Unit Eight

1. Unit Eight Text A There’s a Lot More to Life than to a Job

2. 但愿，真希望 非正式民意调查 毫无价值 大学新生 经济充裕，富裕 if only informal polls to holds little value college beginners be well off Words and Phrases

3. 培养一种人生哲学 处于低水平 大专学位 两全其美 得出一个结论 to develop a philosophy of life at a low associate degree to have … both ways to arrive at an conclusion

4. 资产负债表 同胞 为……扫清障碍 积累了数量惊人的知识 a balance sheet one’s fellow man to prepare the way for to collect an incredible amount of knowledge

5. 虽然…都确实…，但同样确实的是…。 更重要的是,… 从长远角度来看 道德感 主持一档音乐节目 While it's true…,it’s equally true… More importantly,… in the long run moral sense to host a musicshow

6. Sentences • 要是他没有忘记把她带来就好了。 • If only he‘d remembered to bring her here. • 英镑的价位已降到新的最低点。 • The pound has been at a new low.

7. 最近的一项民意测验表明，70%的英国儿童三岁时已是经常性的电视观众了。最近的一项民意测验表明，70%的英国儿童三岁时已是经常性的电视观众了。 • A recent poll shows that 70% of British children are regular TV viewers by the age of three. • 现在去大学注册太晚了吗？ • Is it too late to enroll at the college?

8. Sentences • 你得每年填写税单。 • You‘re meant to fill in a tax form every year. • 这超出了人类知识的范围。 • This is beyond the confines of human knowledge.

9. 价格终究是要上涨的。 • In the long run the prices are bound to rise. • 他觉得住在乡下比城里好。 • He finds country life preferable to living in the city.

10. L5 poll • A recent poll gives the President’s Party a 5% lead. • 最近的一次民意调查结果表明,总统所在的党领先5%. • The result of the poll won’t be known until after midnight.

11. L6 if it won’t compute… • Compute为主动形式表示被动意义. • 类似单词: break, drive, ride, wash, sell, fill, cut, burn, tear, write, read, act, wear… • Their products sell well in the market.

12. That sentence reads queerly. 读起来奇怪的 • My pen writes quite smoothly. • The book translates well. • This material washes easily. 这种衣料容易洗.

13. Inversion (L12) • 为了强调句中的状语或表语，为了保持句子平衡或上下文衔接紧密，可将状语或表语置于句首，句中主语和谓语完全倒装。如:

14. At the front of the hall sat the headmaster.校长坐在大厅的前部。 • In this paragraph can be found an answer.在这段里能找到答案。

15. Inversion • 表语置于句首，强调表语，或保持句子平衡。（形容词、ed分词、ing分词、介词短语）＋be＋主语 • Present at the meeting was Professor Li． • Fastened on the wall was a gun．

16. Hanging behind the door was a skirt． • Outside the doctor's were 10patients．

17. accordingly (L12) • adv therefore, esp. by agreement 因此；所以（往往指根据他人的意愿去做某事） • They asked him to leave the meeting, and accordingly he went.

18. L12 well off • in a good position, esp. financially • 政府声称大多数人比五年前富裕. • The government claims that most people are better off than they were five years ago. • Only those who are well off can afford this house.

19. L 15 at a low • at a low level or figure • 股票价格指数已跌到历史最低点. • Share prices have been at an all-time low. • 经济情况不太好. • The economy has been at a bit of a low.

20. way (L18) • adv. [+adv/prep] far 远远地, 大大地, 非常 • That happened way back in the 19th century.

21. Their profits were way below the original forecasts. • We're friends from way back. (=have been friends a very long time)

22. 许多人将离婚率大大上升归咎于时下盛行的物质享受主义．许多人将离婚率大大上升归咎于时下盛行的物质享受主义． • Divorce rate is way up, which most people blame on the prevailing _________. • materialism. • Exhausted, he is way behind other climbers. • 远远地落后

23. conviction (L29) • n [C;U] 1) the act of convicting or being convicted of a crime 有罪判决；判罪 • This was her third conviction for stealing. • His conviction caused rioting in the streets. • They had no previous convictions.

24. 2) [+that] (a) very firm and sincere belief 坚信；信念 • She's a woman of strong convictions. • He said he wasn't frightened, but his voice lacked conviction/didn't carry conviction. • She had a firm conviction that she was always right.

25. specialize (L30) • vi. [+in] to limit all or most of one's study, business, etc., to a particular activity or subject专攻；专门研究 • Amy specializes in the history of fashion at the university. • That doctor specializes in children's illnesses.

26. special a. 特殊的；专门的 • specialist n. 专家 • specialty n. 专业，特长；特产 • specially adv. 专门地，特别地 • specialization n. 特别化;专门化

27. L34 be meant to • be supposed to • 在进入印度的庙宇前应该先脱鞋. • You are meant to take your shoes off before you enter a temple in India.

28. L38 Confine (pl) (formal) limits or boundaries • The narrow confines of a life in the church proved too difficult for him. • She did as much as she could within the confines of her income.

29. (v) limit or keep sth within limits • I will confine myself almost entirely to this phase of the subject. • I should hate to be confined within the four walls of an office all day.

30. L39 Render • 将本句翻译成英语。 • He rendered aid to the needy and indignant.愤怒的 • His remark rendered me speechless.

31. 他被一拳打昏了。 • The blow rendered him unconscious. • 为某人服务 • Render sb. a service/render a service to sb

32. L40 Dawn (on sb.) • Gradually become clear to one’s mind; become evident (to sb.) • 最后我才明白他一直在撒谎。 • It finally dawned (on me) that he had been lying.

33. The sense of all that he had been saying suddenly dawned on her. • 她突然明白了他一直想表达的是什么意思． • It slowly dawned upon her that he would not marry her in spite of the fact that they had been cohabiting. 同居

34. institution (L41) • n. 1)[C] (a large building for) an organization, usu. a long-established or well-respected one 公共机构 • a teaching institution 教学机构，学校 • He took part into the institution of the science. • 他加入了科学协会。

35. 2)[U] the act of instituting 建立;设立 • the institution of a new law • 新法令的制定 • the institution of customs • 惯例的创立

36. institute • n. a society or organization formed to do special work or for a special purpose 学院；协会 • a research institute 研究所 • an institute of technology 理工学院 • an institute of foreign language 外国语学院

37. vt. fml to set up (a society, rules, actions in law, etc.) for the first time 建立，设立；开始 • institute a sound system of meetings • 建立健全的会议制度 • institute a suit against a firm 对某公司起诉

38. L41 Revelation • V. • 透露（Ｕ） • “Spilling the beans” means confessing or making a startling revelation. • 透露的情况（Ｃ）

39. We listened to her strange revelations about her past. • It was a revelation to John when Mary said she had married him only for his money.

40. 让步状语从句中的倒装 • 1)强调对象＋as/though＋主语＋其它部分，强调对象可以是表语(名词，形容词)或状语(副词)。表语为名词时，前面通常不用冠词。 • Tired as he is, he goes on with his work. • Child as he is, he knows how to please the others.

41. 2) be＋主语＋or 连接的两个表语。这个句型相当于whether…or…引导的让步从句。 • Be it cheap or dear, I will take it.

42. 句中be they scientific or artistic 意为whether they are scientific or artistic • 这是一种特殊的虚拟语气，　在由whether引导的让步状语从句中，　whether 可以省略，如果whether不省略，谓语动词用原形即可以．

43. 所有的磁铁都是一样的，不管它们是大是小． • All magnets behave the same, be they small or large. • 不管她是对还是错的，我都全力支持她． • Whether she be right or wrong, she will have my strong support.

44. only to do (L50) • 1）作目的状语　 （仅仅为了） • I come here only to say good-bye to you. • 我来仅仅是向你告别。 • 2）作结果状语，可以表示没有预料到的或事与愿违的结果，不定式要放在句子后面。

45. He searched the room only to find nothing. • 他搜索了房间，没发现什么。 • I awoke to find my truck gone. • 我醒来发现箱子不见了。

46. Exercise • After twenty years abroad, William came back only _______ his hometown severely damaged in an earthquake. • A) to find B) finding • C) to have found D) to be finding • A

47. L51 read of • read between the lines 看出字里行间的意思 • read one’s mind 看出某人的心思 • read oneself to sleep 看着看者睡着了 • read over 看一遍 • read through 看完

48. clear-sighted dim-sighted far-sighted foresighted near-sighted long-sighted 目明的, 聪明的, 精明的 视力差的 有远见的, 慎重的, 远视的 有先见之明的, 深谋远虑的 眼光远大 近视的 sighted (L51)

49. quick-sighted second-sighted sharp-sighted shortsighted sighted 眼快的, 眼尖的 有先见之明的, 有预见性的 眼光锐利的, 精明的 近视的, 眼光短浅的 看得见的，有视力的（人）

50. gather etc. (L52) • gather [I;T] the general term for bringing or coming together 聚集;聚拢 • gather fallen leaves for burning • gather thoughts 集中思想 • gather money 攒钱