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1.People who are happy with their jobs(定从) 对工件满意的人
★ be happy with sth. = be pleased/satisfied with sth. 对某事满意
★ be happy at sth. 因某事感到高兴
be sad at sth. 因某事感到悲伤；为某事难过 be angry about sth. 因某事而生气
2.a born artist 一个天生的艺术家
3.His work shouts. 他的作品很传神。
【区分】①work hard 工作勤奋（动词 副词） ②hard work困难的工作（形容词 名词）
4.impress the whole country with creative work(s) 以他富有创造性的作品使整个国家印象深刻
★impress sb. with sth. 以某物给给人留下深刻的印象
5.win high praise from the art community 获得了来自艺术界很高的赞誉
【此句中praise为名词：赞誉，赞扬】
【拓展】praise sb. for sth 因为某事赞扬某人 （praise 为动词）
Eg: praise Tom for his honesty 因为Tom的诚实而表扬他
6.search for something better or different 寻找一些更好的或与众不同的东西
search sp /sb for sth 搜寻某地查找某物
7.in itself 本身，实质上
8.give up her job as an accountant 放弃她作为一个会计的工作
★①give up easily 轻易放弃 ② give up doing sth.=stop doing 放弃做某事
③ give it/them up （动副词组）
9.work for the sales department 为销售部门工作
10.work with numbers day after day 日复一日和数字打交道
11.the general manager of the company 公司的总经理
12.★Life is like a race . You either take the lead or fall behind.
生活就像一场比赛。你要么领先要么落后。
① take the lead 领先【leader领导者，带路人；lead →led (过去式)；lead to 导致】
lead sb to sp 带领某人去某地
② fall behind 落后/ catch up with sb 赶上某人
13.take on new challenges any time 随时接受新挑战 【此句中challenge为名词：挑战】
【拓展】challenge myself 挑战我自己 （challenge 为动词）
14.Liu Hao is the chief engineer of the high-speed railway connecting Sunshine Town to Tianjin.
刘浩是连接阳光镇到天津的高速公路首席工程师。【现在分词短语作后置定语】
【区分】①The old man standing under the tree is my grandfather.【现在分词短语作后置定语】
=The old man (who is standing under the tree) is my grandfather. 【定语从句】
②The girl called Lucy is my sister. 【过分词短语作后置定语】
=The girl who is called Lucy is my sister.【定语从句】
③connect A to/with B 将A和B 连接起来
15.★To us, a miss is as good as a mile. 对我们来说，差之毫厘，谬以千里。
【区分】①as good as ..... 两种含义：A.与.....一样好； B.和....几乎一样；简直就是.....
Eg :A.This house is as good as that one. 这个房子和那个房子一样好。
B.It looks as good as new. 看上去和新的几乎一样。
②as well as .... 两种含义：A.与.....一样好； B.除.....之外，还有......
Eg :A.He speaks English as well as her. 他说英语说得跟她一样好。
B.She’s clever as well as beautiful. 她不但漂亮，而且聪明。
16.We can’t afford to make any mistakes. 我们承担不起犯错。 【afford to do sth.】
afford sth = be able to buy sth
17. it’s necessary to = there is need to do
pay attention to every detail 关注每个细节
★ pay attention to (doing) sth. 注重(做)某事 【此句型中to 为介词】
Eg: We should pay attention to keepimg healthy.
【归纳】(1)look forward to (doing) sth. 期待(做)某事
Eg: We look forward to hearing from you.
(2)be used to (doing) sth. 习惯于(做)某事
Eg: Tom is used to getting up early.
(3)devote ... to (doing) sth. 奉献.....来(做)某事
Eg:The man devotes all his life to helping poor children.
(4)prefer doing A to doing B 喜欢做A而不喜欢做B
Eg: I prefer dancing to singing.
18. Are you serious? 你是认真的吗？
Be serious about = take … seriously 认真地对待。。。
18.work to high standards 以高标准工作
up to standard 达标
19.He’s modest and easy to work with. 他很谦虚且很容易相处。
★be easy to work with 很容易相处
20. Head of Sunshine Hospital 阳光医院的头（院长）
【head,chairperson,leader等表职务时 前不加冠词the】
21. As a doctor, you can’t be too careful. 作为一名医生，你再怎么细心也不为过。
can’t ….too…意思是“无论怎么样……也不过分，越……越好……。
22.Careless will be a disaster not only to ourselves but also to patients.
粗心不仅对于我们自己是一场灾难，对病人也是一场灾难。
23.be willing to work extra hours 主动乐意加班
24.operate on patients = do operations on patients 给病人做手术
25.devote most of her time to her work 把她大部分的时间投入到她的工作上【to 为介词】
26.wait without getting angry 等待（很久）而不会生气
27. ★be suitable for the job 适合于这份工作 【be suitable for (doing) sth.】
