第一、加分短语
look for
【释义1】寻找(某人或某物)
【典型范例1】People were leaving the countryside in droves to look for work in the cities.
一批一批的人离开农村到城里找工作。
【典型范例2】The searchers fanned out to look for the missing man.
搜寻人员四下散开寻找失踪者。
【释义2】 <口>找(麻烦); 找(苦头)吃<口><口>口><口>口>
【典型范例1】Why do you look for trouble by asking a lot of questions?
为何你问来问去,自寻烦恼?
【典型范例2】The boss seems to be annoyed. To talk to him now is to look for trouble.
老板似乎在生气。现在找他谈话是自讨苦吃。
【释义3】希望得到
【典型范例1】It's too soon yet to look for results.
要想知道结果那还太早。
【典型范例2】 Consumers look for the best values for that they spend.
消费者总是希望他们所花的钱能获得最大的价值。
used to:过去一向,过去时常;过去曾(而现在不再)做;(用于过去持续或经常发生的事)曾经
【典型范例1】My dad used to come home drunk, shouting and cussing.
我爹以前常常喝醉了回家,又是喊又是骂。
【典型范例2】He used to be a pilot but now he has a desk job .
他曾是飞行员,但现在做办公室工作。
because of:因为,由于
【典型范例1】She was blacklisted by all the major Hollywood studios because of her political views.
由于她的政见,所有好莱坞大制片公司都拒绝用她。
【典型范例2】The plan was brilliant in its conception but failed because of lack of money.
尽管这计划构想绝妙,但终因资金不足而告流产。
rest on
【释义1】停留在......上休息
【典型范例1】The reconciled reptiles rest on a fragile tile.
和解的爬行动物歇在易碎的瓷砖上。
【典型范例2】Perhaps now they can sit back and rest on their oars.
也许现在他们可以坐下来休息一下了。
【典型范例3】Then the goddess sat to rest on the treeless plain.
然后,女神坐在一块没有树木的平原上休息。
【释义2】依靠
【典型范例1】Our flimsy journalists credentials rest on my few magazine pieces.
我们的不牢靠的记者证所依仗的就是我那几篇杂志上的文章。
【典型范例2】You cannot rest on that assumption.
你不能以那个假设为依据。
【释义3】信赖
【典型范例】I rest on your promise.
我信赖你的允诺。
第二、语汇积累
on Sundays:在每个星期天
on the seventh:在周日
with their hats low over their eyes:用帽子遮挡眼睛
in one’s milking clothes:穿着挤奶的衣服
a middle-aged man:一位中年人
three-legged stool:三角凳