n. 助手
①(2015•全国卷Ⅱ满分作文) I'd like to invite you to join us in assisting the elderly people there.
我想邀请你加入到我们帮助那里的老人们的活动中。
②(2015•四川高考书面表达)I am willing to assist you in/with your Mandarin.
我愿意帮助你提高普通话水平。
③(2015•天津高考满分作文)To assist the students to_learn/in_learning_Chinese_better,_our school has decided to donate some books to your Chinese class.
为了帮助学生更好地学习汉语,我们学校决定给你们中文班捐赠一些图书。
④We've rebuilt the theatre with the assistance (assist) of several local companies.
在当地几家公司的帮助下我们重建了剧院。
3.(教材P20)Hannah Jones looks into the future.
汉娜•琼斯展望未来。
look into调查,审查;向......里看
look out 留神,当心
look up 查阅
look down on/upon 轻视,瞧不起
look through 快速查看;浏览
look on 旁观
①He looked into the room and found nothing.
他向房间里面看,却什么都没发现。
②A committee was set up to_look_into the causes of the accident.
成立了一个委员会专门调查那场意外发生的原因。
③Many people look_down_upon the poorer people of the world.
很多人看不起世界上比自己穷的人。
4.(教材P20)In the 18th and 19th centuries, especially the latter, the most common theme in science fiction novels was the future.
在18和19世纪,特别是后者,科幻小说的最常见主题就是未来。
latter
(1)n.(两者中的)后者,最后一位(常与the连用)
the former ... the latter ... 前者......,后者......
①Man differs from beasts in that the_former is able to speak, while the_latter aren't.
人不同于野兽,因前者能说话,而后者却不能。
(2)adj.(两者中)后者的,最后的,后半期的
②As far as I'm aware, the latter point referred to at the meeting is the most important.
在我看来,在会上后面提及的那一点(内容)是最重要的。
③He spent the _latter_years_of_his_life in France.
他在法国度过了他的晚年。
5.(教材P20)There will therefore no longer be any conflict and people will be able to li ve together in peace and equality.
因此世界上不再有任何冲突,人们将能够在和平与平等中一起生活。