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Reading and Thinking
-Language Points
1. I have to admit that it definitely feels good to be back in the city again.
我得承认,再次回到城里的感觉实在是太棒了。
admit vt.&vi.
to agree, often unwillingly, that sth is true (常指勉强)承认
① You must admit that it all sounds very strange.
必须承认这一切听起来很古怪。
② I couldn't admit to my parents that I was finding the course difficult.
我无法向父母实话实说,我觉得这门课程很难。
admit to sb. (that) … 向某人承认(……)
③ Dana admitted feeling hurt by what I had said.
丹娜承认我说的话伤害了她。
admit (to) doing sth. 承认做某事
2. This district used to be a poor area of town, but is now a centre for art, music and food.
这个区过去是城里的一个贫困区域,而现在是艺术、音乐和美食中心。
used to
used to say that sth happened continuously or frequently during a period in the past
过去常常
① He used to live in London.
他曾经在伦敦居住过。
② You used to see a lot of her, didn't you?
你过去常见她吧?
be used to sth/doing sth.
You use be used to sth/to doing sth to talk about sth that you are familiar with so that it no longer seems new or strange to you. 习惯于……
① My sister has been in America for half a year. She is used to the life there.
我的姐姐已经在美国生活了半年,她已经习惯了那里的生活。
② I'm not used to doing shopping online.
我不习惯于网上购物。
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Translation
1. I'm used to doing the exercises in the morning.
2. I used to do business with him.
我习惯早晨锻炼身体。
我过去和他常有业务往来。
3. In the afternoon, I headed to a local museum that showed the historical changes in California.
下午,我前往当地一家博物馆参观,博物馆展示了加利福尼亚的历史变迁。
head to
(朝……)前进;(向……)去
① If you're indoors, go outdoors. Or head to the park.
如果你是在室内,那去户外呆会儿,或去公园散散步。
② He headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
他去浴室洗澡。
② Li went to Shanghai to seek his fortune by himself when he was eighteen years old.
4. Over 300,000 people came from all over the world to seek their fortune, …
世界各地30多万人蜂拥而至,在这里谋出路,……
seek one's fortune
to try to find a way to become rich, especially by going to another place 寻找成功致富之路;闯世界
① Many young people go to the city to seek their fortune.
许多年轻人去城里寻求发迹的机会。
李先生十八岁时,只身前往上海寻出路。
5. To earn a li