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。