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Half a day 大学英语精读1 第一课笔记

Half a day

1.phrases

Walk alongside sb

Be thrown into

Do not you want to be useful like your brothers

There is really any good in doing sth

Tear sb away from

Arrive at /in

Find sb doing sth

Take /walk a few steps

Come into view

Glance at

Lose one’s way

Burst into tears=burst out tearing

Sort sb into ranks

Overlook sb/sth

Benefit form…

Dry/wipe one’s tears

No basis=grandless

Fall in love with sb

All sort of =a variety of

Take a nap

It is not a matter of doing sth

Fool around means waste time doing nothing

Give rise to

Resort to

Change one’s mind

There is on question doing sth \

Take advantage of

Trace of sb

In vain

In a daze

Take over =replace

Let up

Stretch out

2.Translation

⑴They took advantage of our helpless situation and took over our company.

⑵Although there are still difficulties ahead of us, I am sure that we Chinese people will have the wisdom to bring about the peaceful unification of our country on our own.

⑶It is wrong to put emphasis on nothing but GDP. It will give rise to many serious problems.

⑷He loves to show off his wealth, but that is all in vain. People also avoid him as though he were poison.

⑸He soon fell in love with this village, and was determined to make it a beautiful garden together with other villagers.

⑹We must spend more money fighting against global worming. In addition, we must resort to tough laws. It is not just a matter of money .

⑺When the police arrived at school ,the students and teachers were still in a daze.

⑻This corrupt official was still clinging to his power. He refused to step aside.

⑼When the man finally came in to view, I found it was my father. I did not know how he managed to find this place in the blinding snow. At that moment , I burst into tears.

⑽She glanced at him from time to time. It was the first time in her life that she had found herself looking at a young man like that.

⑴Before I came into collage, I had never thought that that life in collage would be so rich and interesting.

⑵Most of the Chinese collage students born in 1990s are the only child of their families.

⑶All those who know him admire him for his work .

⑷I missed this class because I did not know it had moved up to Thursday.

⑸In some counties, those who are overweight will be punished one way or another.

⑹Soon after the fire,those who were lost their homes were taken to a safe place .

⑺When we met again, we found that we both had changed a lot.

⑻A team of experts headed by Professor Li will soon come and help famers solve their problems.

⑼The field planted with tomatoes used to be wasteland.

⑽Our teacher told us to read books written by such master as Mar Dun and Ba Jin.

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