Unit 6 Book 1 Useful expressions Overview:
1. As Shakespeare wrote，the course of true love never did run smooth. 2. It is just as well for sth. 这种情况对于...也是如此。 3. a tale of romance: a love story 4. struggle to overcome barriers 5. keep sb apart
6. struggle to balance the charms of the intellect against the appeal of attractiveness在内心智慧的魅力与外表俊秀的吸引之间纠结
7. go ahead with his date 继续与他的约会对象约会
8. find ourselves caught up in the drama 发现我们自己沉浸在这戏剧中 9. wonder what we would do in his place
10. ...when faced with the changes (time brings) Text A
11. find yourself imagining what the person looks like
12. put a face to the hidden voice赋予这个隐秘的声音一张面孔 13. get sth wrong/right
14. a valentine story=a love story
15. a valentine: a lover, one’s boyfriend or girlfriend 16. find yourself imagining what the person looks like 17. find sb doing/adj./介短
18. straighten one’s hair/tie /clothes
19. make one’s way ①go with great difficulty ② go 20. know one’s heart
21. take a book off the shelf
22. absorb: ① take in ② be absorbed in=be lost in 23. to pencil notes in the margin
24. reflect: show cf. reflect on: 仔细考虑
25. a thoughtful soul and insightful mind 多思善虑的心灵和富有洞察力的头脑 26. thoughtful: ①thinking deeply ② considerate 27. have insight into sth
28. flashback←→flash-forward(闪前)
29. locate: ① find ② establish in a certain place 30. telephone directory电话号簿
31. correspond: exchange letters regularly
in correspondence with: adv.①与...一致;②有通信联系 32. be shipped overseas: be shipped to another country
33. Each (letter) was a seed falling on a fertile heart. (metaphor)
34. She was like springtime. Her eyes were as blue as flowers. (simile) 35. request a photograph 36. your feeling for me 37. have some reality
38. have some honest basis 39. matter: be important
40. be haunted by: be worried about cf. a haunted house 41. take a chance=take a risk (on doing sth) 42. sth disgust sb
sb be disgusted by/at sth=sb get sick of sth disgust at/with sth
43. sb schedule sth = sb plan sth be scheduled to do sth be scheduled for sth on schedule: on time
ahead of schedule←→behind schedule 44. wear a rose on my lapel
45. sb fill a special place in one’s life
46 sustain sb unfailingly: support sb constantly cf. sustainable development 47. slim: ① slender ② small
The chances of doing sth are slim/large.
48. One’s hair lies back in curls from one’s (delicate) ears. 49. A small, provocative smile curved her lips. 50. murmur: say/ask in a low voice
cf. murmur about sth: complain about sth in a low voice 51. uncontrollably: 情不自禁地 52. She is well past 40.
53. She had her graying hair pinned up under a worn hat. 54. She was more than a little (=very) overweight.
55. Her thick-ankled feet were thrust into low-heeled shoes. Cf. high heels 56. be keen on/about sth: be interested in cf. be keen to do sth
57. my longing for sth cf. sb long for sth long to do sth 58. A companion B: A befriend B 59. uphold my spirit: warm my heart 60. Her pale face was sensible. 61. Her eyes had a kindly glow.
62. grip sth: take a very tight hold of sth 63. A book was to identify me to her. A rose was to identify her to me. 64. I am grateful for the friendship. be grateful to sb for sth 65. square my shoulders 66. salute: give a salute to sb
67. hold out sth to sb 举起sth让sb看
68. I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment.失望的痛苦几乎使我哽咽。 70. The woman’s face broadened into a smile.妇女的脸上绽开了笑容。 71. go by: 1. =pass
If you say that time goes by, you mean that it passes. (时间) 流逝
My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by. 随着岁月的流逝，我的祖母变得越来越伤感和虚弱。 As time goes by, …(随着时光飞逝) 2. =pass by vi. Vt.走过（某处）
A squad car went by (us) at full speed. 一辆巡逻车以全速驶过（我们的）身旁 72. beg sb to do
73. ask sb out to dinner
74. The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive: The way one reacts to unattractive people reveals one’s character. 75. in response to =in answer to
76. Tell me whom you love, and I’ll tell you who you are: If you tell me whom you love, I will tell you what kind of person you are.
Cf. A man is known by the company he keeps. (观友见其人) 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 Vocabulary & Translation exe 77. P.S.: postscript 附言, 后记 78. provided/providing: if
Provided 倘若，在…条件下（比if要文雅，但不可用在虚拟语气的假设句，常与that连用）Provided (that) there is no opposition, I will act as representative of our class. 倘若没有反对的话，我将担任本班的代表。 Providing 倘若（常与that连用，但不可用在虚拟语气的假设句）I shall go providing (that) it doesn’t rain.
79. former←→latter 80. a fertile plain 81. rough hands
82. a life of hard physical labor
83. sb be of slim build, with blue eyes 84. split the boards down the middle
85. (only the hope) (that…) sustain (the trapped miners) 86. The glow of the setting sun reddened the stream. 87. common knowledge=common sense 88. have a keen sense of smell 89. previous experience
90. sth be required for the job
91. A or B, whichever suits you best 92. the sickly smell of carpets 93. sth come to an end 94. a radio transmitter
95. A be (best) located at sw
96. sth completely hold one’s attention= sb be absorbed in sth 97. keep a firm hold of sth=grip sth 98. kidnapper v. kidnap
99. thrust sb into the car and drive off 100. thanks to: owing to=due to
101. broaden educational opportunities for sb
102. make one’s way in the world 103. dine at the restaurant
104. reserve a table=book a table
105. take a chance on its not being full
106. participate in the grand opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics 107. sth leave (spectators from China and overseas) mesmerized 108. sth reflect China’s rich history and cultural heritage/relics 109. (a fire) break out
110. lead the frightened children to safety
111. a washing machine cf. a sewing machine 112. insist on doing sth=persist in doing sth 113. after such a devastating earthquake
114. be widely regarded as Australia’s greatest living poet 115. look lovingly at the sleeping child 116. sb be fast/half asleep 117. barely : hardly 118. respond to sb/sth
119. hide her disappointment at sth
120. attend the concert/meeting/wedding/funeral/conference/press conference 121. sb come first/second/third
122. attract high-tech companies to sw 123. sth hold (no) attraction for sb 124. wear severe/plain clothing 125. surprisingly enough 126. be attractively dressed
127.drop in v.顺便走访, 不预先通知的拜访 128. look older/younger than sb is 129. be named after
130.（car）roll south 向南驶去
131. The fields are green with newly planted rice. 132. storm into sw
133. His face was black with anger. 134. once more: once again
135. have difficulty/trouble in doing sth 136. the natural choice
137. in the first place: at the beginning
138. sb be right on time, just as we had scheduled. 139. sb fit well with everything
140.in the flesh: adv.以肉体形式, 亲自 adv./adj. 活生生的；实物/本人的 He was in the flesh. 他本人就在这儿。 141. put sb to a test: test sb 142. change my mind 143. end up doing sth
144.after all (句末)“结果，终究”; (句首)毕竟, 究竟；
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