大学英语第一单元

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英语第一单元

．My parents managed to get by on a small amount of money.我父母亲靠很少的一些钱凑合着过下去。

2. The rescue team hauled medical supplies and food to the flooded villages.

救援队把药品和食物运到被淹的村庄。

3. She has been ill and must have supplements to her ordinary food.

The doctor suggested supplementing my diet with vitamins E and A.

医生建议在我的饮食中补充维生素E和A。

4. A car went past and sprayed me with water.

汽车开过，溅了我一身水。

5. The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner.

He is p ursuing his studies at the university.

pursue one's interests/ one's goals

6. We are all born good, but can be taught to be wicked.

7. --The local government has taken some measures to ensure that all the people will get through the winter.当地政府已采取一些措施以确保全体人民熬过冬天。

--She got through the entrance examination and was accepted by the college.

The bills got through.

8. I think, on balance, I prefer the new system.

我想，总的来说我更喜欢新的体制。

keep one’s balance 保持平衡

lose one’s balance 失去平衡

strike a balance 力求折中

9. illustrate表示不仅使用具体事例而且有时使用图画，目的是使说明生动、逼真或有效，从而真实地说明某一观点。例如：--Let me use another example to illustrate this difficult point. demonstrate表示用足够数量及可靠的证据说明某一学术争论、结论的真实性，也可用于说明人或事。例如：

--Galileo demonstrated that objects of different weights fall at the same speed.

伽俐略证实了重量不同的物体以同样的速度下落。

10. Reader’s Digest is a popular magazine in the US.

Mary can’t digest fat.

玛丽吃肥肉不消化。

It often takes long time to digest new ideas.

吸收新思想往往需要很长时间。

11. When coal burns, it generates heat.