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Unit 1
Useful Expressions
1.轻松的氛围 1.relaxed atmosphere
2.埋头学习 2.get one’s head down
3.课堂出勤率 3.attendance at classes
4.来自同龄人的压力 4.peer group pressure
5.眼袋 5.bags under one’s eyes
6.在脑海/内心深处 6.at/in the back of one’s mind
7.志向高远的拔尖人才7.high flyers
8.详细计划8.map out
9.理解，明白9.figure out
10.指望，依赖10.look to
11.追随……的人生之路11.follow one’s path through life
12.准备迎接12.brace oneself for
13.进入/从事一行业13.go into a career
14.沿海水域14.coastal waters
15.拖上来15.haul up
16.满是，充满16.brim with
17.果然17.sure enough
18.不走运，失败18.without luck
19.厌烦19.get bored with
20.漫长的斗争20.lengthy struggle
Text B
11.核实证实11.check out
12.…的早逝12.the untimely exit of sb.
13.由…处理负责；取决于…13.be down to sb.
14.主要故事情节14.the meat of the story
15.心仪的工作15.mind’s –eye dream-job
16.将…束之高阁/置于次要地位16.put sth. on the back burner
17.期票17.a promissory note
18.能做…18.be in a position to do sth.
19.（时间）流逝19.tick away
20.后视镜20.a rear-view mirror
21.自助餐厅21.a buffet restaurant
22.主菜22.main course
23.有机会/尝试做23.have/get a shot at
24.充分利用24.make the best use of
25.和…爽约25.stand sb. up
26.迁就/ 让步于…26.meet sb. halfway
27.the Reaper
27.
28.死神
29.平生之事在眼前闪现28.your life flashes before your eyes
30.终将成为29.end up as
31.叫不出…名字30.cannot put a name to
Keys to Exercises
Text A
3. 3
4. b, c, c, d, c, a
5. productive, attendance, resistance, ambitious, acceptance, script, impressive
6. attendance, ambitious, productive, impressive, resistance, script, acceptance
7. mortgage, deck, surf, coastal, defy, lengthy
8. b, a, b, b, a, a, b, b
Text B
2. c, d, b
3. 3
4. triple, cemetery, rear, biography, cram, budding, finite, elapse
5. elapsed, cemetery, rear, crammed, triple, budding, biography, finite
6. a, b, a, a, b, b, a, a
7. a, b, b, a, a, b, b, b, a
Language in use
1. • I’ve double- and triple-checked it. (compound verb)
• budding crypt-kickers (compound noun)
• a rear-view mirror (compound adjective)
• the once-a-year holiday to Florida or Spain (compound adjective)
• back-burner stuff (compound adjective)
• standing at the corner of the Co-op (compound noun)
• a sepia-coloured relative that no one can put a name to (compound adjective)
2. a late-night party, a well-stocked library, a world-famous professor, some well-timed
advice, a rapidly-growing population, a free-market economy, a half-hour boat trip
3. It’s how we behave that determines what other people think of us.
It’s what our character is that usually determines what sort of job we are going to end up doing. It i sn’t always what marks we get at university that determine s what we do as a career.
It is often what we experienced in our childhood that determines how we react to life’s problems.
It’s what our genetic clock is and what changes we make to it that determi ne when we die.
4. It wasn’t just that the shops were all closed for Thanksgiving, but there was no one in the
streets.
It wasn’t just that she spent all her time at college going to pa rties, but she took the time togain
