Unit 9 Language points

1. to seek work with (an organization)在(某单位)求职(L. 3)

e.g. To seek work with a famous company, you must get ready to meet with fierce competition and challenges from all sides.

在有声望的大公司求职，你必须做好准备迎接激烈的竞争以及来自各方面的挑战。

2.to shave off 剃去；削去(L. 3)

e.g. She s aid to me on the phone, “My biggest wish is get a facelift to shave ten years off my age.”

她在电话上对我说：“我的最大愿望就是整一次容,使自己年轻十岁。”

3.to take sb. to court对某人提起诉讼(L. 6)

e.g. It is an indication of increased legal awareness among the public that ordinary people begin to take some government agencies to court.

普通百姓开始把某些政府部门告上法庭，这是公众法制观念增强的体现。

4. 句型1

sth. be an illustration of sth. else 某事恰好说明了······

用于表述“例证的结论性归纳”。

e.g. The highlights in Charlie Chaplin’s life are an illustration of the

truth that good humor is goodness and wisdom combined.

卓别林一生中的辉煌恰好说明一条真理：幽默是善良与智慧的结合。

Their love story is an illustration of fact that lovers tend to torture themselves with unpleasant thoughts.

他们的爱情故事说明了恋人们常会自寻烦恼。

5. a cast of 12,000一支由12,000人组成的演员队伍(L. 11)

e.g. This film is well worth seeing, for its cast, among others, is crowded with stars and superior.

这部电影很值得一看，单演员阵容就明星云集，很是强大。

6. to put sth. before/ahead of sth. else认为······比······更重要(L.

14)

e.g. A nation should put the people’s interest before everything else, and in turn the people should put the nation’s interest ahead of anything else.

国家应以人民利益为重，而人民要以国家利益为先。

People tend to put IQ before EQ in weighing the key factors for success.

人们在权衡成功的主要因素时习惯把智商看得比情商重要。

扩展：to put A down to B把A归因于B:

to put A down for B把A认定为B:

to put A up to B唆使A做B:

e.g. He puts greed down for the devil that has put people up to under-the-table businesses.

他认定贪婪是唆使人们干那些见不得人的勾当的魔鬼。

7.句型2

As sb. put it: “…”正如某人所说：“······”

用于表述“佐证用引言”。

e.g. As one philosopher put it: “Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy.”

正如一位哲人所说：“幸福是使他人快乐的副产品。”

As Benjamin Franklin put it: “Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

正如本杰明·富兰克林所说：“勤劳是好运之母。”

8.句型3

For all + noun phrase, sb. be (more) + adj. / v-ed + prep. phrase 尽管······, 某人却(更) ······

用于表述“某人的真实状态”。

e.g. For all their deep concern about the current financial crisis, the Chinese people are untroubled abou t their future life.

尽管对当前的金融危机深感不安，中国人对未来的生活并不担忧。

9.to be untroubled about…对······不担忧(L. 25)

e.g. Be troubled about affairs of the state before others;

Be indulged in the comfort of life after others.

先天下之忧而忧;后天下之乐而乐。

Of all the factors to take into account, the one she is least untroubled about is her ability to cooperate with others.

在所有要考虑的因素中，最让她担忧的是自己与人合作的能力。

扩展：to trouble oneself about为······担忧:

to trouble sb. to do sth. 麻烦某人做某事:

be troubled with受（病痛）之苦:

e.g. Troubled with old wound on both his feet, he had to pull out of the marathon.

受双脚旧伤之苦，他只好退出马拉松比赛。

10. to make a series of concessions做出一系列的让步(L. 27)

e.g. A permanent cure for the problem of the Middle East conflict depends on whether both sides are willing to make heavy concessions to the sensitive issues.

中东冲突问题的彻底解决取决于双方是否肯就敏感问题作出重大

让步。

Much to her regret, a series of painful concessions she had made was unable to save their marriage from breakup.

令人遗憾的是，她做出的一系列痛苦让步未能使他们的婚姻免于破裂。

扩展：to make something of oneself有所成就:

to make a name for oneself成名：

to make oneself master of使自己精通:

e.g. Don’t stick your tail up when you have made something of yoursel

f. There is much to be desired in your work.

不要取得了点成绩就翘尾巴，你还差得远。

11.to stretch far into一直延续到:

e.g. The boundless love that disaster inspired in the Chinese people is expected to stretch far into one generation after the next.

我们期待中国人心中被那次灾难所激发出的大爱能够一代又一代地延续下去。

12. to come into service (use, effect, force, power) 交付使用(生效、执政) (L. 34)

e.g. Every official must keep it in mind that he/she comes into office to

serve the people with heart and soul rather than profit from them.

每个官员必须牢记：当官是要全心全意为人民服务，而不是从他们身上牟利。

13.句型4

If sth. / sb. do / be …, sth. else be likely / liable to be / do …如果某事/人······, 另一事/人很可能······

用于表述“某事的后效应”。

e.g. If you know well what you came to college for today, your life is likely to be invested with stronger sense of responsibility from now on.

如果你今天深悉上大学之目的，你的生活就可能从现在起被赋予更强烈的责任感。

14. to be hit by/with…遭遇到······打击/受到······影响(L. 39)

e.g. Hit by the heavy storm, the power grid can not function properly.

受到暴风雪的影响，电力网不能正常运作了。

15. not to find many kind things to say about sth./sb. 对······没有好感(L. 41)

e.g. One is old indeed when he or she always finds no kind things to say about what most youths are seeking after.

当一个人对多数青年人追求的东西总是没有好感时，那他/她真的

老了。

For all words of praise with regard to that film, I could not find many kind things to say about it.

尽管对那部电影有不少的赞美之辞，我对它却没有好感。

16. in response to sth./in answer to sth.响应某事；回应某事(L. 46)

in an apparent response to显然是针对······:

e.g. Quite a few teenagers often go to extremes in response to their parents’ suggestions that they should not do something, thus doing more hurt to their parents.

为数不少的青少年常常采取过激行为，作为对父母建议他们不要做某事的回应, 从而给父母造成了更大的伤害。

She made it clear that, in her dictionary of life, fame is put before shame in an apparent response to negative remarks about her photo album online.

她明确指出，在她人生的字典里名气比廉耻重要，这显然是针对网上关于她写真集的负面言论说的。

17. to figure prominently/largely in 在······中占突出地位/起突出作用(L. 50/L. 72)

e.g. According to the experts, the biggest lesson learned from the current education is that intellectual training figures too largely in the school

work to leave room for moral culture.

据专家们讲，现行教育最大的教训是，学校工作中过于突出了智育而忽视了德育。

Tibetan medicine and pharmacology, with distinctive Tibetan characteristics, figure prominently in traditional Tibetan culture.

藏医藏药具有鲜明的藏民族特色，在藏族传统文化中占有突出的地位。

扩展：to figure on打算; 指望：

to figure for筹划；谋取:

to figure out想出；算出:

e.g. Do not always figure on others’ help. God only helps those who can help themselves.

别总是指望别人帮忙。上帝只帮助那些自助的人们（自助者天助）。

18句型5

Sb. point out / argue that sth. be done not prep. phrase, as some might think, but prep. phrase 某人指出/ 坚持认为，某事不是像一些人所想的那样······，而是······

用于表述“某人的观点”。

e.g. One thinker once pointed out that a happy journey of life is focused not on its destination, as some might think, but on landscape

along the way.

一位思想家曾指出，快乐的人生之旅不是像一些人所想的那样着眼于最终目标，而是沿途的风景。

The best mind points out that success of ordinary people is dependent not on gifts, as some might think, but on the ability to develop common talents to the utmost extent.

这位智者指出，普通人的成功，不是像一些人所想的那样依靠天赋，而是靠把寻常的天资发展到不同寻常的高度。

19. to be taken too far（某事）做得过分(L. 60)

e.g. The de velopment of children’s potentials should not be taken too far; otherwise, it may become a burden and drag on them.

对儿童潜能的开发不能过分。否则，这种开发就会变成孩子们的负担与拖累。

to take one’s effort too far 做得太过分:

e.g. He is willing to associate with people of the other sex, but he never takes his effort too far.

他很愿意和异性交往，但从不失分寸。

20.句型6

In this way, sb. that / who might otherwise have done sth. will be + adj. to do sth. else. 这样，那些本打算做某事的人通过做其它事也可

以······

用于表述“做某事的替代方式”。

e.g. In the eyes of teenagers, the Internet is just like a colorful world. In this way, those who might otherwise have escaped from reality are content to surf online.

在青少年眼里, 互联网俨然成了多彩的世界。这样，那些本打算逃避现实的青少年通过网上冲浪也可以获得满足了。

21. as a concession to sth.是对某事的让步(L. 68)

e.g. If you have your ears shut to what is going on outside the window as a painful concession to the changeable world, you will fail to feel the pleasant surprise from the outside world.

如果你两耳不闻窗外事是对变幻莫测的世界作出痛苦的让步，那你就感受不到来自外界的惊喜。

As a concession to public cries for the transparency of administration, the local government decided to make public the incomes of officials.

作为对公众要求执政透明的让步，当地政府决定公开官员的收入情况。

22. in a flash 转眼间；一眨眼(L. 71)

e.g. Believe it or not, ideas create great figures that occur to their minds in a flash. A case in point is the story of Watt.

信不信由你，闪念造就伟人。瓦特的故事就是最好的例证。

In general, creativity originates from the ability to catch a bright idea that comes across your mind in a flash.

通常情况下，创造力源于一种能抓住脑海中瞬间冒出的奇思妙想的能力。

扩展：a flash in the pan昙花一现：

flash of hope一线希望：

flash of wit灵机一动：

e.g. In order to climb out of the shadow of failure, he pinned his last flash of hope on this daring attempt.

为了走出失败的阴影，他将最后一线希望寄托在这次大胆的尝试上。

23. to be another prize for sb. 对某人来说是又一收获(L. 74)

e.g. Be honest with others and you will find your reward. One prize for you is your freedom from guilt; and a large circle of friends is another prize for you.

为人诚信会使你收益多多。收益之一是没有负疚感；而朋友多则是收益之二。

24. to put sth. at the top of a list of things to do 把某事作为要处理事

务的首选(L. 75)

e.g. When one has many things to mind, it is wise of him to put the most pressing at the top of a list of matters to deal with.

当一个人有许多事情要专注时，明智的做法是把最紧迫的事作为要处置事务的首选。