Unit 1 Make a difference

1 be known for/to / as

2 be on fire for 熱衷于

3 be similar to

4 have …in common 與……有共同之處

5 a branch of science 一門學科

6 there is no doubt that ……毫無疑問

7 a promising graduate student 有前途的畢業生

8 There is no point in doing sth. 做……沒有意義

9 work on 起作用；從事；繼續工作

10 get/ be engaged to sb. 與某人訂婚

11 go on with

12 stop/ prevent/ keep sb. from doing sth.

13 in the early 1970s

14 seek answers to the questions 尋找問題的答案

15 ordinary people

16 turn out to be wrong

17 on the other hand

18 in a practical way 以實際的方式

19 take measures 采取措施

20 use up

21 the law of gravity 萬有引力定律

22 come true 實現

23 be satisfied with 對……滿意的

24 take a look at

25 what if … 倘使…將會怎樣…

26 change from season to season

27 believe in

28 laugh at sb.

29 the other way around 相反的，用相反方式

30 allow sb .to do/allow doing

31 reach one’s goals

32 come up with 提出，找到問題的答案

33 be curious about 對……好奇的

Unit 2 News media

1 be different from

2 be fired

3 be generous with 對……慷慨的

4 compare with 比較

to 比較/比喻

5 give reasons for your choices

6 rob sb./ a place of sth.

7 steal sth. From sb.

8 go up

9 burn down 燒毀

out 燒壞

up 燒光；漸漸燃起

off 用火燒使……離開

10 There is a rumor that… 有傳言……

11 would rather do…than do…

12 +that從句 現在/將來 過去時

13 過去 過去完成時

14 more than 不止；很

15 make sure that

16 for once

17 rather than 而不是

18 relate to sb/sth. 理解/同情……

19 develop the story

20 keep the newspaper balanced

21 present the material 表述材料

22 in an organized way

23 bring back

24 the stolen cultural relics 被盜的文物

25 international experts in the field

26 even though/if

27 adapt to

28 it was the first time that +完成時

29 explore the mysterious

30 the importance of spiritual fulfillment 精神滿足的重要性

31 be addicted to 沉溺于

32 suffer from

33 draw /pay attention to

34 fix attention on 把注意力集中于

35 the rest of

36 become interested in

37 on all sides 在各個方面；到處

38 lead to

39 comment on 對…進行評論

40 switch Chinese into English 把中文轉換成英文

41 be concerned with 與……相關；關心

42 nine out of ten

43 be located in

44 have difficulty in doing sth.

45 change one’s mind

46 current affairs 時事

47 as far as I am concerned 就我而言

48 look up to 尊敬

49 fall in love with

Unit 3 Art and architecture

1 be free to do sth. 隨意做

2 be free from/of 不受……影響

3 prefer doing to doing

prefer to do rather than do

would prefer to do sth.

prefer +that 從句 sb. (should) do

4 share …with

5 sales assistant 售貨員

6 on sale 上市

7 be convenient to /for

8 be/get excited about

9 stand sb./sb.’s doing sth. 容忍某人做……

10 take examples from

11 look around

12 in different styles

13 go against

14 impress sth. on sb. 使銘記

15 act as

16 make a choice between A and B

17 have no choice but to do

18 stand close to nature

19 be filled up with

20 despite / in spite of 盡管，不顧

21 in bold 粗體

22 refer to 暗指，涉及；查閱

23 be inspired by 受到……激發

24 make full use of sth.

25 belong to

26 A is to B what C is to D

27 find/see/hear/notice/get/want/make.. sth. done

28 succeed in doing/ manage to do

29 pull down

30 be decorated with 以……裝飾

31 set aside

32 stand empty 空置

33 workshops of different sizes

34 far from

35 in preference to 優先于……

36 be under construction

37 be to rent 待租

38 with the development of 隨著……的發展