Lecture 4 增词 1. Consider what is involved in this matter of music or water-color painting or fine writing, what years of serious application, of drudgery at the keyboard, the easel, or the writing desk. 2. From the evaporation of water people know that liquid can turn into gases under certain conditions . 3. They lingered long over his letter. 4. He was wrinkled and black, with scant gray hair. 5. I tried not to draw too much hope from this incident, but despite my resolve, I did. 6. He becomes extremely excited whenever he talks about his hometown – mountains, waters, flowers, plants, fishes and birds. 7. A good play serves to educate and inspire the people. 8. Each had his own business to handle. 9. Year after year and century after century, the moon goes through its cycles. 10. The questions were evidently unexpected to the slow-witted spokesman,who instantly found himself tongue-tied. 11. The toasts were flat. 12. There are friends and friends. 13. 只有把读书当成乐趣,它才能成为乐趣。 14. 人与动物不同。 15. 现在人们认为,脑子越用越好用。 Lecture 5 Cutting 1. Meanwhile, your profile picture is revealing your age without you noticing it. Youngsters tease elder people about their old-fashioned profile photos — either landscape or plants. Obvious enough, post 90s people have more complex taste in choosing profile photos — some use portraits of their idols, some use internet memes while others choose a popular dog to show they are single. Some even follow the pace of season to change their profile photos. 2. Laura wished now that she was not holding that piece of bread-and-butter, but there was nowhere to put it and she couldn’t possibly throw it away. 3. From December, high-speed train passengers in Guangdong province who refuse to move after taking other people's seats will face fines ranging from 500 to 2,000 yuan, according to a new regulation. 4. Offices are full of distractions, from chatty colleagues to incessantly ringing phones. 5. The Italians are wise before the deed; the Germans in the deed; the French after the deed. 6. 英国人坐着思考问题,法国人站着思考问题,美国人走着思考问题,爱尔兰人事后思考问题。 7. 主人又是切面包,又是上菜,谈笑风生地忙着招待客人。 8. 我们必须阻止他的疯狂行为。 9. 有些运动看起来很简单,有些运动看起来很复杂。 10. 他渴望学习,增长知识,也愿意把自己的知识传授给别人。 11. 如果仔细比较一下,就会发现不同之处。(减译成一个简单句) 12. 你面前有两条路:其一,坦白交代;其二,拒不认罪。 13. 速度快,可靠性高,是电子计算机的主要特点。 14. 这首歌唱遍了神州大地,唱满了 50 年悠悠岁月,余音袅袅,一曲难忘。