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Unit 1 Knowing me, knowing you
Language Points
1. Embarrassed and ashamed, I can’t concentrate on anything. (P 2)
concentrate v. to give all your attention to sth and not think about anything else 集中(注意力)
concentrate on ……
① When we miss a night’s sleep, we find it hard the next day to concentrate and learn new information.
当我们一晚上没睡觉时,就会发现第二天很难集中精力学习新的知识。
② I can't concentrate with all that noise going on.
吵闹声不绝于耳,我无法集中精神。
③ She was too distracted to concentrate properly on her book.
既尴尬又羞愧,我不能专注于任何事情。
她心烦意乱,根本无法专心读书。
1. 我们必须集中精力改进教育工作。
2. When you concentrate on one task you can get it done faster and better.
We must concentrate our efforts on improving education.
当你全神贯注于一项任务时,你会完成的又好又快。
Translation
practice
2. First, apologize to your teammate.(P 3)
apologize v. to say that you are sorry for doing sth wrong or causing a problem 道歉
① I think I’ll buy her a present and apologize.
我想给她买份礼物来赔个不是。
② I apologize for not being able to join you for dinner.
很抱歉,我不能和你们一起吃饭了。
③ The US has apologized to Britain for the accident.
美国已就这次意外事故向英国致歉。
④ Yesterday Mary apologized to his boss for being late.
昨天上班迟到了,玛丽向她的老板道歉。
首先,向你的队友道歉。
① I must make an apology to him for not going to his party.
没有参加他的聚会,我得向他道歉。
② Please accept our sincere apologies.
请接受我们真诚的道歉。
③ I owe you an apology for what I said last night- I'm really sorry.
我该为昨晚所说的话向你道歉,真对不起。
④ We should like to offer our apologies for the delay to your flight today.
今天航班误点,敬请原谅。
apologize apology n.
拓展
3. Again, your strategy is clear communication. (P 3)
communicate v. to exchange information,news, ideas,etc.with sb (与某人)交流(信息或消息、意见等)
① Speech is the fastest method of communication between people.
说话是人与人之间交流最快捷的方法。
② Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other.
海豚用声音相互沟通。
③ The novel is about a family who can't communicate with each other.
这部小说写的是成员彼此无法沟通的一个家庭。
communication n. communicate v.
communication n. the activity or process of expressing ideas and fee