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* e.g. It has been raining on and off for a week. That’s why the clothes feel damp. As her patient slept soundly during the night, Nurse Betty was able to doze (打瞌睡) off and on in a bedside chair. off and on (or on and off) (Para1,Line 1-2) from time to time; now and again; irregularly 断断续续地，间歇地，有时 take hold: (Para1,Line 3) become established抓住; 固定, 生根 e.g. The idea of one child has taken hold in many Chinese families. 老习惯是很难摆脱的。这就是为什么你要在习惯养成前戒烟。 Old habits die hard. That’s why you should stop smoking before the habit takes hold. Lets move the table. You take hold of that end. ? Translation Key associate: vt. (Para1,Line 4) join or connect together; connect or bring in the mind联想,把...联想在一起；使联合,使结合[+with] e.g. I can’t associate this gentle young woman with the radical(激进的)political essays she has written. We often associate Egypt with pyramids. Jim wished to forget everything associated with his former life. 我们总是把埃及与金字塔联系起来。 Translation Key D R _ Sentence 2 Paraphrase the sentence. I found it painful to write long, boring essays as required by teachers; neither did teachers enjoy what I wrote. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony(极大的痛苦)for teachers to read and for me to write. (Para1,Line 5-7) Repetition In Paragraph 2, there are 9 “prim” or “primly” in as few as 4 sentences ! D R _ Sentence 3 What can we learn from this phrase? We can know from this phrase that before Mr. Fleagle became Baker’s English teacher, all English courses were dull. another cheerless year in that most tedious of subjects (Para2, line2-3) anticipate: vt.预期(料),期望;提前使用,先行动 (Para2,Line 2) expect (usu. followed by gerund 动名词or that-clause) e.g. The police had anticipated trouble from the soccer fans and were at the ground in large numbers. 他们预测到2015年死于艾滋病的人数将增加一倍。 They anticipate that deaths from AIDS will have doubled by 2015. Translation Key D R _ word _ anticipate 2 I anticipate deriving much instruction from the lecture.