10) Don’t wipe your nose on your sleeve, kid — that’s what your handkerchief’s for!

11) I took my son to the zoo as a birthday treat. 12) As I recall, it was you who suggested this idea in the first place.

1) In just a few days he became well acquainted with all his new classmates.

2) Jane has locked herself up in her room for the whole day. She took us by surprise when she came out with her hair dyed red. 3) Let’s sit down quietly and gather our thoughts first before the discussion.

4) To my surprise, the stranger turned out to be an old friend of my mother’s.

5) Seeing Jim wearing a funny hat, Maggie tried hard to fight back a desire to laugh.

6) Don’t hang up on me --I need to talk to you.

7) After quarrelling with his step-father, Colin ran away and hasn’t been heard of ever since.

8) They’ve hired someone to take care of the children for a week. 9) When I asked him how he was doing, he hemmed and hawed before telling me that he had just lost his job.

10) Once a very shy boy from a small mountainous village, he turne

d into a competent engineer in a matter of six years. 11) The newspaper refused to keep the facts from the public. 12) As we sat on the beach soaking up the sunshine, she started to tell me her childhood stories. P89 翻译

1) 我们是好朋友，可他居然将这么大的一件事瞒着我，实在令我吃惊。(keepsth. from, take sb. by surprise)

We are good friends; however, he kept such an important matter from me, whichtook me by surprise.

2) 在毕业典礼(commencement)上，她感到喉头哽咽，但她仍然忍住了泪水。(a lump in one’s throat, fight back)

At the commencement, she felt a lump in her throat but fought back her tears.

3) 汤姆昨晚和我聊天，他告诉我他的病已经得到控制，不需做外科手术。(chatwith, under control)

Tom chatted with me last night. He told me that his disease had been broughtunder control, and there was no need for surgery. 4) 听说她的车驶离了公路，她的父母担心得要命。(run off, be worried sick)

Her parents were worried sick when they knew that she had run off the highway.

5) 她满面愁容，不知有何心事。(on one’s mind)

She looks very worried; I wonder what’s on her mind.

6) 他是个害羞和安静的男孩，在走上讲台叙述自己的经历之前，他悄悄地坐在 礼堂(auditorium)的一角整理着思绪。(gather one’s thoughts)

He is a shy and silent boy. Before he went onto the stage to share his experiences,he sat quietly in a corner of the auditorium, gathering his thoughts.

7) 在乐队干了几年后，他又做回了独立音乐人(solo musician)，于是他的事业 又回到了原点。(come full circle, career)

After several years of working in a band, he has now gone back to being a solomusician, so his career has come full circle.

8) 自己的儿子长成了一个能干的生意人，他总算放心了。(turn into, to one’s relief)

To his relief his son has turned into a capable businessman. Unit 4 p114-116

1) She finds herself in conflict with her parents over her future career.

2) The two parties finally overcame their differences on the matter of interest rate (利率).

3) Some strange customs have survived from earlier times. 4) Please let us know if you can attend the meeting scheduled (事先安排) for the coming Thursday.

5) She frowned with displeasure as she was reading her son’s school report.

6) Students are likely to let their minds wander if the teacher’s lectures are dull and boring.

7) I always feel so guilty about not visiting my parents more often, but I do have lots of things to cope with every day.

8) The local farmers sustained heavy losses during the flood season.

9) The next morning we all went out to survey the damage caused by the fire.

10) The sudden appearance of a tiger from the woods terrified us all.

11) International students are required to carry medical insurance as a condition of enrollment (注册).

12) Adapting to a new culture is no easy task because there are lots of cultural differences to overcome.

1) The old man was sick of having arguments all the time with his wife.

2) “You really can’t imagine what I have gone through,” Mary said,choking back her tears.

3) Compared with growing up in primitive societies, growing up in