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Unit 2 Natural disasters(2)
1 ． After this interview and interviews with twelve of his top stockbrokers ， I eventually
landed(熟词生义：v.成功得到) the job.
2．Eventually(adv.最后；最终)，all the hard work paid off(获得成功，取得好结果；还清)．
3．Toward(prep.接近，将近) the end of my fourth year at Merrill Lynch，it hit me that(我突然
想到) something was missing.
4．Then I was reminded(v.提醒；使想起 reminder n．提醒者；提醒物) of the time when I
spoke to hundreds of people，while in college as a student leader，and years later，when I won a
“Humorous Speech” championship(n.冠军称号；锦标赛 champion n．冠军)．
remind sb of/about sth 提醒某人某事
remind sb to do sth 提醒某人做某事
remind sb＋that 从句 提醒某人……
5．I knew the extraordinary public-speaking skills I was blessed with(有幸拥有/享有) could
enable me to make (enable sb to do sth 使某人能够做某事) a lasting difference and transform
other people’s lives.
6．The food that we have here on ISS has to meet many different requirements(满足许多不同
的需求)．
7．To compensate(v.赔偿，偿付；弥补) the crews，we are allowed to pick one “preference”
container which consists of(由……组成) our pick of anything on the U．S.menu list.
8．Optimism distracts our attention away from negativism and channels(熟词生义：v.将……贯
注，引导) it into positive，constructive thinking.
9．When you’re an optimist，you’re more concerned(adj.关心的；有关的；关联的；担忧
的 concern vt.& n．担心；忧虑；关心 concerning prep.关于) with problem-solving than with
useless complaints about issues.
be concerned about/for 对……担忧的
be concerned with 与……有关
as far as...be concerned 就……而言；关于
10．To my amazement(n.惊讶 amaze v．使吃惊 amazed adj.吃惊的 amazing adj.令人惊讶
的)，the words came smoothly when I sang.
be amazed at/by 对……感到惊讶be amazed that从句 对……感到惊讶
be amazed to do sth惊奇地去做某事
to one’s amazement 令某人惊讶的是
11．Then I launched into(开始做，投入) a new song I’d written，titled Back to Life.
12．At present(目前)，over 1.86 million cultural relics are housed(熟词生义：v.收藏，存放)
in the museum.
