grocery-catkin
?
Unit 1
We
’
ve Been Hit
?
Mayblum would
be one of thousands cast into
an
extraordinary purgatory that morning.
On that morning, thousands of people in
the
WTC were thrown all of a sudden,
into a
condition of extremely terrible
suffering that
morning, Mayblum was one
of them.
?
The rumbles of the collapsing tower
next door
seemed to sap the heavyset
man of his last gasp
of
energy.
It seemed that the
tremendous sound of the
collapse of the
south tower destroyed the
man
’
s
hope of
climbing down the remaining stairs,
thus took away his remaining energy.
?
In flames
－
burning
.
15 ×
20
?
A matter of
geography
－
a situation that
was
depended on
one
’
s location .
?
Off and
on
－
in an intermittent manner / not
happening continuously or regularly
.
?
Give you a hand
－
help you
?
So far , so good
－
things are satisfactory up
to this point
?
Scoff
at
?
In a dilemma as to whether to marry
Paul
?
Overcome by the heat and collapsed into
the
nearest chair
?
A sheer
pandemonium in the dance hall
?
Lay a
reassuring hand on Steven
’
s
arm
?
An echoing rumble
?
Meet up
with
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20
?
Unit 2 The
Virtues of Growing Older
?
And women,
I
’
m embarrassed to admit ,
even
more than men, have always seemed
to be at
the mercy of
fashion.
I’
m
embarrassed to admit that women
are less capable than men of resisting
to
temptation of
fashion.
?
It means trying on new selves by taking
up with
different crowds.
It means that you make friends with
different
(in order) to find a new
identity for yourself.
?
I no longer
blame my parents for my every
personality quirk or keep a running
score of
everything they did wrong
raising me.
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20
I no longer constantly remind myself of
all the
wrong thing my parents did in
the process of
raising me.
?
Hold
out
?
Be apt to
－
be
likely to
?
Fall apart
－
break
up
?
In general
－
as a
while
?
At the
mercy of
－
completely
controlled by
?
No wonder
－
not
surprising
?
A way to delay the aging
process
?
Feverishly he set to work
?
A facade of
honesty
?
Be confronted with
?
Chair a meeting
?
On the premise
that
15 ×
20
?
Sb. be proved
guilty
?
Dread doing sth.
?
Resent sb.
doing
?
Automatically
?
Await of bid <
等
待<
/p>
决
标
>/be awaiting a
decision
?
Unit 3 My Stroke of Luck
?
But that took
some doing on my part too.
take some doing = to be hard work
on
one
’
s part = on the part of
sb
But I also made some
effort to change myself .
?
…
which
hasn
’
t always been easy,
given that
I’
m
sometimes an actor wrapped up in his
ego.
Because sometimes
I’
m too proud of myself as
an actor.
15
×
20
?
Tie the knot = get married
?
Given that =
because
?
Then
and there = without any delay
?
In the midst of
= when
?
Set
…
apart =
distingwish
?
We were totally wrapped in ourselves
and lost
touch with a lot of
friends.
?
A sudden shock could be fatal to anyone
with a
delicate heart condition.
?
Be fluent
with
?
Undergo a profound change
?
Stretch out in
her favorite armchair
?
State pensions
are financed by the contribution
of
those still at work.
?
Unforeseeable
consequences
15 ×
20
?
Neighborhood
?
Unit 4
Cultural Encounters
?
We live in an age of easy access to the
rest of
the world.
The age we are living in provides us
with
convenient ways to reach any part
of the world.
?
Everyone, it seems, provided, of
course, they
can afford to do so, need
never be out of touch.
It
seems that everyone is able to keep getting in
touch with anyone else /can never be
fail to
reach ] if he (or she) can
afford to.
?
…
lies at the heart of
society
…
Forms
the core of society
?
This is an
essential skill in today
’
s
hybrid world.
15
×
20
This is a basic
skill in today
’
s world where
different cultures interact.
?
Millions of
people are discovering how to bridge
cultures.
Lots of
people are finding ways to get rid of
cultural differences/interrelate
different cultures.
?
Provided = as
long as/if
?
Need never be out of touch = can never
fail to
be reached
?
Regardless of
whether
…
= no matter
whether
…
?
Overlook at
one
’
s peril = fail to notice
at great
risk
15
×
20
?
Hover somewhere in and around all those
words
= may be described by these words
to varying
degrees
?
Hit the problem
of untranslatability head-on =
were
directing confronted with the problem that
something in one language cannot be
rendered
into another
?
An important
stepping stone towards
…
?
At
one
’
s peril
?
Serve the needs
of the poor and the disabled
?
Marvel at
the mentality of people
?
Potatoes,
broccoli, cabbages are the staple
winter vegetables in the northern part
of the
country.
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20