Module 3

　　pick up 拿起，拾起

　　Where(When) do I pick up the ticket?

　　我在什么地方(时候)拿机票?

　　take off去掉 

　　Can you take off my helmet and put it on?

　　你可以脱下我的头盔并自己戴上吗?

　　on average平均起来

　　It says that on average, you should be around 20.

　　它表示的是平均值，应该在20左右。

　　end up 以…结束 

　　The chairman finally ended up his speech.

　　主席终于结束了演说。

　　warn sb. of 警告某人

　　He had decided to warn her of the mistake she was making.

　　他决定告诫她，她正在犯错误。

　　set fire to 放火… 

　　They set fire to the city.

　　他们放火烧了这座城市。

　　put out 扑灭;关掉

　　Please put the light out when you leave the room.

　　离开房间时请把灯关掉。

　　be active in 积极… 

　　Join, and be active in an association.

　　参加一个协会并在里面积极的表现。

　　in all 总共

　　I have one brother and two sistets. So she gets four children in all.

　　我有一个哥哥，两个妹妹，所以她总共有四个孩子。

　　take place 发生

　　When does the wedding take place?

　　什么时候举行婚礼?

　　come into 生效

　　The will comes into effect.

　　这份遗嘱开始生效。

　　be of no effect 无效 

　　mean to do sth. 打算做某事

　　What do you mean to do with it?

　　你打算怎样处理它?

　　mean doing sth. 意思是，意味着

　　Balance does not mean doing everything.

　　平衡并不意味着努力追求每件事情。

　　manage to do sth. 设法做某事

　　We should manage to house and feed the poor.

　　我们得设法解决贫民的食宿问题。

　　succeed in doing sth. 做成某事 

　　All of us want to succeed in life.

　　在人生的舞台上我们都想取得成功。

　　Module 4

　　take in 吸收

　　Our club plan to take in 20 new members.

　　我们俱乐部计划吸收20名新会员。

　　give out 放出;发出 

　　Give out candies or cards.

　　分发你的糖果和贺卡。

　　protect…from/against…. 保护…不受..的侵害 

　　one  after another 一个接一个 

　　Sometimes we would play games one after another.

　　有时，我们会一个接一个地玩游戏。

　　have a bad effect on对…有坏的影响 

　　Alcoholic drink can have a bad effect on your body.

　　含酒精的饮料会对你的身体有很坏的影响。

　　in a nutshell 简言之;概括的说 

　　In a nutshell, here's how the survey works.

　　这里简单说一下这项调查的运作。

　　look through 浏览

　　He looked through his notes before the final examination.

　　他期末考试前温习了自己的笔记。

　　cut down 砍树 

　　We do not have to cut down one single tree.

　　我们不需要再砍倒哪怕一棵树。

　　dig up 挖掘出 

　　You dig up the past, all you get is dirty.

　　你把过去一股脑儿都挖了出来，那可都是见不得人的。

　　be caught in 突然遭遇(风暴等)

　　He is wet all over and looks as if he had been caught in a rain.

　　他全身湿透好像淋了雨似的。

　　prevent …(from)doing …阻止…做…

　　Nothing can prevent her (from) doing so.

　　什么也不能阻止她这样做。

　　Module 5

　　be at war with 与…交战  

　　in conclusion 总之 ;最后

　　In conclusion, I wish this meeting every success.

　　最后，预祝本届年会取得圆满成功!

　　believe in 信仰;信任 

　　Not believe in what you should do.

　　不要相信什么是你该做的。

　　bring up 养育;抚养 

　　They have very definite ideas on how to bring up children.

　　关于如何培养孩子,他们有非常明确的想法.

　　become interested in 对…感兴趣

　　How did you become interested in this subject?

　　你是怎么开始对这个话题感兴趣的?

　　spend  …doing……花费…做…   

　　The time they need to spend doing their work

　　这些资源在执行工作时需要花费的时间

　　be different from 与…不同  

　　Now it is different from the past.

　　现在和过去不同了。

　　for the first time 首次;第一次

　　Naturally, you were keyed up when you went on the platform for the first time.

　　你第一次登上讲台感到紧张是很自然的。

　　Module 6

　　date from 起源于

　　This custom dates from the nineteenth century.

　　这风俗始于19世纪。

　　hold back 阻止 

　　He couldn't hold back his anger.

　　他再也控制不住他的怒火。

　　come true(梦想等)变成现实

　　I'm afraid his hope won't come true easily.

　　他的希望怕很难实现。

　　make sense 有意义;有道理   

　　It all started to make sense.

　　这一切都开始变得有意义。

　　bring an end to 结束;终止

　　work out 算出;解决

　　Work out how much all these things will cost.

　　算计算计买这么多东西要多少钱。

　　dream of 梦想 

　　He had long nourished the dream of being an actor.

　　很久以来他一直梦想着成为一名演员。

　　be full of 充满

　　His head is full of nonsense.

　　他满脑子荒唐念头。