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1、Useful expressionsMore1.一脸的茫然和沮丧1. look blank and dispirited2.外出工作2. be off to work3.能够理解3. come to grips with4.大惑不解4. be utterly mystifying to5.很可能的是5. it is a safe bet that 6.在普通的日常工作中6. in the common everyday job7.费用非常高7. prohibitively expensive8.好追根究底的孩子8. inquisitive children.Useful expressions

2、9.变得破旧9. wear out 10.一天中任何一个时间里10. at any given moment during the day11.在空白处作批注11. jot notes in the margins 12.打听在哪儿12. ascertain the whereabouts of13.用红笔愤怒地打个记号13. make an angry red mark 14.一式五份重新打印14. be reproduced in quintuplicate15.好好想想15. mull over 16.我不知道16. it beats meMore .Useful expressions

3、More1.我们所谓的激动人心的时代我们所谓的激动人心的时代1. our supposedly exciting times2.前所未有的、让人眼花缭乱前所未有的、让人眼花缭乱 的变化的变化2. unprecedented, dazzling change3.让我们有这种论调的正是缘自让我们有这种论调的正是缘自3. It is that leads us into this kind of talk.4.狂妄自大狂妄自大4. arrogant insistence on our own importance5.有一个很好的例子可以有一个很好的例子可以 用来证明用来证明5. There is a

4、 good case that 6.多民族、多文化、跨国界的实多民族、多文化、跨国界的实体体6. a multi-ethnic, multicultural, transnational entity7.更应该指出更应该指出7. It makes more sense to point out8.吹嘘吹嘘8. boast of.Useful expressions9.美丽的郊野景色和高耸美丽的郊野景色和高耸 的摩天大楼的摩天大楼9. physical landscape of suburbs and skyscrapers10.在一个伟大的技术革新在一个伟大的技术革新 的时代的时代10. in

5、 an age of great technological innovation11.尽管尽管11. For all + n. phrase12.上映一部电影上映一部电影12. release a film13.我不知道听过我不知道听过多少遍多少遍13. I dont know how often I have met with the statements that14.泛美航空泛美航空14. Pan-Am flights15.消除了距离消除了距离15. abolish distance16.巨大的变化巨大的变化16. sweeping transformations.Useful exp

6、ressionsActive reading 1: Resources1.有一点儿进展1. make a dent2.站在那里一动不动2. dead solid still3.过山车3. thrill ride 4.被困其中4. stuck in the middle5.把自己的人生 都回顾了那样5. in any kind of life-flashing- before-my-eyes sort of way6.令人胆战心惊的瞬间6. chilling moment7.中队长7. battalion commander8.纽约消防局8. New York Fire Department9.

7、救援队9. rescue operations .Useful expressionsActive reading 2: ResourcesMore1.联合专栏 1. syndicated column2.一个男人的身影 2. a figure of a man3.青少年联盟 3. the Junior League4.上流社会4. high society5.心地善良5. Big heart 6.选举权6. right to vote7.仕途越来越顺利 7. ones career grows8.人权问题8. the civil right issues9.重新定义9. rewrite th

8、e definition of 10.劳工部长秘书 10. the Secretary of Labor.Useful expressionsActive reading 2: ResourcesMore11.召开新闻发布会 11. hold a press conference12.离不开轮椅的 12. wheelchair-bound13.罗斯福新政 13. New Deal projects14.受挫14. stub ones toe15.一举一动都在别人的注视之下 15. fishbowl atmosphere 16.没出什么岔子 16. avoid any real mishap17

9、.用意真诚17. sincerity of purpose18.心地单纯18. simplicity of heart19.仁慈而无私的性情 19. humane and selfless nature.Useful expressionsActive reading 2: ResourcesMore20.争取到了反对者的支持 20. win over the naysayers21.美国黑人21. Afro-Americans22.恶疾缠身的人 22. victim of a cruel affliction24.归功于24. owe debt to23.经受住战争年代和和平时期的风雨磨难2

10、3. ride the storms of peace and war 25.小试身手25. only training26.准备要退隐26. ready to return to private life27.接受了使命27. accept the charge28.联合国人权委员会的首任主席 28. the first chairman of the UN Human Rights Commission.Useful expressionsActive reading 2: Resources29.世界人权宣言29. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights30.起草和通过的全过程30. the process of drafting and securing passage31.用平常的语言来评价 31. in o