谢灵 厦门大学-谢灵 厦门大学
1) I don’t like my straight hair so I’m
going to have it
curled
.
2) This price
is her
minimum
; she refuses
to lower it any further.
3)
I often
clip
recipes out of
newspapers and magazines but never use them when I
cook.
4) She
yielded
to temptation and
had another chocolate even though she was going on
a
diet.
5)
Given
the fact that she
loves children, I am sure teaching is the right
career for her.
6) They try
to
preserve
their
interesting old customs against the impacts of the
modern
world.
7)
Philip was
fascinated
to see
how the old woman wove (
编织
) cloth with such simple tools.
8)
Among all his relatives, he has an especially deep
affection
for his aunt who
cares for him
most.
9) Teaching is not a one-way activity;
teachers and students should
interact
with each other
in
class.
10) After his wife
died, he remarried with much
haste
, which caused a lot of gossip
(
闲话
)
among his
acquaintances.
11) Without
your love and support, he would have been weighed
down (
颓丧
) with
grief
after his daughter died of a car
crash.
12) I have never seen
a house like that
—
its untidiness
defies
description; I think
she ought
to learn how to keep a
house.
13) These days more
and more pregnant (
怀孕的
) women want the
presence
of their
husbands at the birth of their
children.
14) It is quite
possible for a student to master English grammar
and
acquire
a large
vocabulary without the help of a
teacher.
15) She watched him
manipulate
all the handles
and gears [(
汽车上的
)
排挡
] in his
automobile until she thought she
could run it herself.
16)
Lack of money and lack of machinery are the two
major
restraints
on the
growth of this
factory; that’s why it
remains the same as it was ten years
ago.
1) Don’t
let
the
little boy
loose on
the
garden; he’ll pull up all the flowers.
2) The refrigerator I bought last week
is too large to
fit into
our
new kitchen.
3) When the
flood broke out, the little girl clung to a tree
and managed to
hold on
.
4) Her parents
are divorced and her brother is in prison
—
it is a sad
state of
affairs
, indeed.
5) It is said that in no country other
than Britain can one experience four seasons
in the
course of
a single day.
6)
The moment my father came in I could see from his
worried face that his effort to find a
job had been
in vain
once again.
7) Do
you think it wise for a person to
build
his hopes
on
the
economic strength of his
country? Or
should he base them on his own efforts?
8) He’s disorganized; he’s inefficient;
he’s never been there when you want him.
In short
,
he is
hopeless.
9) Seeing his
n
eighbour’s house on fire, he quickly
reached for
the phone and
dialled 110.
10) You can’t
always insist on your own way —
there has to be some
give and take
.
1) They
bound
his
hands and legs with a rope so he couldn’t
escape.
2) He
unfolded
the map and tried
to find out which way to go.
3) He’s been charged with
possessing
guns and
attempting to attack the police.
4) The product’s success
has
surpassed
all our expectations
—
we’ve never thought that it
could sell so well.
5) Ten minutes before the
appointed
time, he sat
nervously outside her office.
6) We like to make friends with Shelly
because she has such
virtues
as loyalty, courage, and
truthfulness.
7)
Janet and Bob
had corresponded
with each other for many years before
they finally met
in Paris.
8) Tina
gazed
steadily at the famous singer, unable
to believe she was so close to him.
9) My grandfather still has
keen
eyesight
—
he is able to read road signs in the distance.
10) The old
man
grasped
my hand warmly
and shook it, saying, “Congratulations. You’ve
won.”
11) The
lawyer’s arguments are well
grounded
because he has collected enough proof
concerning the case.
12) It is very
sensible
of you to bring your umbrella to
Kunming at this time of the year
—
it
rains so frequently here.
13) The Presiden
t failed in his attempts to win the second term because he hadn’t fulfilled
his
commitments
made in the previous
election.
14) Even though
there are strict rules
regulating
the use of chemicals in food, some food
producers disregard them intentionally
in order to gain more profits.
1) People who cannot
distinguish between
colours
are said to be colourblind.
2) Thoroughly, the vet
(
兽医
)
checked up on
our horses and pronounced them fit to
race.
3) My fence was
torn down
in the storm, so I
need to put up a new one.
4)
You can
make a fortune
out
of these useless vases if you call them “antiques
(
古董
).”
5)
There was silence for a few seconds; then
all of a sudden
, the child
let out a loud scream.
6) I
lost track of
what he was
saying after the first couple of sentences
—
it was too
complicated.