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选择性必修第一册
Unit 1 Laugh out loud!
1．Covering(熟词生义，此处意为“占地……”) 1.2 million hectares，Fiordland National Park
is home to green rain forests，crystal clear lakes and snow-capped(adj.顶部被雪覆盖的)
mountains.
2．Even on the frequent rainy days，the scenery is spectacular，with entire valley walls turning
into thundering waterfalls(with的复合结构：with＋宾语＋宾补)．
3．I truly believe we all have a very special purpose in life，regardless of(不管；不顾) who(引
导宾语从句) we are or where(引导宾语从句) we come from.
4 ． 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.
5．Eventually(adv.最后；最终)，all the hard work paid off(获得成功，取得好结果；还清)．
6．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.
7．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……
8．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.
9．By the end of the tale，they overcome setbacks(战胜挫折) and become a better person in the
process.
10．Recent research shows that the narratives we tell ourselves about our lives can powerfully help
us recover from(从……中恢复) stress.
11．Professor Dan McAdams put forward(提出) this idea and discovered that whether someone
can describe having had some control over events in their past(whether引导的主语从句) is an
important predictor of mental health.12．Exciting as(as引导让步状语从句，相当于though) these results are，some experts sound a
few notes of caution.
13．If they can’t，they could end up feeling guilty about(对……感到内疚) having somehow
“failed”．
14．You may want to make an outline or use a design tool to visualize(v.想象，使形象化。后
缀-ize或-ise加在名词或形容词后，使其变为动词，意为“使……化或变为……”，例如：
popularize v．使通俗化；publicize v．宣传，公布) your ideas.
15．Even if you only have a small garden，you can still consider growing a variety of(各种各样
的) fruits，vegetables，or herbs，which can be grown in containers or planting beds.
