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Unit 2 Robots
知识点归纳
1. Her parents dying at her age of 5,
she wandered around the city and begged for a
living, so she
had a burning
desire for
love and happiness.
It
’
s
his desire that
there should not be
wars, diseases, hatred and killings in the world
and he should settle any disputes
between people by the magical machine.
He
desired
a
large
house,
a
decent
job,
a
beautiful
wife,
an
expensive
car
and
a
healthy and
smart baby.
She
desired
to
win
back
her
manager
’
s
conficence
in
her
after
the
failure,
and
therefore she offered to undertake the
difficult work.
His mother
disired him to finish
his
university education and find a well-paid job,
only to meet with his rejection saying
that he would start his own business.
他希望我去美国深造。
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2.
With great
satisfaction,
the popular singer
accepted the invitation and decided to
fly to Hongkong immediately to discuss
about the details of their cooperation.
Many ordinary teachers
would
get the satisfaction of
imparting
their knowledge to
students and leading them to success.
It
didn
’
t
satisfy
his
wife
that
he
apologized
to
her
for
the
misunderstanding,
and
bought her a diamond ring.
From his satisfied look/expression on
his face, we concluded that he must win the first
place.
对
< br>…
满意
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一个令人满意的答复
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3.
The
new
medicine
had
been
tested
out
many
times
before
they
were
put
into
production and sold in markets, but
problems still occurred.
His devotion to our country
was fully tested out
in the
Anti-Japanese War and he was
considered
as our
“
national
hero
”
.
Their
marriage
did
stand
the
test
of
time
and
the
past
century
witnessed
their
legendary love stories.
4.
She
was
rather
alarmed
to
notice
a
shadow
with
a
dagger
in
the
darkness
appoaching her, so she let out a
scream.
Many officials
felt alarmed
at
/
by
the news
that the Central Committee would take
stricter measures to fight against
corruption.
The timid clerk
trembled with fear, but she managed to
sound the alarm
when the
bank robbers
’
attention was away.
5. In his eyes, the book is
more
a dictionary
than
a reference book.
Abraham
Lincoln
’
s whole schooling
added up to
no more than
(only) one year.
With
not more than(at
most)
10 dollars
in
his
pocket,
he
had no
choice but
to
go
window shopping.
不如，不及
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和
…
一样不
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6.
She always
felt great sympathy
for
the disabled children who had to
earn a living
by wandering and begging.
She
won
sympathy
from
her
colleagues
easily
by
sobbing
and
telling
a
totally
different story.
Out
of
sympathy,
the
elderly
gentleman
provided
the
homeless
boy
with
a
week
’
s
accomodation until his parents found
him.
7. In
modern society, there exists a false belief that
the overweight
are usually
less
diligent, and not as intelligent
as others.
过度劳累
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过度使用
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吃得过量
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言过其实
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8. She
stepped forward and asked:
“
Could you
do me
a favour
and give me a lift to
the train
station?
”
(do sb. a
favour=do a favour for sb.)
In order to
return the favour of
his
superior, he worked around the clock, hoping to
help him rebuild the
company
’
s good reputation.
The
mother
showed
obvious
favour
to
her
youngest
son,
which
made
her
other
children disappointed.
The
headmaster
didn
’
t
understand
why
some
experts
favour
the
policy
which
requested that the college entrance
examination should be abolished.
支持；赞同
_____________________ <
/p>
对
…
有利
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9.
The local leaders
accompanied the
minister to
some famous universities,
where
he chatted with students about
their ambitions, youth, study and future life.
During the Spring Festival
Gala, the well-known pianist
accompanied a famous pop
singer on
piano and their
fantastic performance was spoken highly of.
Last night terrible winds
accompanied
the heavy rain,
which added to the difficulty
of
rebuilding the bridge.
10. Before boarding the plane, she
rang her parents up
to
inform them of the time
when she would
arrive at the airport.
给某人打电话
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11. Once
there
lived an old and respectable monk
in
the temple on the mountain.
孩子们冲了出来，
高兴地喊着。
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听到枪声鸟儿都飞走了。
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12.
Hearing
a
loud
scream
behind
him,
he
turned
around
suddenly,
only
to
find
nothing but several
ordinary passers-by.
出现，
露面；
调大
(
声音<
/p>
)_________________
调小
< br>(
声音
)
；
拒绝
________________
上交；
交还
____________________
转向，
求助于
__________________________
结
果是；生产；出席
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13.
The
secretary
was
said
to
have
had
an
affair
with
her
boss
,
and
her
husband