新概念英语第四册：惯用语 Lesson32

新概念英语第四册：惯用语 Lesson32
【篇一】
above prep.在…之上，高于 adv.高处
be head and shoulders above 比...高出很多
例句：In calculus, Susan is head and shoulders above her classmates.
苏珊的微积分比班上其他人高出很多。

【篇二】
period n. 时期，时代;句号，句点
exam period 考试周
A:Let's ask Professor Brown if she can give us the final exam during the last week of classes.
A:我们问问布朗教授看看她能不能在我们最后一周上课的时候进行期末考试。

B:You mean instead of during the exam period? Not much chance of that.
B:你的意思是说不在考试那一周考?没有什么可能。

【篇三】
put v. 放置，安排;表达;使用
put off 推迟;拖延(delay, postpone, procrastinate)
1.A:Did you finally finish the paper you want to present at the conference?
A:你有没有最后完成你要在会上宣读的那篇论文啊?
B:I put it off and now it's too late.
B:我拖了一阵，现在太晚了。

2.A:Bill, have you finished the research paper for anthropology?
A:比尔，你有没有做完人类学的研究论文啊?
B:Not yet. I always seem to put things off until the last minute.
B:还没有。

我好像总是要把事情拖到最后一刻。

3.A:I'm no expert. But that noise in your refrigerator doesn't sound good. Maybe you should call and have it checked out.
A:我虽不在行，但我觉得你冰箱的嗓音听起来不对。

也许你该打个电话让人来查一查。

B:You are right. And I suppose I've put it off long enough.
B:你说得对。

我想我时间拖得够长的了。

【篇四】
result n. 结果，后果 vt. 产生，发生，后果是
as a result 因比(therefore, thus, as a consequence)
例句：1.As a result, the general picture of relations between workers and employers in Britain has gone from bad to worse.
因此，英国工人和雇主之间的关系已经越来越糟了。

2.As a result, there are a running club to join and numerous books and magazines to read about running.
因此，人们可以参加跑步俱乐部或者阅读众多关于跑步运动的书刊。

3.The female lions are leaner and swifter, and as a result, are better hunters than the males.
雌狮相对来说更瘦更敏捷，因此比雄狮更擅于捕猎。