大学英语第一单元

英语第一单元

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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

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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.