翻译：花点时间读读这篇小说，这对你有好处。 Take some time to read this novel, which will do
you good.
It takes sb. some time to do sth. 翻译：Joe需要一段时间才能术后痊愈。 It takes Joe some time to recover from his
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1.纽约是个移民众多的城市，每个民族都把自己的文化带 到这个城市来。
（并列句，ethnic，immigrant） New York is a city of immigrants, and each ethnic
group has brought its own culture to the city.
Will you take care of buying the wine for tonight‘s party？
3．be careful of 当心；注意 翻译：她从来不注意自己的措辞。 She never takes care of her wording．
sb. take time to do sth. 花时间做某事； 从容做…
2. 西餐主要由前菜（开胃菜），主食，和甜点组成。 （简单句，make up）
operation.
rush Vi./Vt. = to move very quickly
Eg. At 11:20 students rushed to the dinner hall. Send/ take quickly 迅速带走，送出
They rushed the patient to the hospital. Don’t rush through your work. 匆忙做完（某事） rush hour
settle down定居；定下心 They'd like to see their daughter settle down, get married, and have kids.
be keen on= to like very much
1. be keen on doing sth. 热衷于, 喜爱 I wasn't keen on going there on my own.
2. be keen to do sth. 渴望的 He told me that he was keen to help.
翻译： 她生来就非常渴望给别人留下好印象。
She was naturally keen to make a good impression on others.
A dog has a very keen sense of smell.敏锐的
take care of =serve
1. look after 照看 照料
Eg. Who will take care of your baby when e good care of sb./sth.
2. be responsible for 负责
翻译：你负责为今晚的聚会买酒好吗？
2. 决定，安排 They haven't yet settled when the wedding is going to be.
翻译：他得把在巴黎的事情料理好才能回家 He had to settle his affairs ( = arrange all his
personal business) in Paris before he could return home.
settle (vi/vt)
1. 定居 After they got married, they settled in Brighton. America was first settled by people who came across from Asia over 25 000 years ago.
with a keen mind 敏捷的
expand (vi./vt.)
Eg. A child’s vocabulary expands through reading.
expand considerably, dramatically, enormously, greatly, hugely, fast, further, gradually, slowly, suddenly, steadily
serve = give food to sb. at a meal 提供，侍侯, 端菜
1. serve sth. to sb. 招待 Meals can be served to you in your room.
供应，
翻译：他们招待50多位代表吃了一餐美味佳肴。 They served a wonderful meal to more than 50 delegates.
waste time on sth./ (in) doing sth 在… 浪费时间
翻译：我不想在争吵方面浪费时间 I don’t want to waste my time on argument.
如果你想继续工作而不是浪费时间聊天的话，你可以停一 停了
If you want to go on with your work instead of wasting time chatting, you have to stop by now.
2. serve as 起…作用 The sofa served as a bed.
3. serve to do something 产生…效果（结果） A single example serves to illustrate what I mean.
翻译：进攻未奏效，反而使敌人警觉起来 The attack was unsuccessful and served only to alert the enemy.