Unit 5 Reading language points
1. keep it up 堅持下去，再接再厲
keep up with
If he could keep it up, he would break the world record.
2. fit in (with …) 相處融洽；適應
They work hard and fit in well (with each other).
It’s necessary for us to fit in with the times. 我們必須與時俱進。
3．board vt. 上船，上飛機（board the ship/the plane）;
vi. 食宿；寄宿 board with/at…family
board n. 木板；甲板---on board=in a train, ship or plane
上船（動作）：board the ship =go/get on board the ship=go aboard the ship
狀態：be on board
They got on board the train.=they boarded the train.
We almost felt we were on board the spaceship.
When he was in France, he boarded with a French family.
Compare: board/ aboard/ broad/ abroad
go aboard the ship=board the ship
broad 寬闊的
abroad 外國的 study abroad; at home and abroad
4. It was the first time she had ever left her motherland.
It/this is the first/second/third time that sb has/have done sth
It/this was the first/second/third time that sb had done sth
這是我第一次和外賓談話，我很緊張。
It is the first time that I have spoken to foreign guests, so I feel nervous.
那是我第一次看到這么美麗的地方。
It was the first time I had visited such a beautiful place.
5. Xie Lei highly recommends it.
highly: 高度地（抽象）；如果是空間的高，則用high
(wide; close; deep)
recommend: 推薦---- ~ sth to sb =~sb sth
~ sb for a job/position
建議（用法=advise）~ sb to do
~ doing
~ that sb (should) do …
6. as/so far as… 就。。。而言；在。。。范圍; 遠至。。。，直到。。。
So far as the weather is concerned, I do not think it will matter if we go there tomorrow.
As far as I know, he is still working there.
As far as he was concerned, he was satisfied with your answer.
He used to take a walk after supper, often as far as two or three miles.
The children walked as far as the lake.
7. feel/be at home （像在家一樣）舒服自在
She felt at home on the stage this time, though she seldom appeared.
She was quite at home, because she recognized familiar faces.
8. I have been so occupied with work that I haven’t had time for social activities.
occupy: 占，填滿---Is the flat already occupied?
be occupied with sth=be busy with sth
be occupied (in) doing sth=be busy doing sth=be engaged in doing sth
He is occupied preparing for the mid-term exams.
9. We wish Xie Lei all the best in her new enterprise.
wish sb sth=may sb do sth
10. deserve +sth; +代詞;+to do(to be done)
Good work deserves good pay.
His behavior deserves punishment.(to be punished/ punishing)
His hard work deserves all that happened to him.
11. apply to sb for sth 向某人申請某個（工作，職位）
apply… to sth 運用
12. take up 占據（時間，空間）；開始從事某種活動
13. in the beginning =at first 起初
Everything is difficult in the beginning.
14. get lost 迷路，走失 get+done
15. hand in 上交 hand out
16. get a good mark 得到高分
17. I was numb with shock.(表示原因)
18. lack confidence 缺少自信=be lacking in confidence
19. After getting my visa I was very excited because I had dreamed of this day for so long.
….explained Xie Lei, who had lived all her life in the same city in China.
She told me that she had had to learn almost everything again.
First of all, he told me, I couldn’t write what other people had said withought acknowledging them.
Had done: 過去的過去（有個過去時相對比）
Translation
1. 他的努力應該得到獎賞,因此在學習上他取得了很大的進步。（deserve）
2. 她找到住房(flat)之前，住在我家。（board）
3. 飛機就要起飛了，請還沒上機的乘客馬上登機。(board)
4. 我以前從沒做過這種工作，我不知道是否能與其他同事相處好。(fit in)
5. 這已經是我第三次看這本書了，因為我覺得這本書很有趣。
(it is the ..time that ….)
6. 他十歲的時候開始打籃球, 現在已經是個頂級選手了。
(take up)
7. 天氣這么冷，她的手指凍木了。(with)
8. 就我個人而言，每個人的貢獻，不管多小，都會對環境的改善有影響。(as fas as…)
9. 他整天忙于工作，抽不出時間和孩子一起交流。(be occupied with…)
10. 我到時，簡剛剛離開。真遺憾這次沒有見到她。(時態)