2024年3月26日发(作者：极米官网)

Unit 4

Text 1

1. dispatch

be dispatched to do sth = be send to do sth 被派遣做某事

2. constitute = form/ make up

3. in existence 现存的，现有的

The temple is the oldest one in existence in China .

4 .the name/date/title escapes me 忘记

① I recognized her face but her name escapes me.

② Nothing escaped his attention.

5. methodical / methodically 有条理的、有条理地

He does things methodically.

6. as it happens 恰巧、 正好

① As it happens, we have got a room vacant.

② I saw him yesterday as it happens.

7. It is left sb to do sth 把…事留给某人来做

It is left dad to get the packing done.

8. artistry

9. char

10. corpse/corps

11. technically speaking= in technical terms

branded with 留下…的烙印

Each cow was branded with the ranch’s logo.

13. cart

Don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置

ll 火球

l 热的、热能的

壁架

沟渠

18. unearthly

19. for good=for good and all=forever

20. otherwise

He reminded me of what I should otherwise have forgotten.

21. (VP) the true measure of the event lies not in what remains but in all that has

disappeared.

22.A lies not in sth but in sth 不在于…而在于…

23. rubble

24. wreckage

dotted with 布满、分布

The lake was dotted with sailboats.

26. absence

in the absence of 缺失 缺乏

～any evidence, the police had to let him go.

27. in a flash 瞬间

into one’s own 物尽其用、得到公认、充分发挥其能力

①The two folk languages will at last come into their own.

②Your suggestion will come into its own.

③After many years of hard work, he came into his own.

29. stumble

30. outskirts

31. in certain/some/one respects

32. spare sb trouble/difficulty/pain 免除某人的麻烦…

They did what they could to spare him any pain.

33. intact=entire

34. the end of the world= the doomed day 世界末日

35. apprehend=fear

36. peril=danger

37. once and for all= completely

38. counterpoise=counterbalance

His fear of his father is counterpoised by a genuine respect.

39. continuation

40. none the ＋比较级 并没有…而…

①I am none the wiser for your explanation.

我并没有因为你的解释而开窍。

②He spent two weeks in hospital, but he is none the worse for it

③My car is none the worse for wear

④A good story is none the worse for being told a hundred times.

⑤He looks none the worse for his accident.