Ｕ１1. 断断续续off and on2. 对…感到腻味be bored by ...3. 觉得…枯燥难懂find ... dull and difficult4. 以…而出名have a reputation for...5. 据说某人…sb. be said to be ...6. 拘谨刻板，落后于时代formal, rigid and out-of-date7. 随笔小品文an informal essay8. 躺在沙发上lie on a sofa9. 不得不面对…face up to ...10. 围坐在晚餐桌旁be seated around the supper table 11. …重现在我脑海中... reawake in my mind12. 自得其乐for my own joy13. 违反规定violate the rules14. 不及格分a failing grade15. 别无选择，只好做…There is no choice but to do...16. 更不可思议的是what’s more 17. 专心听讲listen attentively18. 乐乎乎地开怀大笑laugh with open-hearted enjoyment 19. 心花怒放pure delight20. 最后的时刻at the eleventh hour1、沉闷的，无趣的Dull, lifeless, cheerless, tedious2、写，写出，写下来Turn out, write, compose, put down3、合理的，得体的proper, respectable4、人们想起什么I recalled the laughing arguments ...Vivid memories of sth.Come flooding back to sb.sth. reawakes in on one’s mind5、再体验recapture, relive6、快乐，幸福Joy, pleasure, delight, happiness7、嘲笑，嘲弄contempt, ridicule8、话题，题目topic, title1. 我们的经理在想法上是很如此顽固，一成不变的，他从不听从别人的意见。
•Our manager is so rigid in his thinking, that he never listens to new ideas.2.童年的片段如此的栩栩如生，浮现在我眼前。
•Parts of my childhood are so vivid to me.3.汤姆已经被派往巴黎的新办公室工作。
•Tom has been assigned to the new Paris office.4.她对20年后长什么样有着清醒的形象认识。
•She had a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’ time.Ｕ２1. He must have been completely lost in something he was reading...(L1)must have been表示猜测过去发生的事情，“那肯定是”might have done表示猜测，这种猜测不太肯定，“可能”could have done本可以做（却没有）; 表示对过去动作的猜测，“可能”ought to/should have done表示假设，过去应该做而没有做含有责备的意思2. He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention.(L1)be lost in=lose oneself in: be absorbed in, be occupied with 专心致志于focus on, concentrate on, abandon oneself to3. Is you cab available?(L3)available: able to be used, had or reached可用的，可得到的;可接受探访的，可见客人的I'm sorry, those overcoats are not available in your color and size. 对不起,这种外套没有你要的颜色和尺码。
There are no tickets avail able for “Transformers”.The lawyer is not available now.4.He sounded as if he had a cold or something.(L5)as if 好像一般情况下引出的从句表示的不是实际的情况，要用虚拟语气；如果as if后面的从句所表示的情况是真实的或很可能是真实的，从句的动词不用虚拟语气，而用陈述语气。
在look, smell, sound, feel, taste后尤其如此。
The girl listened quietly as if she had been turned to stone.She loves the boy as if she were his mother．It sounds as if it is raining．5.He sounded as if he had a cold or something.(L5)or something: 诸如此类的事=or something like thatHere‟s some money．Get yourself a hamburger or something．He is writing a poem or something.6. it might as well have been family .(L13)might/may as well 不放，无妨，后直接跟动词原形It will be quite some time before the next bus comes. We may as well walk home.7.I’m not much of a hand at writing.(L13)我不大会写东西。
not much of a: not a good不太好的Some people may think that doing housework for others is not much of a job.Can you sing/dance/draw/cook?I am not much of a singer/dancer/painter/cook.8. I don’t think any of us keep up our correspondence to well.(L16)keep up: continue without stopping保持I don‟t believe he can keep up working like that.keep off避开，不接近keep on继续进行keep to坚持，信守keep up with跟上，赶上keep out of躲开，置身于外9. I don’t think any of us keep up our correspondence to well.(L16)correspondence: 通信联系; 符合, 一致The correspondence dropped after the enemy's airraid.There isn…t much correspondence between his words and actions.1.完全沉浸于be completely lost in2.引起…的注意get sb.’s attention3.坐进后座settle into the back seat4.不着急in no hurry5.不大会…not much of a hand at…6.保持通信往来keep up correspondence7.从小学一直到高中all the way through both grade and high school8. 老街坊an old neighborhood9. 保持联系keep in touch with 10. 老同学聚会a class reunion11. 时间不饶人Time goes by. 12. 在一起闲逛hang out on the same corner13. 点头称是nod in agreement 14. 在远处in the distance1.尽管不可能每个人都能回家，但是他们依然在继续计划这个计划。
•Although it is unlikely that everyone will be able to go home ,they are still going ahead with this plan.2.由于有些事情意想不到的发生了，恐怕我不能按时完成这个项目了。
•Something has come up and I am afraid I will not be able to accomplish the project on time3.由于糟糕的天气据估计有上千乘客被滞留在机场。
Because of the awful weather, it is estimated that over one thousand passengers were held up at airport4.因为他们准备听你诉说，那你就把你所有的苦水都倒出来吧。
•Since they’r e ready to lend an ear, you might as well pour out your troubles to them.5.他神情有点悲伤，似乎想看清远处的什么东西。
我想我真应该早些写这封信。
•He looked sort of sorrowful, or as if he were trying to see something in the distance. I guess I should have written it sooner.Ｕ３likely:It is likely that …很可能It is highly likely that he will succeed我下个月很有可能在这边。