全新大学英语第一册第一单元短语总结Useful expressions Overview: 1. Growing up is full of discoveries about the world around us. 2. our hidden strengths and weaknesses 3. find sb faced with sth 4. what at first sight seems a dull, routine piece of coursework 5. much to his surprise 6. lead sb to do 7. discover a hidden talent 8. what I want to become in life 9. within a school setting 10. discover sth not without some tears along the way 11. strength of character 12. stand up for what is right: support Text A 13. keep our readers in mind 14. fit their tastes and interests: satisfy their tastes and interests 15. in particular 16. The idea of becoming sth had come to me off and on since, but it was until that the possibility took hold. 17. sb be bored by sth 18. be associated with sth 19. English courses 20. sb hate sth to turn out/produce sth: 21. sth be agony for sb to do 22. sth be assigned to sb 23. anticipate sth: expect sth cf: anticipation: expectation 24. tedious: dull, boring, monotonous 25. sb have a reputation among sb for sth 26. the inability to inspire 27. He was said to be very formal, rigid and hopelessly out of date.= It was said that he was very formal, strict and very old-fashioned. 28. excessively prim: too formal 29. wear primly severe eyeglasses: wear completely plain glasses 30. wavy: curly 31. He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts. 32. have a primly pointed jaw 33. have a straight nose 34. have a prim manner of speaking 35. a comic antique: a funny curiosity 36. prepare for an unfruitful year with sb 37. tackle: handle: deal with; cope with; do with 38. distribute: hand out 39. offer sb a choice of topics 40. simple-minded cf. absent-minded 41. on my vacation cf. vocation vocational school 42. did nothing until the night before the essay was due. 43. lie on the sofa 44. face up to the unwelcome task 45. sth on which my eye stopped was 46. sth produced an extraordinary sequence of mental images. 47. vivid memories came flooding back of sth. 48. be seated around the supper table 49. serve spaghetti for supper 50. a little known foreign dish in those days 51. None of sb have enough experience to be good at sth 52. All the good humor of sth reawoke in my mind. 53. awake vi Old memories awoke in him when he saw the picture. 54. vt. The music awoke my imagination. 55. recall the laughing arguments: remember the funny disagreements 56. have an argument about the socially respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth 57. put sth down 58. recapture and hold the moment 59. relive the pleasure of that evening 60. to write it as I wanted 61. violate the rules: act against the rules 62. formal informal 63. give it a failing grade 64. the night was half gone 65. There was no time left to do sth. 66. compose an essay 67. There was no choice but to do sth 68. turn in = hand in 69. Two days passed before 70. prepare myself for a command to report to sb immediately after school for discipline 71. lift sth from his desk 72. knock for the classs attention 73. read you an essay 74. read my words out loud to the entire class 75. read aloud; read sth loudly 76. whats more; more importantly; in addition; furthermore 77. listen attentively 78. laugh in contempt and ridicule 79. laugh with open-hearted enjoyment 80. hold back a small prim smile 81. pure delight at sth 82. this demonstration 83. have the power to make people laugh 84. at the eleventh hour 85. as it were: so to speak 86. discover a calling: discover a career 87. It was the happiest moment of my entire school career. 88. put the final seal on my happiness: make my happiness complete 89. its of the very essence of sth 90. congratulations on sth to sb Vocabulary & Translation exe 91. be always in trouble with the police 92. be hurt in the car accident 93. lie screaming in agony 94. put his name down on the hospital waiting list 95. lead to the Kings fall from power 96. cry bitterly over the death of his pet dog 97. could hardly hold back my tears 98. distribute sth among the flood victims 99. support oneself by working off and on as a waitress 100. after much thought 101. sb come under attack from all sides 102. tackle the countrys severe social problems 103. be well beyond what was usual 104. A clear picture was formed in her mind of how she would look in twenty years time. 105. have a clear image of sth 106. on an order from: on hearing an order from sb 107. open fire 108. give the command 109. remain in demand cf. on demand 110. not the faintest: not at all 111. A be based on B 112. without doubt: no doubt 113. A offer B As congratulations 114. write the song compose the music 115. wear a severe black dress and plain black shoes 116. have got a severe pain in his chest 117. cry off and on in agony 118. his future wife: his would-be wif