上海理工大学综合英语第二册 Unit 7

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6. try on (119) 试穿, try out 检验，试验 Try on the shoes to see if they are fit. What a lovely dress—why don’t you try it on for size. 这条裙子多好看啊—穿穿看，看合适不？ Tom could hardly wait to try out his new bike. They are trying out a new presenter for the show. 他们对那档节目的新主持人进行试用，考察。 We are going to try out a new restaurant tonight. 今晚我们想换一家新餐馆试试看。
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4. make for (93) 导致，使可能，有利于 Having faster computers would make for a more efficient system. 配备速度更快的计算机会提高系统的工作效率。 The larger print makes for easier reading. 字体越大，阅读就越方便。 Such statements don’t exactly make for racial harmony. 这样的言论不利于种族间的和谐。
Key to exercise (A)
1. brimming with / imbued with 2. trepidation 3. vivacious 4. speculate on 5. tentative 6. baffle 7. make for 8. crack 9. raised the audience’s hackles 10. unattached
Difficult sentences
1. The trying twenties… (1—6) 2. The task of this period… (25—32) 3. The trying twenties… (63—70) 4. However galvanizing our vision… (99—103)
Warm-up
1. How do you define your twenties, or youth in one Song 2 word? Energy Adventure Audio: youth Changeability, Adaptability Bravery Disorientation Youth: transcript Frustration Song 1 Hope, expectation Dream Romance, love
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2. bail out (46) 中途逃脱，跳伞逃生 The plane’s engine failed, and the pilot was forced to bail out. 飞机发动机出了故障， 飞行员被迫跳伞逃生。 The actor had bailed out of the film after only three weeks’ shooting. 电影拍摄只进行了三周，那个演员就提出不干了。 I ‘d understand if you wanted to bail out of this relationship. 如果你不想和我继续交往下去，我可以理解。
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5. get away with something (102)做错事/坏事不受惩罚，得以逃脱 责任 The child ought to be punished. You shouldn’t let him get away with telling lies. 你应该惩罚这孩子。他撒谎的事，不能就这样算了。 Don’t be tempted to cheat—you’ll never get away with it. 甭想着作弊—作弊肯定被抓。 Nobody gets away with insulting me like that. 谁要是这样侮辱我，我跟他没完。 If I knew I could get away with it, I wouldn’t pay any tax at all. 早知道可以不交税，我一分钱都不会交。 He is so charming that he really does get away with murder. 他特招人喜欢，就是杀了人，人们也会原谅他。
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8. strike a chord in (134) 产生，引起共鸣 His writing struck a chord in the hearts of the rebellious students. 他的作品在叛逆的学生中产生了共鸣。 9. sell out (161) 背叛，违背，出卖 French farmers feel they have been sold out by their government in the negotiation. 法国的农场主们认为在谈判中他们被政府出卖了。 He is a talented screenwriter who had sold out to TV soap operas. 他是位很有才华的电影编剧，却改行写起电视肥皂剧来 了。
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3. live with (76) 接受，容忍不愉快，困难的 东西 I can’t change the situation, so I’m going to have to live with it. 我没办法改变我的处境，所以我只好接受它。 You have to learn to live with stress. 你要学会应对压力。 You just have to learn to live with the pain. 你要习惯忍受这种痛苦。
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13. act upon (209) 对什么产生影响，效果；按…行事，听从建议 Alcohol acts quickly on the brain. 酒精会对大脑迅速产生影响。 Antibiotics act on the bacteria that cause the disease. 抗生素会消灭致病细菌。 Acting on a friend’s advice, he bought $50,000 of shares in a television company. 在一位朋友的建议下，他买了一家电视公司价值5 万美元的股票。 back Acting on impulse can get you into a lot of trouble. 凡事意气用事，肯定后患无穷。 confide in (207) 吐露心事；take hold (2) 扎根下来； outgrow (3) 张大成人，所以不再；open up (49)形成，产生make a break with (191)与…决裂，中断联系； modus operandi (166) 方式， 做法; crack (105) 一流的，顶尖的； be forthcoming with (205) 愿意，准备; raise one’s hackles (184) 激起愤怒
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11. call forth (189) 引起，招来 His speech called forth an angry response from the audience. 他的讲话激起了听众的愤怒。 The proposed shopping center called forth an angry response from the local residents. 修建购物中心的计划激发了当地居民的愤怒反对。 12. spring from (192) 源于，由于 derive from , stem from The idea for the novel sprang from a trip to India. 这部小说的想法源于一次印度旅行。 His need to be liked obviously springs from a deeprooted insecurity. 他渴望别人喜欢他，这显然源于一种根深蒂固的不安全感。
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10. brim with (177) 充满 Her eyes were brimming with tears. 她热泪盈眶。 The team was brimming with confidence before the game. 该队赛前信心十足。 当她得知她的儿子还活着时，眼睛里充满了泪水。 Her eyes brimmed with tears when she heard that her son was still alive.
1. confront with (1) 向某人当面质问， 遭遇 He confronted her with a choice between her career or their relationship. 他让她表态作出选择，是要自己的事业呢，还是以俩人 的关系为重。 As she left the court, she was confronted by angry crowds who tried to block her way. 她离开法庭的时候遭到一群气势汹汹人的围堵。 I thought I would remain calm, but when I was confronted with the TV camera,, I became very nervous. 我本以为能保持镇静，但一到电视摄像机前就慌了神。
综合英语第二册
Unit seven: The Trying Twenties (经受考验的二十来岁 的年轻人)
The table of contents
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. warm-up Language points Difficult sentences Review of the text Key to exercise About final test
Key to exercise (B)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. transient arrogance postpone rocky pejorative
back
6. omnipotent 7. denial 8. utterly 9. confronted 10. terrific
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Leabharlann Baiduifficult sentences
5. “Perfect” is that person we imbue with the capacity… (121—136)
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7. imbue with (121) 充满 His poem is imbued with deep, religious feeling. 他的诗歌充满了深厚的宗教情感。 His voice was imbued with an unusual seriousness. 他说话带有一种不同寻常的严肃口气。 He was imbued with a desire for social justice. 他满怀寻求社会正义的愿望。 看到五星红旗在旗杆上冉冉升起，我们的心中充满了一种民族自豪 感觉。 We were imbued with national pride as the five-star national flag was progressively (slowly, gradually) hoisted up the flagpole.