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Phrases and Expressions
• go ahead 开始，继续
• After the rain stopped, the men went ahead with their work of digging up the street. • 雨停后，他们继续在街上挖掘。
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• Less than a few weeks ago Susan Boyle was a virtual unknown for Britain’s got Talent, a televised talent competition, she has experienced a stratospheric rise to fame. • 苏珊•波伊尔不到几个星期之前还只是个默默无闻的老百姓。 但她自 从参加了英国达人，一个电视选秀比赛后，她就经历了一个由平民到 名人的层次提升。
• He dedicated his life to the cause of education (他献身于教育事业）
Barbie
Time: 1959
Designer: Elliot and Ruth Handler Model: Daughter Barbara
History: After watching her daughter play with paper dolls, Ruth had the idea.
American Gothic
capture one’s attention
吸引某人注意
When introduced into China, the story of Harry Potter immediately captured children’s interest.
• 哈里波特的故事一进入中国就引起了孩子们极大的兴趣。
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• co-foundders 联合创始人
• co• 表共同，一起，联合示"共同"，通常放在元音词根前 cooperation合作；coagulate凝结
American Gothic
Time: August of 1930 Designer: Grant Wood Models: His sister and his dentist History: Grant Wood was visiting the town of Eldon in the southern part of Iowa when he came upon the farmhouse .
Phrases and Expressions
• pose for (为拍照或画像）摆姿势
• The model posed herself for the art students. • 模特儿摆好了姿势让美术专业的学生临摹。
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• go against 不利于；违反；反对
• Anything that goes against the law of nature will receive severe punishment from it. • 任何有悖自然规律的事情都会遭到大自然的严厉惩罚。
• for sale 出售，待售
The catch: The catalogs will not be for sale, but for browsing only. 需要注意的是：这个目录册仅供浏览，并不对外出售。
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Phrases and Expressions
• rise to fame 成名
approve of 同意 His mother could not approve of her son's affection for a women she had never met.
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• dedicate vt 为（建筑物等）举行落成仪式；奉献
• dedicate oneself to 专心致力于；赋予自己 • dedicate to 献身；把（时间，精力）用于
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• enlighten vt.启发，指导
enlight sb on sth 在某些方面指导某人
Can you enlighten her on this subject? 对这个问题你能启发启发她吗?
independence 独立，自主
independent adj
What was the origin of Uncle Sam? What does he look like in Flagg’s portrait?
Uncle Sam evolve from 从…进化而来
The human figure in the Emblem of the 2008 Olympic Games evolved from the Chinese character “Jing”(京), referring to Beijing.
Barbie
• name after 以…命名
• Barbie's boyfriend was named after Barbara's brother
• refashion into 废品成 ; 重新塑
造成 ; 正在翻译 ; 重塑成
• Mattel refashion the doll into a decent
Buffalo Nickel
Time: From 1913 to 1938 Designer: Fraser Model: An aging buffalo from New York City’s Central Park Zoo History: It honored a pair of connected tragedies from the settlement of the American frontier — the destruction of the buffalo herds and the America Indians .
The Statue of Liberty
Time: Mid-1870s Designer: French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Model: His wife’s arm and his mother’s face History: Celebrating the US independence and the France-America alliance
be independent of 独立于
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• alliance n 同盟，联盟
in alliance with 与···· · ·结盟 His party is in alliance with the Grence.
approve vi赞成，同意；vt 批准，同意
2008年奥运会会徽中的人型来自 于汉字“京”，指“北京”。
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• work on 从事，致力于
• The scientists are still working on inventing new methods of reaching outer space. • 科学家们仍致力于发明到达外层空间的新方法。