Unit 5 Reading language points
1. keep it up 坚持下去，再接再厉
keep up with
If he could keep it up, he would break the world record.
2. fit in (with …) 相处融洽；适应
They work hard and fit in well (with each other).
It’s necessary for us to fit in with the times. 我们必须与时俱进。
3．board vt. 上船，上飞机（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（动作）：board the ship =go/get on board the ship=go aboard the ship
状态：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 宽阔的
abroad 外国的 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
这是我第一次和外宾谈话，我很紧张。
It is the first time that I have spoken to foreign guests, so I feel nervous.
那是我第一次看到这么美丽的地方。
It was the first time I had visited such a beautiful place.
5. Xie Lei highly recommends it.
highly: 高度地（抽象）；如果是空间的高，则用high
(wide; close; deep)
recommend: 推荐---- ~ sth to sb =~sb sth
~ sb for a job/position
建议（用法=advise）~ sb to do
~ doing
~ that sb (should) do …
6. as/so far as… 就。。。而言；在。。。范围; 远至。。。，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 （像在家一样）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，填满---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; +代词;+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 向某人申请某个（工作，职位）
apply… to sth 运用
12. take up 占据（时间，空间）；开始从事某种活动
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: 过去的过去（有个过去时相对比）
Translation
1. 他的努力应该得到奖赏,因此在学习上他取得了很大的进步。（deserve）
2. 她找到住房(flat)之前，住在我家。（board）
3. 飞机就要起飞了，请还没上机的乘客马上登机。(board)
4. 我以前从没做过这种工作，我不知道是否能与其他同事相处好。(fit in)
5. 这已经是我第三次看这本书了，因为我觉得这本书很有趣。
(it is the ..time that ….)
6. 他十岁的时候开始打篮球, 现在已经是个顶级选手了。
(take up)
7. 天气这么冷，她的手指冻木了。(with)
8. 就我个人而言，每个人的贡献，不管多小，都会对环境的改善有影响。(as fas as…)
9. 他整天忙于工作，抽不出时间和孩子一起交流。(be occupied with…)
10. 我到时，简刚刚离开。真遗憾这次没有见到她。(时态)