Unit 13
1. compare notes with sb on sth
2. fit the puzzle ( the lock…)
3. learn sth. by oneself
4. get along with
5. all through one’s life
throughout one’s life
6. be content to do sth
be content with sth
7. receive/get/take a doctor’s degree
8. lead to sth/doing sth
9. receive worldwide praise for
10. win the Nobel Prize for
11. take American nationality
12. make music
13. work out
14. stick to sth/ doing sth
15. be respected as
16. take sides ( in )
take the side of sb
17. further education
Unit 14
1. feel like doing
2. so/as far as I know
3. have sth on ( He has sth on every day. 他每天都有事。)
4. once every month
5. in space
6. the lighter the better
7. in this way = by this means = with this method
8. It’s likely/ probable/ possible that… ( sb./sth. is likely to do…)
9. in the next day or two
10. keep out of
11. dozens of
12. carry out
13. with the help of
14. look into
Unit 15
1. personal affairs
2. see to
3. mean to do ( compare: mean doing )
4. make a note of
5. make a plan for
6. It’s time (that) …did… ( It’s time I went to bed. )
7. be famous/ well-known as…; be famous/ well-known for…
8. pay sb a visit/pay a visit to sb
9. no matter = never mind = It doesn’t matter.
10. do some building repairs
11. have little furniture
12. keep pets
13. have no idea = don’t know
14. There’s no doubt about it. / Sb. has no doubt about sth.
15. long before ( compare: before long )
16. in silence
17. strike a match
18. break into
19. from now/today/that time/then on
20. be supposed to do
Unit 16
1. do well ( in )
2. leave school = graduate
3. make up one’s mind to do
4. take a deep breath/ breathe deeply
5. be made up of
6. …by the day/week/month.. ( compare: …by weight/volumn )
7. stay clean = keep clean
8. natural springs
9. on (the) average
10. at a time
11. beg one’s pardon
12. a variety of animal life
13. provide sth for sb. = provide sb with sth
14. feed on = live on; feed…on
15. three meals a day
16. cross out
17. leave out
18. sth occur to sb
19. force the door open
Unit 17
1. the majority of people
2. be out of work
3. persuade sb to do sth = persuade sb into doing sth
4. make a decision/ choice/ change
5. throughout the world/ all over the world
6. in (the) future
7. the growing conditions of vegetables
8. as well as
9. speak into the telephone
10. turn on the heating
11. carry out one’s instructions
12. labour force/workforce
13. in the fields of education/health/research
14. play an important part in…
15. computer skills
16. information records
17. computer programs
18. search for; search sp for sth/sb
19. at present
20. be against/for
21. satisfy / meet the needs/ demands of
22. medical care
23. take sth for example/as an example
24. get/fall/be taken ill
25. keep fit/ healthy
26. developed countries; developing countries
27. vote for
28. less and less
Unit 18
1. a play on words
2. a large collection of jokes
3. lay the table
4. by accident = by chance