Human relationships would become difficult without forgiveness. It's a necessity for building h 1) h________ relationships and achieving our own well-being. Very often we may think t 2) t___ we've been hurt too deeply to forgive. But i 3) ironically, it's those of us who've been most hurt that really need to forgive. F 4) For the truth is that unless we can forgive, we can never r 5) recover. For some people forgiveness seems impossible because they have no idea how to g a 6) go about it. The first and most important thing you need to r 7) realize / remember is that the act of forgiveness is not going to be easy. In fact, it will probably be the h 8) hardest thing most of us ever have to do. It seems totally u 9) unfair that we should have to forgive when we're the ones w 10) who have been hurt. And that's the central and most important part of f 11) forgiveness. That's why, sometimes, the initial act of forgiveness may seem relatively easy, but d w 12) dealing with the emotions can be harder. True forgiveness is not a one-off act, it's a constant
e 13) emotional confrontation. So if you think you're right and can't find it in yourself to forgive, ask yourself this question: would you rather be right or happy?
1. 在生活中，我们最愚蠢的行为就是太执着于自己的东西，不愿意放弃。(cling to sth., let go) 1. In life, our stupidest course of action is to cling too much to what we have and refuse to let go.
2. 我愿意在IT行业工作，但我不知如何着手。(go about sth.)
2. I am willing to work in the IT industry, but have no idea how to go about it.
3. 许多人都已意识到与大自然和谐相处的重要性。(aware of, in harmony with) 3. Many people are aware of the importance of living in harmony with nature.
4. 像“代沟”这样的问题是不可以被掩盖起来的。(sweep ... under the carpet) 4. Problems like the generation gap cannot be swept under the carpet.
5. 我始终不懂什么事在使她烦心。(eat away at) 5. I never did understand what was eating away at her.
6. 他一生都与世无争。(at peace with)
6. He has been at peace with the world all his life.
7. 他没有说出自己的想法。一则她未必理解，二则他怕自己得不到她的宽恕。(for one thing ..., for another ... )
7. He did not speak out / say what he thought. For one thing, she might not understand. For another, he was afraid that she might not forgive him.
8. 随着岁月流逝，他对中国文化越来越感兴趣。(roll by)
8. As the years rolled by, he became increasingly interested in / fascinated by Chinese culture.
unit2
Many of us have read interesting and exciting stories in which the main character has only a limited time to live. Such stories s 1) set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar c2) circumstances. Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day
a i 3) as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the v 4) value of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation w 5) which are often lost when time stretches before us in the c 6) constant panorama of more days to come. Most of us take life for g 7) granted. We seldom think of it. We go about our petty tasks, hardly a 8) aware of our listless attitude towards life. The same listlessness c 9) characterizes the use of our faculties and senses. Only the deaf a 10) appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the blessings that lie in sight. But those w 11) who have never suffered loss of sight or hearing d 12) damage seldom make the fullest
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use of these blessed faculties. I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were s 13) stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time d 14) during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.
1. 这种情景总是令我感动，让我深思。(set sb. doing sth.) 1. Such a sight always moves me and sets me thinking.
This is a sight that never fails to move me and set me thinking.
2. 别怪她了，在类似情况下，你自己也会这么做的。(under ... circumstances)
2. Stop scolding / blaming her — You'd have done the same thing under / in similar circumstances.
3. 我们应当为自己所拥有的一切而心存感激，而不是对任何事情都漫不经心。(be appreciative of / grateful for, take ... for granted)
3. We should be appreciative of / grateful for what we have instead of taking everything for granted
4. 他也许会答应改变，但无非又是说一套做一套罢了。(It's the same old story of)
4. He may promise to change, but it's the same old story of saying one thing and doing another.
5. 我苦苦思索该怎样把这可怕的消息告诉他。(rack one's brains about sth., break the news to sb.) 5. I racked my brains about how to break the terrible news to him.
6. 我将永远无法报答父母为我所做的一切。(repay sb. for sth.)
6. It will be impossible for me to repay my parents for everything they have done for me.
7. 且让我再次感谢大家的参与，祝你们工作顺利。(it remains to sb. to do sth.)
7. For now, it remains to me to thank you once more for joining us and wish you good luck in your work.
8. 我一开始就说过，他会给我们惹麻烦的。（right from the beginning） 8. I said right from the beginning that he would cause us trouble.
unit3
There's a difference between \"being a writer\" and writing. As a matter of fact, many who wish to be writers are longing f1) for wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at the type-writer. They are not a2) aware of the fact that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying a3) affair. I remember when I became a free aware lance writer, I had no p4) prospects at all. What I did have was a friend and a small s5) storage room in an apartment building. It didn't even m6) matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. Immediately I bought a used manual typewriter and p7) plunged myself into writing. After a year or so, however, I still hadn't received a b8) break and began to doubt myself. Then one day I was o9) offered a job earning $ 6,000 a year. As the dollars were d10) dancing in my head, something c11) cleared my senses. From deep inside a bull-headed resolution w u12) welled up. I heard myself saying, \"I'm going to s13) stick it out and write.\" I realized that you had to make s14) sacrifices and live creatively to keep working at your dreams. Then, in 1970, 17 years after I left the Coast Guard, Roots was p15) published. The shadows had turned into dazzling limelight.
1. 听说他的新书是根据发生在田纳西州一个小镇上的真事写的。（rumor has it that）
1. Rumor has it that his new book is based on a true story about a family in a small Tennessee town.
2. 他在中学教书，但也兼职做些翻译来赚取外快。（on the side）
2. He teaches in a middle school, but he does some translation work on the side to bring in extra cash / money.
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3. 自信是件好事，但自信与自负（conceit）是有区别的。（there's a difference between ... and ...） 3. It's good to be confident, but there's a difference between confidence and conceit./ It's good to be confident about yourself, but there's a difference between self-confidence and conceit.
4. 只有坚持到底的人才会成功。半途而废的人永远也无法实现梦想。（stick it out）
4. Only those who stick it out can achieve success. Those who give up halfway will never realize their dreams.
5. 一个真正的英雄有勇气，有高尚的目标，而且乐于奉献。（make sacrifices）
5. A true hero possesses / has courage, a noble purpose and a willingness to make sacrifices.
6. 任何人只要拿起这本小说读了第一段，就会发现很难把它放下。（be hard pressed to do sth.） 6. Anyone who picks up this novel and reads the first paragraph will be hard pressed to put it down.
7. 从某种意义上说，生活就像游泳。如果你总是扶住池边，就永远也学不会。（in a sense） 7. In a sense, life is like swimming; if you keep holding on to the sides of the pool, you (will) never learn.
8. 一个民族的前途在很大程度上取决于其教育与培训的质量。（in a large measure） 8. The future of a nation depends in a large measure upon the quality of education and training.
unit4
Optimism and pessimism are powerful forces, and each of us must choose which we want, so as to shape our outlook and our expectations. From which p1) perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in hope or down in d2) despair? An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it's a n3) necessity. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, p4) perform, and how well you will get along with others. C5) Conversely, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations feed on themselves; they
become a self-fulfilling p6) prophecy. Pessimism creates a sad and hopeless place w7) where no one wants to live. When the world is seen a8) as a hopeful, positive place, people are more likely to a9) achieve. Optimism doesn't need to be naive. You can be an optimist and still r10) recognize that problems exist and that some of them are not d11) dealt w12) with easily. Yet optimism makes a difference in the a13) attitude of the problem solver! Optimism draws our attention away from
negativism and c14) channels it into positive, constructive thinking. When you're an optimist, you're more c15) concerned with problem-solving than with useless fault-finding. To tackle a big problem, one needs both optimism and persistence.
1. 只有那些有过类似经历的人，才能够完全理解这一点。( live through)
1. Only those who have lived through a similar experience can fully appreciate this. / The only people who can fully appreciate this are those who have lived through a similar experience.
2. 科学家们一直没弄明白这些粒子是怎么形成、又是如何相互作用的。(figure out)
2. Scientists have been hard pressed to figure out how these particles form / are formed and interact (with one another).
3. 我要特别感谢每一个在这些年来以不同方式做出贡献了的人。(in one way or another)
3. I'd like to express my special thanks to everyone who has contributed over the years in one way or another.
4. 团队环境中员工个人的成功能带来公司的成功。(result in)
4. The individual success of the employees in a team environment results in success for the company.
5. 这场战争，虽说从军事角度而言是成功的，却令经济几乎崩溃。(in ... terms)
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5. The war, although successful in military terms, left the economy almost in ruins.
6. 他决定把自己的精力用到有益的事上，而不是整天守在电视机前。(channel sth. into ...)
6. He decided to channel his energies into something useful, instead of being glued to / sitting in front of the TV set all day long.
7. 力量与勇气是有区别的。生存需要力量，生活需要勇气。(it takes sth. to do sth.)
7. There's a difference between strength and courage. It takes strength to survive. It takes courage to live.
8. 她天生就是个非常温柔亲切的人，总是乐于向别人伸出援手。(by nature)
8. She was by nature a very affectionate person, always ready to give a helping hand to others.
unit5
What is character? Character is composed of those principles and values that give our life direction, meaning and depth. These c 1) constitute our inner sense of what's right and wrong b 2) based not on laws or rules of conduct but on who we are. They include such t 3) traits as integrity, honesty, courage, fairness and generosity w 4) which are formed in the long process of life. So wrong is s 5) simply in doing wrong, not in getting caught. Yet some people w 6) wonder
if our inner values matter anymore. After all, haven't many people succeeded in every visible way, d 7) despite their moral weakness? This question demonstrates a d 8) dilemma of our modern life. Many have come to believe that the only things we need for success are t 9) talent
, energy and personality. Success has become more a f 10) function of charm, skills and techniques that lubricate the process of human i 11) interaction. Instead of making efforts to deal with difficult i 12) issues of right and wrong, we turned to making things go smoothly. But many noted f 13) figures have taught us that who we are is more important than w 14) who we appear to be and we can only experience true success and happiness by making c 15) character
the guideline of our lives. While skill is certainly needed for success, it can never guarantee happiness and fulfillment.
1. 他为我们公司当顾问，工作中遇到困难时我们经常向他请教。（consult）
1. He consults for our company and we often consult him when we encounter problems in our work.
2. 不要试图去作弊 —— 你决不会得逞的。（get away with sth.） 2. Don't try to cheat — you'll never get away with it.
3. 不论可能面临什么样的困难，我父亲总是很乐观。他给我们树立了一个正面的榜样。（regardless of, role model）
3. My father is always optimistic, regardless of the difficulties that he may face. He is a positive role model for us.
4. 这本小说描写了20世纪二三十年代中国一个大家族的兴衰沉浮。（ups and downs） 4. This novel describes the ups and downs of a big family during China's 1920's and 1930's.
5. 做事只有好心是不够的，还要有理智。（in good faith）
5. It is not enough to act in good faith. We also need to act reasonably.
6. 考试前开夜车 (burn the midnight oil)， 你也许能考个好分数，但从长远看，平时用功才能真正取得学业成功。（in the long run）
6. You may score good marks by burning the midnight oil before the exams, but in the long run you have to study hard every day to achieve academic excellence.
7. 不要长时间盯着电脑屏幕，每过一阵就要抬眼看看远处。（once in a while）
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7. Don't stare at the computer screen for too long. Raise your eyes once in a while and look into the distance.
8. 从别人所犯的错误中吸取教训是很有益处的。（to one's advantage） 8. It's to your advantage to learn from the mistakes of others.
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