寂寞安抚警察设了路障。(The police put a barrier across the road.)
Collocation:
trade barrier
language barrier 贸易壁垒 cultural barrier 文化隔膜 语言障碍 geographical barrier地理阻隔
chances are that… ( see P67 Notes 3)
It occurs /occurred to sb. that (to do sth.)…. “某人突然想起” (para.9&11)
It doesn’t/didn’t occur to sb that某人没有想到…..
hold/keep (sb.) at bay: prevent (an enemy, pursuers, etc.) from coming near
- Eating oranges keeps colds at bay. 常吃桔子可以远离感冒。
- She left the light on at night to keep her fears at bay.
stand for: represent; mean
- The symbol “%” stands for percent.
- 约翰一直支持正确的事情。(John always stands for what is right.)
be bathed in—cover or envelop as if with liquid
e.g. 日出时，田野和树林都沐浴在金色的阳光下。The fields and woods were bathed in a golden light at sunrise.
She bathed her feet in warm water to relieve the pain.
civilize: vt. cause to improve from a primitive stage of human society to a more developed one
- The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center has shocked the civilized world.
- 非洲国家希望把非洲所有的原始部落都变成文明社会。
(The African countries hoped to civilize all the primitive tribes on the land.)
reflection: n.
1) a thing bringing discredit or criticism
这有损你的名誉。(This is a reflection on your honor.)
2) reflecting (careful thinking) or being reflected
- On further reflection, she saw her mistake.
- 他沉思片刻后，做出了否定的回答。(After a minute’s reflection, he gave a negative answer.)
Collocation:
cast/throw reflections on 指责（某人） on/upon reflection经再三思考
without reflection 轻率，不经思考
look back on: think about (sth.) in one’s past
- I always look back on those days as the happiest time of my life.
- 当你回顾你的一生时，你最珍惜的是什么时候？ (When you look back on your life, what moments would you cherish the most? )
Key to the Exs.
P72-75 Vocabulary
I 1. 1）threatens 2) by a small margin 3) civilize 4）closed up 5) wandered 6) paste 7) without so
much as 8) sideways 9) hook up to 10) universal 11) chart 12) Bathed in
