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二1.尽管已历经无数失败，凯瑟琳仍然相信她能把儿子培养成为世界冠军。(make) Although she has gone through numerous failures, Katherine still believes that she could make a world champion of her son. 2. 这个培训项目其实不算糟糕，但如果它的课程再实用一点就更好了。(like it better if) This training program is not really a bad experience. But I would have liked it better if the courses had been a bit more practical. 3. 你应该没这么笨，竟然会打开一个可疑的附件。(know better than) You should have known better than to open a suspicious attachment. 4. 他不幸在一次意外的交通事故中丧生，留下尚未做完的实验。(leave) Unfortunately he died from a sudden traffic accident, leaving the experiment half-done. 5. 那个街角的食品市场能改建成花园，岂不是更好吗？(be better if) Wouldn’t it be better if the food market on the street corner could be turned into a garden? 6. 尽管我竭力想讨好每一个人，但说话却好像总是不合时宜。(much as) Much as I am eager to please everyone, I seem never be able to speak out the right thing at the right time. 7. 这个小玩意儿是送给老年人的好礼物，它能精确地跟踪血压。(keep accurate track of) This little gadget makes a good present for the elderly， for it can keep accurate track of one’s blood pressure. 8. 简总是在为下一项成就而努力，从来没有时间坐下来欣赏自己已经取得的成绩。(pat herself on the back) Jane is always working so hard to achieve the next thing and she never has time to sit back and pat herself on the back about the things that she has already done. 9. 汤姆审时度势，决定缩小企业规模，后来证明这是明智之举。size up Tom sized up the situation, and decided to downsize his business, which turned out to be a wise decision. 10. 我们学校仅仅维持现状是不够的，它应该加速发展，力争成为中国最好的大学之一。resign itself to the status quo It is not enough for our university to resign itself to the status quo; it should speed up its development, and make itself one of the best universities in China. 三、1. 当一个人处于“经历中的沙漠”——一段感到毫无出路、甚至毫无希望的时期，最重要的是不要让自己陷入荒漠之中无法自拔。 When someone is in “desert of experience”— a period of feeling barren of options, even hope, the most important thing is not to allow himself to be stranded in the desert. 2. 经济来源耗尽，还有一大家人需要供养，吉米起初想逃避，但最终靠着顽强的勇气和乐观的性格挺了过来。 With financial resources exhausted and the pressure of a big fam