Unit1
work to death
1. （因工作）累死
on one’s day off
2. 休息
move to the top spot
3. 坐上头把交椅extracurricular interests
4. 业余爱好
compete with
5. 与…竞争
do odd jobs
6. 打零工
grab at
7. 抓住不放
stay up night
8. 彻夜不眠
look …in the eye
9. 正视…
straighten out
10. 整顿；处理
stock option
11. 优先认股权
and all that
12. 诸如此类
pick out
13. 辨别出
ask around
14. 四处打听
Unit2
put oneself in sb’s shoes 1. 设身处地
ill-fitting shoes
2. 不合脚的鞋
sour milk
3. 变质的牛奶
spoiling food
4. 腐坏的食物
chronic anemia
5. 慢性贫血
corrective operation
6. 矫治手术
cracked hands
7. 开裂的手suffer on
8. 继续受苦
die in flames
9. 葬身火海
children with runny noses
10. 挂着鼻涕的孩子
spilling the shame
11. 倒苦水
quit school
12. 辍学
attendance officer
13. 考勤官
off and on
14. 断断续续
unemployment insurance
15. 失业保险
birth control
16. 避孕措施
needles and thread
17. 针线
black future
18. 黑暗的未来
turn to the freedom of
alcohol or drugs
19. 沉迷于酒精和毒品
find oneself enslaved
20. 难以自拔
at best
21. 充其量
suffer from malnutrition
22. 营养不良
health clinic
23. 卫生所
eat away the last bit of
pride
24. 毁掉最后一点尊严
Unit3
hardened sinners
1. 顽固不化的罪人
increase by leaps and
bounds
2. 激增
jet-black faces
3. 面容黝黑
work-gnarled hands
4. 双手粗糙
rock with prayer and song
5. 在祈祷声和歌唱声中摇
晃
songs swirl all around me
6. 歌声萦绕着我
a mighty wail of moans
and voices
7. 一阵有力的哀号
hold up
8. 耽搁
grin down at me
9. 咧着嘴冲我笑
strike him dead
10. 致他于死地
take one’s name in vain
11. 对……不敬
save further trouble
12. 避免更多的麻烦
break into a sea of
shouting
13. 爆发出雷鸣般的欢呼
声
waves of rejoicing
14. 喜悦的狂潮
in a hushed silence
15. 互相提醒不要出声
be blessed in the name of
God
16. 得到了上帝的赐福
Unit4
laugh a delayed laugh
1. 过一会儿才笑
2. 兴奋异常
be so wired
shake out one’s nerves
3. 消耗掉过剩的精力
4. 批改作业
grade papers
nap on the couch
5. 在沙发上小睡
a brief two- or three-week
courtship
6. 短短两三个星期的恋爱
a row of broken apartment buildings
7. 一排破旧的公寓college poor
8. 穷学生
good report cards in our pockets
9. 口袋里漂亮的成绩单swing …like a lantern 10. 拎着…像灯笼一样晃着
the rhythm of rising and falling
11. 起落的节奏
12. 从二楼窗户往外看peek from our two-story window
potted plants
13. 盆栽的植物
14. 冲到楼下
race downstairs
15. 躲在树篱后
stay behind the hedge make one’s way to
16. 一直走到
be troubled by one’s indecision
17. 为自己犹豫不决而生气
a jar of cloudy water
18. 一罐混浊的水occasionally look out the window
19. 偶尔朝窗外张望
brag about sth. to sb. 20. 向…吹嘘…
white as clouds
21. 平淡像白云
browse at a thrift shop 22. 逛二手店
turn corners aimlessly
23. 漫无目的地转弯
a chance meeting 24. 偶然的会面
Unit5
first memories
1. 最早的记忆
2. 俯身
bend down
sweep sb. into the air
3. 举到空中
upturned face
4. 仰着的脸
a shock of hair
5. 蓬乱的一堆头发
side by side
6. 并排
lurk behind the kitchen
door
7. 躲在厨房门后
hold one’s breath
8. 屏住呼吸
the conspiratorial smile
9. 心照不宣的微笑
hold back tears
10. 忍住眼泪
a half nelson
11. 单臂扼颈
there is no point in (doing
sth.)
12. （做某事）没有意义
look sb. straight in the
eyes
13. 直视某人的眼睛
throw a mild glance
14. 温和地看了一眼
15. 自讨苦吃
ask for it
seek an advantage
16. 寻找时机
a look of bewilderment
17. 困惑的眼神
pin sb. down
18. 压住某人使不能行动
grin gamely
19. 不屈地咧嘴笑
baffled pain
20. 隐隐的痛楚
burn one’s eyes
21. 刺痛眼睛。