2. give oneself a chance to……
3. be/get excited about sth. 对…...感到兴奋
4. Although he thought he was helping us with the work, he was actually in the way.尽管他认为是在帮我们，实际上是在碍事。
5. too many 许多，修饰可数名词 如：too many girls
6. Taking into account all these factors, we may reasonably come to the conclusion that …
8. unless 如果不，除非，引导条件状语从句
9. regard… as … ；把…...看作为...…
11. nothing is more adj. than to v.
12. His failure was due to the fact that he had not practised for a long time.他的失败是由于他没有练习很长时间。
13. native speaker 说本族语的人
14. end up doing sth : 以......结束
15. On the other hand of this / the argument.
16. we must do our absolute best to.
17. He sat by the fire, reading a novel.他坐在火旁，读着一本小说。
18. Today, ____, which have brought a lot of harms in our daily life. First, ____ Second,____. What makes things worse is that______.
19. …is the best way to make sure that.
20. I worked in a business where almost everyone is waiting for a great chance.我在一家几乎人人都在等好机会的企业里工作。
21. It's +形容词+（for sb. ） to do sth （对于某人来说）做某事…
22. ______ has been playing an increasingly important role in our day-to-day has brought us a lot of benefits but has created some serious problems as well.
24. first of all 首先（这个短语可用在作文中，使得文章有层次）
25. laugh at sb. 笑话；取笑（某人）（常见短语）
27. It will not be long before we meet again.不久之后我们就会再次见面的。
28. Hence/Therefore, we'd better come to the conclusion that …
29. It occurred to him that he had left his key at home.他突然想起把钥匙落在了家里。
30. the consequnce will be……
31. aloud, loud与loudly的用法，三个词都与"大声"或"响亮"有关。
32. Personlly i think that.
33. I'm looking forward to the day when Tai Wan returns to China.我期待着台湾回归祖国的那一天。
35. ① end up doing sth 终止做某事，结束做某事
36. To the point that i can no longer think of.
38. My dream came true at last.我的梦想最终实现了。
40. There are different opinions among people as to ____ .Some people suggest that ____.
41. Everything has two sides and ______ is not an exception，it has both advantages and disadvantages.
43. There is an old saying______. It"s the experience of our forefathers，however，it is correct in many cases even today.
45. practice doing 练习做某事 （practice后面接动名词，这一点有可能考到）
46. there is no denying the fect that.
48. As this result turns out to be……
50. That is the reason why I'm not in favour of revising the plan.这就是我不赞成修正这个计划的原因。
51. The English play in which my students acted at the New Year’s party was a great success.新年聚会上，学生表演的这部英语剧非常成功。
53. compare…to… 把…比作...（另外，大家要注意另一个短语，compare...with...，这也是一个重要的短语，意思是：拿…和…比较）
