Module 3
Unit 1
1. Nearly finished.
2. in the past
3. That’s true.
4. (a) fear of …
5. how to deal with
6. take exercise=do sports
7. used to (do)
8. be used to (doing)
9. I suppose= I think
10.That’s because +句子
11.the number of..
12. a number of..(复数)= many
13. spare time= free time
14. Why don’t you (do)..?= Why not (do)?
15.speak up
16.be doubled
unit 2
1. now and then
2. all one’s life
3. ask sb. about sth.
4. electric lights
5. in the winter cold
6. in the summer heat
7. a full-time job
8. what’s more
9. what’s worse
10. have a good education
11. an educated woman
12. get married (to sb.)
13. be busy doing
14. be busy with
15. cross the road= go across the road
16. generally speaking
17. once or twice
18. as a result
19. think of sb as
1. 几乎做完了
2. 在过去
3. 没错
4. 害怕….
5. 如何处理
6. 锻炼身体
7. 过去常常(做某事)
8. 习惯(做某事)
9. 我想
10. 那是因为
11. …的数量
12. 大量的,许多
13. 空闲时间
14. 为什么不..呢?
15. 大声点说话
16. 成倍
1. 过去和现在
2. 某人一辈子,一生,终身
3. 向某人询问关于..的事
4. 电灯
5. 在冬日的严寒中
6. 在夏日的酷暑中
7. 全职工作
8. 更为甚者,更为重要的是
9. 更为糟糕的是
10. 受到良好的教育
11. 一位受过教育的女性
12. (与)..结婚
13. 忙于做…
14. 忙于..
15. 过马路
16. 总的来说
17. 一两次
18. 结果
19. 把…当做
句子:
U1
1.现在的人们比过去富有了,也比过去长寿了
People are wealthier today , and they live longer than they did in the past .
2.我们现在对医学懂得更多了,知道怎样治疗普通的疾病,所以不那么害怕生病了。
We know more about medicine today , and there’s less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with
the ordinary diseases .
3.但是人们锻炼的也不如从前那么多。
But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to .
4.我想那是因为越来越多的人购买了汽车的缘故,他们走路少了,骑车也少了。
I suppose that’s because more people have cars , and they walk or use their bikes less .
5.有些人认为过去的生活比现在更简单,更健康。
Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today .
6.有时财富越多意味着身体越不健康。
More wealth sometimes means less health .
7.当私家车翻倍时,污染也翻倍了,甚至更严重。
When the number of cars is doubled , the pollution is also doubled , or even worse .
8.人们总是说没有足够的休闲时间。
People seldom say they have enough spare time .
9.人们像 50 年前工作那样辛苦吗?
Do people work as hard as they did fifty years ago ?
10.现在的生活比以前更好。
Life is better today than in the past .
U2
1.她一生都生活在北京。
She has lived in Beijing all her life .
2.我家有五个孩子,照顾我们比做一份全职工作还辛苦。
There were five children in my family , and looking after us was more than a full-time job .
3.我们每年只能吃到一两次肉。
We could only eat meat once or twice a year .
4. 总的说来,我认为如今的生活更好了。
Generally speaking , I think life is better today .
5. 然而,我唯一不喜欢的事情是有如此多的车辆。
The only thing I don’t like , though , is that there’s so much more traffic .
6. 我没有被送去上学,因为我的家负担不起。
I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it .
7. 看到她每天忙于工作我很开心,但是有时候我感到孤独,因为她不能经常来看我。
I’m happy to see she’s busy working every day , but sometimes I feel lonely because she can’t come to see
me often .