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全新版大学英语综合教程第三册Unit 1 Language Points?? Language Points for Unit One Changes in the Way We Live (Text A) ? 1) get by (L3) : a. be good enough but not very bad Your work will just get by. 你的工作尚能过得去。 I didn’t do quite well in the exam, but I think I got by. 我考得不好，但还可以。 b. pass or outstrip 通过，越过 Please let me get by. 请让我过去。 c. manage to live, survive, etc. (get by on sth) 勉强维生；设法维持 How does she get by on such a small salary? 她靠这么一点薪水怎么生活呢？ My parents managed to get by on a small amount of money. 我父母设法依靠少量的钱维持生活。 2）suburban (L4) : adj. of or in a suburb 郊外的；郊区的（antonym: downtown） a suburban street 郊区的街道 a suburban shop 郊区的商店 suburb: n. district outside the central part of a town or city 郊区；城郊 (synonym: outskirts) live in the suburbs 住在市郊 the inner suburbs 近郊 the outer suburbs 远郊 outskirts: n. [pl] outlying districts (esp of a city or large town); outer areas 外围地区；(尤指)市郊 They live on the outskirts of Paris. 他们住在巴黎市郊。 3) contentment (L5) : n.. the state of being content 满意；满足 She left the office with a smile of contentment. 她带着心满意足的微笑离开了办公室。 content: vt. .accept sth even though one would have liked more or better (content oneself with sth.) 满足或满意于某事（虽然可能有更高的要求） As there’s no cream, we’ll have to content ourselves with black coffee. 既然没有奶油，我们只好喝清咖啡算了。 content: adj. satisfied with what one has; not wanting more (be content with sth.; be content to do sth) 知足的，满足的，满意的 Are you content with your present salary? 你对现在的薪水满意吗？ He is content to stay in his present job. 他对现在的工作心满意足。 to one’s heart’s content 尽情地 She told them they could eat cakes to their heart’s content. 她告诉他们可以尽情地吃蛋糕。 You can wander round to your heart’s content. 你可以尽情地游荡。 4）reliant (L6): adj. reliant on sb. / sth. having reliance on sb./ sth.; dependent on sb./ sth. 对某人/某事有信心；依赖某人/某事 He is heavily reliant on bank loan. 他离不开银行贷款。 self-reliant: adj. relying on one’s own abilities and efforts; independent 依靠自己的；独立的 He is too self-reliant