助某人幫我做作業(yè)

assistmeindoingmyhomework/withmyhomework在老師的幫助下，我的英語取得了長足進步。Withtheassistanceofmyteacher,Ihavemaderemarkable

progressinEnglish.要不是他們及時的幫助，他就不會渡過這可怕的意外。Ifithadn’tbeenfortheirtimelyassistance,hewouldn’thavesurvivedthehorribleaccident.結果，她的叫聲確實吸引了人們的注意力，住在附近的人們都來幫助他們了。Itturnedoutthat

herscreamsdiddrawpeople’sattentionandthoselivingnearallcametotheirassistance.vitaladj.極其重要的

bevitalto/for...=beofvitalimportanceto/for對..至關重要的Itisvitalthatsb.(should)do...某人做…是至關重要的

除此之外，對故事熟悉也是對申請者的一個重要標準。Moreover,familiaritywiththestorylineisavitalcriteriontotheapplicants.閱讀在語言學習中也是至關重要的，比如讀報紙，經典小說等，從中你可以學到一些常用的地道的中文用法，也能拓展你對中國文化的了解。Itisofvitalimportanceto

includereadinginlanguagelearning,rangingfromreadingnewspaperstoclassicnovels,fromwhichyoucanlearnsomecommonandauthenticusagesofChineseaswellasexpandyourknowledgeofChineseculture.

3.

atrisk

處在危險中，有危險；冒風險attheriskofdoingsth.冒著做某事的風險

take/runarisk/risks冒險risk

vt.使…冒風險（或面臨危險）riskdoingsth.冒險做某事

riskya.冒險的不假思索，他冒著生命危險從火中救出他的女兒。Withoutthinkingtwice,he

risked

hislifeto

save

his

daughter

from

the

fire.

Theyknewtheyriskedbeingarrested.

他們知道自己冒著被捕的危險。Heavy

relianceon

one

client

is

risky(risk)

when

youarebuildingupa

business.

He

puts

his

administration

at

risk

if

he

doesn't

comethroughon

thesepromises

for

reform.

如他不能兌現這些改革承諾，他將使他的政府處于危險境地。4.

relievev.

解除，減輕，緩和；給（某人）換班

relief

n.寬慰，減輕;救濟

relieved

adj.放心的；感到寬慰的You’llberelievedatsixo’clock.

六點鐘有人來換你的班。in/withrelief寬慰地；輕松地

toone’srelief

令某人寬慰的是非常令我寬慰的是，我在湖邊發(fā)現了我的兒子和jessie偎倚在一起，安然無恙。Muchtomyrelief,IspottedmylittleboyandJessiebythelakesnugglinguptoeachothersafeandsound.隨著我的身體激動得不自覺發(fā)抖，我長舒了一口氣，蹲下來親了親我兒子的額頭，并感激地撫摸了jessie的頭。Withmybodytremblinginvoluntarilyinexcitement,Ibreathedasighofrelief,croucheddowntokissmyboyontheforeheadandstrokedJessie’sheadwithdeepgratitude.5.

castv.選角

cast/cast

p./pp.

castaglanceat

瞥一眼

castdoubton

對…產生懷疑becastdown

使某人失落，降低，拋下

castsb./sth.off

丟棄（某物）；拋棄（某人）

castlighton/upon

闡明…,使明白…=throwlighton/upon《百萬英鎊》，一部偉大的馬克吐溫的杰作，將上演，全校范圍內的選角也將開始。TheMillionPoundBankNote,oneofMarkTwain’smasterpiecestories,istobeputonstageandtheschool-widecasting

isontheway.我鼓起勇氣，用盡全身力氣走向她，我抱歉地看了她一眼，結結巴巴地說出整件事，我的心隨之狂跳。Pluckingupmycourageandwalkingtowardsherwithallmymight,Icastanapologeticlookatherandstammeredoutthewholesorry,myheartpoundingwildly.Your

information

may

throw

lighton查明,闡明thecause

of

his

death.

6.

inclusiveadj.包容廣闊的 inclusivenessn.包容性includev.包含

inclusionn.包含;內含物

beinclusiveof把…包括在內，包含的

這本書包括許多著名書法家的杰作，有精致圖片展示不同字體，比如草書，楷書。Manymasterpiecesoffamouscalligraphersareincludedinthisbook,withdelicatepicturesdemonstratingdifferentwritingstyles,suchasCaoandKai.之后，不同的社團輪流展示他們精心準備的表演，包括詩歌朗誦，繪畫，武術等。Afterthat,otherclubstookturnstodemonstratetheirwell-preparedperformances,includingpoemrecitation,painting,martialarts,etc.Moreover,whatisalsoworthnotingisthatweshouldbereadytobehelpful,includinghelpingthoseinneedandofferingourseattotheelderly.幫助需要的人和給老年人讓座7.

rewarding值得做的；有意義的

asarewardforsth./doingsth.作為某事的獎勵

inrewardforsth.作為對……的回報rewardsb.forsth./doingsth. 因為某事獎勵某人對我而言，幫助他人是一件非常有意義的事情，從中我可以獲得強烈的成就感和幸福感。Tome,beingofhelptopeopleisahighlyrewardingthingfromwhichIcangainastrongsenseofachievementandhappiness.Shewasrewardedforhereffortswithacashbonus.

她因自己所作的努力而得到一筆獎金。8.

takeplace

發(fā)生,舉行taketheplaceof/takeone’splace

就座;代替某人的位置

inplaceof

代替outofplace位置不當；不適當，不得體

inplace

在正確位置；準備妥當inthefirstplace首先,第一=firstofall/tobeginwith/initially

為了激發(fā)學生學習英語的興趣，這個活動將于下周五晚七點在報告廳舉行。Aimingto

arousestudents’interestinEnglishlearning,thisactivitywilltakeplaceinthelecturehallofourschoolat7:00pmnextFriday.Nothing

canever

take

theplaceof

real

love

and

family

togetherness.

家庭和睦。取代9.

engagevi.

參加，參與；雇用 engagement

n.

約會engagewith與…建立密切關系

getengaged

訂婚

beengagedin

忙于Hestartedtoemergefromhishousemoreoften,wavinggentlytothepassers-by,sayinghellowithalightsmileonhisfaceandevenengaginghimselfinthecommunityaffairs.甚至開始忙于社區(qū)事務Engaged忙于intalkswiththeIrishgovernment,theybarelyhadtimeforsuperficialaffairs.10.invain

徒勞,白費力氣地;白白地makeavainattempt/effort

徒勞的嘗試/努力

becomevain變得自負/虛榮Anairofgloomdescendeduponus,asvariousmeanstoscareawaythebeasthadallbeenvainlyattempted.沒用，白費了喉嚨發(fā)緊膝蓋發(fā)軟，我沖到街上，大聲喊著Philippe的名字，挨家挨戶地敲門，試圖找到一絲希望，但所有的努力好像都沒有結果。Throattighteningandkneesfeelingweak,Istormedthroughthestreet,exclaimedPhilippe’snameatthetopofmylungs,andknockedfromdoortodoor,attemptingtofindoutaglimmerofhope,but(alltheeffortsseemedtobe)invain.不定式作表語（1）在不定式作表語的句子中，系動詞除be外，還有seem，happen，appear，get，pretend等。（2）句中如果主語部分有實義動詞do的各種形式，作表語的不定式實際上是do的引申，即表示do所做的內容，這時不定式可省略to。(有do無to)Tohim,thefirstimportantthingwastosavelives.對于他來說，最重要的事情就是拯救生命。Whatwewanttodoislearnfrompractice.我們想從實踐中學習。Tomseemstoknoweverything.湯姆似乎知道一切。Itremains

tobeseen

whether

his

project

willfly.

他的計劃能否成功尚需拭目以待。Oncloser

examinationthepainting

proved

to

be

afake.

經過更加仔細的查看，那幅畫被證實是件贗品。

“介詞+which”引導定語從句當關系代詞在定語從句中作介詞的賓語時，我們通常用“介詞＋關系代詞”引導定語從句。如果指“人”，用“介詞＋whom”；如果