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Unit 5 1)奶奶想当然的认为粮价要涨，所以买了许多大米。（take sth. for granted ） Grandma took it for granted that food prices would soar, so she bought a lot of rice.?2)我可以给你引用几个例子来说明她献身科学的精神。（quote,instance） I can quote you several instances of her dedication to science.?3) 20世纪80年代中国一些经济特区（zone）开始迅速发展起来。（see，swift） The 1980s saw the start of the swift development of some special economic zones in China.?4)两国关系的紧张部分是由最近的间谍事件（spy affair）引起的。 Tension between the two countries stemmed in part from the latest spy affair.?5)彼得已在一家律师事务所（law firm）当了多年律师。你可考虑请他做你的律师，当你需要法律援助时，由他带你行事。（on sb.”s behalf） Peter has worked in a law firm for many years. You can consider having him as your lawyer to act on your behalf when you need legal help. Unit 5 The Reverend Nelson wrote that his decades as a simple, old-fashioned principal had ended with schools undergoing such swift changes that he had retired in self-doubt. I heard more of what I had done wrong than what I did right, he said, adding that my letter had brought him welcome reassurance that his career had been appreciated. A glance at Grandmas familiar handwriting brought back in a flash memories of standing alongside her white rocking chair, watching her settin down some letter to relatives. Character by character, Grandma would slowly accomplish one word, then the next, so that a finished page would consume hours. I wept over the page representing my Grandmas recent hours invested in expressing her loving gratefulness to me -- whom she used to diaper! Unit 6 1.?????这座红房子在参天古树的映衬下十分夺目。（stand out） The red house stands out against the old trees that reach high up to the sky. 2.????? 我的新工作薪酬很高，但是其他方面我并不满意。（for the rest） The salary in // for my new job is great, but for the rest, I’m not satisfied. 3.????? 两条溪流的水在我们村子附近汇合了。（mingle） The waters of the two streams mingle near our village. 4.????? 我们不应该嘲笑别人的宗教信仰。（mock） We should not mock at other people’s religious beliefs. 这间房间的窗帘同家具的风格不太协调。（in tune） The curtains of the room are not quite in tune