you have just said
• Examples: 1) The air fare was a hundred and ninety-nine pounds or something.
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2) Here's some money. Get yourself a sandwich
or something.
• 3. He sounded as if heg.: This sentence implies the sad state of mind the taxi driver was in.
• or something: used when you are not very sure about what
• II. Language Study
• 1. be lost in/ lose oneself in: be absorbed in, be fully
occupied with
• Examples: 1) He was lost in playing computer games so he was unaware of my entering the room.
• 2. What American teachers wear in school: Nowadays, people
in the U.S. love to dress casually. Even among those companies with a rigid dress code some now allow employees not to wear suits on Fridays. U.S. teachers wear fairly formal clothes to school, but not necessarily suits and ties. Bow ties are considered even more old-fashioned than ties.
（全新版）大学英语《综合教程》第一册
Unit 2
Friendship
大学英语(全新版) 综合教程
Unit Two All the Cabbie Had Was a Letter
I. Cultural Notes:
• 1. Grade schools in the U.S.: It is necessary to have some
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2) The pupils are required to learn a classic poem
• Similar phrase: or something like that
• 4. go ahead: continue, begin (sometimes followed by with +n.)
• Examples: 1) The board of directors will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan.
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2) Henry will be late but we will go ahead with
the meeting anyway.
• 5. know/ learn by heart: memorize, remember exactly
• Examples: 1) You have to know all the music by heart if you want to be a concert pianist.
knowledge of grade schools in the U.S. because Ss have to realize that "the third year in high school" (Para. 1) equals "the eleventh grade" (Para. 9). U.S. students generally go through elementary schools (kindergarten to 5th or 6th grade), middle schools (grades 6-8) or junior high schools (grades 7-9), and high schools (grades 9-12 or 10-12).
• 2) She was lost in her novel. I had lost myself in thought.
• 2. available: able to be used, had, or reached
• Examples: 1) Since 1990, the amount of money available
• 3. Spaghetti and the proper way of eating it: Spaghetti is the
Italian-style thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce. Usually you would put a fork into a plate of spaghetti, turn the fork several times so that spaghetti will wind around the fork, then place the fork into your mouth. It's impolite to suck.
to buy books has fallen by 17%.
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2) If you don't want to buy a kite, you can make your
own using directions available in the book.
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3) We have already used up all the available space.