1．The sum of $20 is due to you as a bonus(是你应得的奖金).
2. He had just received a doctorate in recognition of his contributions to psychology (以表彰他为心理学作出的贡献).
3. Insurance is only valuable if it serves a purpose (达到一种目的).
4. Don’t worry, everything will be attended to in due course
(在适当的时候得到处理).
5. This problem should be discussed first, as it takes precedence over all the others
(比其他问题都重要).
6. You’ve been promoted? Thi s calls for a celebration (需要庆祝一下).
7. The scholar’s mind thirsted for a few new books (渴望一些新书).
8. I am writing to you with reference to the job opening in your department (有关你们部门的工作机会).
9.Mary has a great diversity of interests (玛丽有广泛的兴趣爱好), she like sports, travel, photography and making radio sets.
10. The banks have committed themselves to boosting profits (承诺增加利润) by slashing costs.
1) Roger took painting up for a while (一时兴起喜欢上了画画), but soon lost interest.
2) A stroll round the garden (在花园里转转)hardly qualifies as exercise!
3) It seemed that he was extremely hungry because he tucked into the whole pizza quickly (狼吞虎咽地吃掉了一整个比萨饼).
4) I stumbled across/on/upon an extremely simple but very exact method(偶然发现了一种极为简单但准确的方法) for understanding where my money went.
5) It is a campaign both parties are waging with unprecedented zeal (以空前的热情).
6) We believe in the intrinsic value of every person/individual (个人的内在价值) and strive to provide opportunities to improve the lives of people in our community.
7) The formalists try to turn it into a stylistic game played off to one side of life, as if it were no different from chess (好像和国际象棋没有什么两样).
8) We’ll probably come to visit you next week, but in any event we’ll telephone you(不管怎样，我都会给你打电话).
9) This long pedestrianized street is packed with tourists (游人如织) with many others overlooking you from the fine restaurants and bars above.
10)He’s mulling over the proposals (他正在仔细考量这些提议) before making any changes.
1.When she left me, my world just fell apart (我的世界就跨了).
2.I was in a mess and there was no one to help me so I just had to make the best of it (所以我只好做得尽量好).
3. She’d married some Am erican and settled down over there (在那里安家了).
4. They are not divorced but they lead completely separated lives (他们过着完全分开的生活).
5. I was steeling myself to call round (我正准备打电话过去) when Simon arrived.
6.People often feel a sense of frustration (人们常常会有沮丧感) that they are not being promoted quickly enough.
7.With the benefit of hindsight (有了后见之明的好处), it’s easy to say it was the wrong decision.
8. We are here today to honor the men and women (我们今天在这里向⋯⋯的男男女女致敬) who gave their lives for their country.
9.She consoled herself with the fact (她自我安慰说) that no one else had done well in the exam either.
10.Many women are faced with the dilemma (很多妇女都面临这样的窘境) of choosing between work and family commitments.。