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Unit 1 Nature in the balance(2)
1．But what(引导主语从句) many of us don’t know is that(引导表语从句) our relationships
also affect our life expectancy.
2．Now this doesn’t mean that we should dive head first into a relationship whenever(引导让步
状语从句) we’re lonely in order to avoid dying young.
3．Research shows that marriage has greater benefits(n.好处；益处 v．有益于；得益于
beneficial adj.有益的；有好处的) for men than it does for women.
①benefit sb/sth 对……有好处
be of benefit to 对……有好处
②be beneficial to对……有好处
4．But that’s not all，age gaps also need to be factored(熟词生义：v.把……包括在内)in to
determine relationship satisfaction(n.满意；满足 satisfy v．使满意 satisfied adj.满意的
satisfying/satisfactory adj.令人满意的)．
to one’s satisfaction 令某人满意的是
with satisfaction 满意地
5．With regard to(关于；至于)difficult letter sounds，she adds，“There are many difficult
letter sounds in Danish.”
6．My university is located in(位于，坐落于) Moscow，the capital of Russia，which is a city
with a long history.
7．The second(the＋瞬间名词moment，minute，instant，second等，意为“一……就……”，
相当于as soon as) I stepped out of(走出) the airport，I immediately felt how cold it was outside.
8．I gradually overcame the difficulties of studying abroad and came to adjust to(适应)my new
environment.
adjust v．调整，调节；适应，习惯
adjust(oneself) to sth/doing sth(使自己)适应……；(使自己)习惯……
At first，I find it hard to adjust myself to the new class.
adjustment n．调整；调节；适应
adjustable adj.可调整的，可调节的
9.The first challenge was the language barrier(语言障碍)．
10．After learning Russian in China，I realized that my skills were nowhere near enough(远远不够)．
11．Tickets for concerts and cultural events here are relatively cheap，making it easy to enrich
my life on weekends.(现在分词短语作结果状语；make it＋adj.＋to do)
12．We could not have felt more foreign(熟词生义：adj.陌生的；不熟悉的)．
否定词和形容词/副词比较级连用表达最高级的含义。
I haven’t seen a more interesting film before.
我之前没看过比这更有趣的电影。
I couldn’t agree with you more.非常赞同。
13．“I think the most fundamental way to help is developing medicines，so that’s the field(熟
词生义：n.领域) I will be working on，” Ji added.
