新编第二版新视野大学英语第三册unit 10.docVIP

Para 1 It is true to say that … 说实话，······ 用于表述“某人的心里话”。 说实话，有几次失败，成功更显珍贵。 make sth. more precious It is true to say that success needs failures to make it more precious. Para 2 authority figure权威人物 be free with对······慷慨： He was never free with his money. 他花钱从不大手大脚 对······慷慨：to be generous with 对······满意：to be content with 对······耐心：to be patient with excuses for misdoings宽容别人的失误 to have but one drawback只有一个缺点 referred to …as被称为… The professor referred to him as a dear friend. 这位教授称他为亲爱的朋友。 Para 3 to become aware of sth. 意识到某事 with any clarity清楚地 take to喜欢；习惯于…；开始从事；觉得（某事）容易学 He took to literature after professor’s first lecture. 听了教授的第一节课他就喜欢上了文学。 I have taken to getting up early. 我已习惯早起。 像鸭子入水般易：like a duck to water 毫无影响：like water off a duck’s back 目瞪口呆；垂头丧气：like a duck in a thunderstorm （乐意接受）那还用问? Will a duck swim? 邻居家的女孩常受到父母责骂，可责骂犹如鸭子背上的水一样，毫无作用。 be scolded by sb. My neighbor’s girl is often scolded by her parents, but it is like water off a duck’s back. Sth. / Sb. do / be … Sth. / Sb. else, on the other hand, do / be … 某人／物······，而另一人／物······ 用于强调“人 ／ 物之间的反差对比”。 他学业的进步似乎预示着他正稳步走向成功，而她考试的一次次失败使她正渐渐失去信心。 one’s steps of progress in studies / chart a steady road to success / one failure after the next in one’s exams / put one on the way to loss of confidence His steps of progress in studies charted a steady road to success. One failure after the next in her exams, on the other hand, put her on the way to loss of confidence. Para 4 to deal expertly with math做数学轻而易举 to slam one’s head against a wall跌跌撞撞 Sb. deal / cope expertly with sth., just cruising through, while sb. else slam their heads against walls trying to do sth. / sth. else … 某人做某事轻而易举，而他人却跌跌撞撞，连做······都很费力。 用于表述“人与人之间在某方面的能力反差”。 在一个充满谎言的社会环境里，不诚信者办事轻而易举。而诚信者却跌跌撞撞，连谋生都很费力。 in a social environment filled with sth. / one’s affairs / make a living In a social environment filled with lies, the dishonest cope expertly with their affairs, just cruising through, while the honest slam their heads aga