B2 Unit1 Words

e.g. • What’s on at the cinema tonight?
• 今晚电影院上演什么？
• What’s he up to? 他忙什么呢?
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
Find out the active expressions:
1. We are slaves to nothing but the clock. (L5)
Translation
The child's illness resulsted from eating unclean food.
Key
孩子生病是由于吃了不干净的食物。
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3. budget (for) vi. ① save or spend money for …
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3. budget adj. ④ inexpensive, cheap
Translation
他以低廉的价钱买下这所房子。
Key
He bought the house at a budget price.
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Translation
• 她一到我们就开始。
• 一旦染上坏习惯,想改掉就难了。
• Once she arrives, we can start.
• Once you get into a bad habit, you'll find it hard to get out of it.
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3. … … the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient. whereas … , ……却；而……
paragraph Note:
1. There he did nothing but sleep all day long.
2. Happiness doesn't necessarily go with money.
3. When he writes, he always keep a dictionary at hand . 4. If one wants to open a bank account in China, he must go to the bank in person.
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2. … which though pleasant, take longer — especially given our traffic-filled streets. given + n./ that clause , 如果有……, 假如；考虑到……
5. replace vt. ① put sth. back in its place
Translation
她将听筒放了回去。
Key
She replaced the receiver.
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5. replace A with B ② tnslation
• 电灯已经取代了蜡烛。 • 刹车需要更换。
Key
• Human beings have replaced candles with electric lights . • The brakes have to be replaced.
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Translation
我工作拖下来了，我得想办法赶上。
Key
I’m falling behind with my work; I must try to catch up.
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2. result in cause, have as a result, lead to
Translation
Acting before thinking always results in failure.
Key
做事不事先考虑总会导致失败。
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2. Compare: result from
be caused by sth. that has happened previously
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
Active Expressions
1. nothing but + n. / pron. / to do… … … 只… …
2. go with sth. 伴随… …
3. at hand 在附近… …临近的… … 4. in person 亲自，亲身
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4. account for ② be a proportion of sth.
Translation
Girls account for half of the class.
Key
女生占了我们班一半人数。
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1. She's nothing but skin and bones!
2. Ill health often goes with poverty.
3. The Christmas Day is almost at hand, have you got any idea for it?
4. You’ve to go sign for a contract in person, they can’t just mail it.
4. account for ① give a satisfactory explanation for …
Translation
珍妮不得不向父亲说明每一个便士是怎么花的。
Key
Jenny had to account to her father for every penny she spent.
Word Using
Matching Game
Chinese to English
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I. Word Using
1. fall behind sb./sth. ① become bit by bit further behind
Translation
他在英语方面一直落后于同组同学。
Key
He’s been falling behind his group members in English.
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1. fall behind sb./sth. ② fail to produce sth. at the proper time
6. count vi. If sth. counts, it’s important or valuable;
Translation
• 考试前，每一分钟都很重要。 • 就运动而言，重要的不是赢，而是参与。
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3. budget n.
③ a plan to show how much a person will be able to spend
Translation
量入为出是很重要的。
Key
It is essential to balance one's budget.
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Active Expressions Focus Study
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
I. Active Expressions
In English, you may find some expressions formed by very common words, but they are active and powerful.
Practice
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Translation
• 考虑到他们缺乏经验,他们算做得很出色了。
• 如果照样再给他治疗一次，他肯定会痊愈。 • Given their inexperience, they’ve done a good job. • Given the same treatment again, he is sure to get well.
• 学校编列了一百万美元建新图书馆的预算。 • She is extremely busy, so she has to budget her time carefully.
Key
• The school budgeted one million dollars for a new library. • 她忙极了,所以必须好好安排时间。