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Unit 2. Sailing the oceans at the mercy of 在…的控制之下 have mercy on/show mercy to 对…发慈悲,垂怜… She is very to the prisoners; but the judge is merciless towards anyone found guilty of murder. This seems to have been the first and most useful form of exploration which carried the minimum amount of risk. 这似乎已是最早的，最有用的探险方式，所冒的风险也最小。 They don’t seem to have grasped what I meant. He seems to have lost confidence in himself. The report carried a serious warning of future trouble. 这个报告含有对未来困境的严重警告。 Your car is damaged badly and repairing it will cost a minimum of 2000 dollars. broaden /widen one’s horizons advance 发展，拓展，增进 Such conduct is unlikely to advance your interests. 预支 He asked his employers to advance him a month’s salary. 提出 Scientists have advanced a new theory to explain this phenomenon. 提前 Can we advance the date of the meeting by three days? The sense of security A secure family background 可靠的家庭背景 Secure from attack 不致遭到攻击 The strong-room is as secure as we can make it. Nothing can destroy it. 8. in/with relation to 与……有关；涉及…… She used the map to find where she was in relation to her surroundings. affect the friendly relations between 影响……之间的友好关系break off all relations with sb 断绝与某人的一切关系 promote/ improve/keep the relations 促进/改善/保持关系 9. She has excellent reference from former employers.  This incident in his childhood is never referred to.  10. Simplify the instructions of the activity so that children can understand them. The instruction is asked to be written in simple English, which will simplify my work. What she said is a useful simplification of the theory. 11. As the ship rose and lunged in the waves, it was extremely difficult to be accurate with any reading. 因为船只在海浪中起伏不定，所以很难测出精确地读数。 12. Prices of food continue to show an upward tendency these months. 13. It proved to be the most accurate and reliable of these early navigational instruments. prove 是助动词，意为：显现出是……；被发现是……。后接to be/as短语做表语，此时to be/as 也可省去。 The task