1.devotes…to doing奉于
2.fight against对抗，反对，与……作斗争
3.selflessly无私地
4.be free from免于，不受
5.be in prison入狱，在狱中服刑
6.the first man to do第一个…的人
7.The time when I first met him was a very difficult period of my life.
第一次见到他的时候是在我一生中非常艰难的时期。
8.He was generous with his time,for which I was grateful.
他十分慷慨地给予我时间，我为此非常感激。
9.become out of work.失业
10.hope that…/to do
11.as soon as I could尽快，马上
12.We were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important,or fight the government.
我们被置于这样一个境地：要么我们_接受低人一等的现实，要么跟政府作斗争。
13.Only 位于句首，修饰状语从句时，主句采用部分倒装的语序。
Only in this way can you come up with a solution to the problem.
只有这样，你才能想出解决这个问题的办法。
14.as a matter of fact事实上
15.blow up爆炸,打气
16.be equal to和…平等
17.in trouble处于困境 遇到麻烦
18.be willing to do sth.愿意，乐于
19.turn to变成;求助于，借助于,翻到，转向
turn to sb forhelp 向某人求助
20.lose heart灰心;泄气,丧失勇气,失去信心
21.escape from逃脱，逃离，从……逃出
22.should have done本应做而未做
needn’t have done本不需要做而做了
can’t have done过去不可能做过(对过去的否定推测)
must have done对过去的肯定推测
23.pass the exam.通过考试
24.be better educated受到良好教育
25.come to power执政
26.be proud to do sth.be proud of sth为…而自豪
27.set up创立，建立，架起，建造
The company was set up ten years ago.公司是十年前建立的。
28.be sentenced to…被判处……
29.Do you have any thoughts on that你认为那怎么样?
30.to my understanding按我的理解to my opinion
31.be accepted by…被……录取、接受
32.die from死于…(事故等外部原因)die of死于…(疾病等自身原因)
33.under way正在进行
34.point of view观点
35.compete with…与……竞争
36.advise v.
advise+n./pron.advise+ doing advise sb.to do sth.
advise+that从句(从句的谓语用“should+v原”，should常省略)
注：与advise用法类似的动词如forbid,allow,permit,admit,consider等直接接动词作宾语时要用动名词，但接宾补时后跟不定式。
重点单词
condition welfare connection argue achieve/achievement
campaign organization specialist devote behave/behavior
worthwhile respect entertainment inspire observe/observation
support communication strike explain medical
consideration considerate deliver modest shade
wander nest bond childhood environment
cheer support abroad rate career
countryside drive improve prize project
institute encourage protect found intend
disease affect research emergency generation
determination kindness argue mean doing/mean to do
重点短语
devote … to rather than argue for/against/with
set up look down upon/on refer to
care for as well as make sure
have … in common put to death concern oneself with
instead of communicate with body language
work out lead a … life crowd in
say to oneself carry on by chance
come across catch one’s eyes can’t wait to do
重点句子
1. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities.
2. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.
3. It seem that she had been very busy in her chosen career, traveling abroad to study as well as writing books and articles.
4. Further reading made me realize that it was hard work and determination as well as her gentle nature that got her into medical school.
5. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.
6. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in the tree the night before.
7. It was unusual for a woman to live in the forest.
8. Her work changed the way people think about chimps.
9. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it.
… helped her work out their social system.
However the evening make it all worthwhile.
We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree.
重点单词
minister continent eastward surround harbor
extremely settle within border figure
terrify official wealthy distance flow
downtown tradition broad bush fall
schoolmate approximately coast measure chat
rapidly scenery manager complete aboard
nearby cowboy prize realize slightly
distant urban port fresh tour
cross confirm coast
重点短语
be/go on a trip rather than catch sight of
as well as because of go on a tour of
go through as far as be surrounded by
settle down have a gift for at dawn
be close to figure out in the distance
重点句子
1. … there was frost on the ground, confirming that fall had arrived in Canada.
2. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.
Some people have the idea that you can …., but they forget the fact that ….
3. People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
4. It’s so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 meters.
5. The next stop was Calgary, which is famous for the Calgary Stampede.
6. The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes.
7. … they could see the misty cloud that rose from the great Niagara Falls, which is on the south side of the lake.
As they sat in a buffet restaurant looking over the …,a young man sat down with them.