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Unit 3 The world meets China
1．Don’t worry，National Centre for the Performing Arts(NCPA) has arranged(v.安排；筹备
n．arrangement 安排；准备) something really amazing for you.
arrange to do安排做某事
arrange for sb to do sth 安排某人做某事
make arrangements做出安排
2．We make every effort to ensure the accuracy(n.准确性；精确性 adj.accurate准确的；精确
的) of the information.
3．However，the hours，prices，and program details may vary(vi.使不同；变化；改变
adj.various 各种各样的 n．variety 多样性 a variety of/varieties of 各种各样的) due to last
minute changes.
4．A machine can now not only beat you at chess，it can also outperform you(胜过你) in
debate.
5．What Hammond is referring to(提及) is the question of meaning，and meaning is central to
what distinguishes the least intelligent of humans from(区分) the most intelligent of machines.
6．It is this that distinguishes humans from machines.[强调句型：It is(was) ＋被强调部分(通
常是主语、宾语或状语)＋that /who(当强调主语且主语指人)＋其他部分。]
7．Timothy was exhausted(adj.筋疲力尽的) for he worked extended hours(延长的时间)．
8．Although earning a low wage and handling ill-mannered customers，he always put serving
those who sat at his tables well on the front burner(处于重要地位) of his mind.
9．Eventually，the last round(熟词生义：轮次) was ordered(熟词生义：点菜或饮料等) and
he gave them the bill.
10．The minimum(最低限度的) tip was suggested on the receipt.
11．Evening approaching(独立主格)，a group of teenagers stepped in.
12．Time dragged on(时间拖得很长)and they finished their drinks.
13．A tip of $3 was sitting there，staring at him(拟人修辞法)，but their total bill amounted
to(达到，总计为)$100.
14．He’d gone above and beyond(做超出预期或要求的事情) to serve them.
15．He arrived at work and expected it to be like any other day，but there was something left on
the desk for him，a two-page handwritten letter from the teenagers with $18 attached(with的复
合结构)，in which they explained they were unaware of(不知道；未意识到) how to tip
appropriately(adv.适当地，恰当地)due to it being their first time in this bar.16．Everything suddenly made sense(容易理解，合理，讲得通)．
17．Timothy thumbed up(竖起大拇指，表赞成或满意) what they did with a big grin and he
was so moved by their gesture that(“so＋adj./adv.＋that”为结果状语从句) he uploaded a
picture of the letter sharing their admirable efforts.
18．The reaction was more than(非常)positive.
19．Unbelievable as(引导让步状语从句，此处意为“尽管”，等同于“though”) it may
sound，those polyglots(通晓多种语言者) have a good command of(精通) more than two
languages，some of whom(引导非限制性定语从句) even can speak eight or more kinds of
languages.
20．No wonder(难怪) they can get the hang of(理解，掌握……的窍门) so many languages.
