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Useful Expressions: Unit 1: Discovering Yourself Active Reading 1: Catching Crabs（主讲） 课堂出勤率 同学们之间的竞争压力 谁都不想···那也太丢人了 熬夜熬出了眼袋 脸色苍白，睡眼惺忪 在某人的心里 心怀抱负、成绩拔尖的高材生 为自己下几个阶段的人生做好了规划 追随···的人生足迹 做好了遭到反对的心理准备 加入一个暂时报酬高的行业 沿海水域没什么风浪 挤满了 被···拽下来 放弃了漫长的逃亡之战 attendance at classes peer group pressure No one wanted the humiliation of wear the bags under one’s eyes pale, sleepy faces at the back of one’s mind the high flyers with the top grades have the next stages of one’s life mapped out follow sb’s path through life brace oneself for some resistance to go into a career which pays well just at the moment no surf on the coastal waters brim with be pulled back give up one’s lengthy struggle to escape Active Reading 2: We are all dying 没有什么比····更能表明人生的无常和生命的脆弱了 早逝 故事情节 心仪的工作 一张期票 （由于客观或主观条件）无法做某事 自助餐馆里 一个茶杯碟大小的碗 分配给我们的时间是有限的 永远都在邮寄的路上 像桥墩那样站着 做什么无济于事 半路去迎接天意 给你的生活增添所有你能得到的财富 在眼前回放 最终将成为 叫得上名字 Nothing underlines the uncertainty and absolute frailty of humanity like… the untimely exit of sb. the meat of the story minds-eye dream-job a promissory note be not in a position to do sth. a buffet restaurant a bowl the size of a saucer Our allotted time is finite. be permanently in the post stand looking like a spanner No…will change the inevitable meet providence halfway fill your life with the riches on offer flash before your eyes end up as put a name to sb. Unit 3: Art for Art’s Sake Active Reading 1: How We Listen 为了便于 把整个过程分成几个组成部分 纯粹的愉悦感 沉浸在···中 一种无需思考的美妙心境 一种强大而原始的力量 占据你过多的兴趣空间 进入到一个颇具争议的领域 这种不妥协的态度可能源于这样的一个事实 让某人走到另一个极端··· 无法保证·· 提升对···的理解 跟上···的思路 并不需要付出多少脑力 也许用···来作类比，能使···更加明白易懂 与···相类似 for the sake of break/split sth. up into its component parts the sheer pleasure bathe in a kind of brainless but attractive state of mind a potent and primitive force usurp a disproportionate share of your interest tread on controversial ground intransigent attitude of sbs may be due to the fact that lead one to the other extreme of doing sth. There is no guarant