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1) 我父亲让我铭记艰苦劳动的价值。

Keys: 1)I have the impression that we have met once before. 2)What's your impression of him? 3)My father impressed on me the value of hard work.

1. remind v.提醒；使想起

[典例]

1) The picture reminds me of my college days．这张照片使我想起了大学里的日子。

2) Remind me to write to father．请提醒我给父亲写信。

3) Please remind me that I must call her up before nine.请提醒我九点前给她打个电话。

[重点用法]

remind sb．of sth．=remind sb．about... 提醒某人某事；

remind sb．that也可以表示"提醒某人做某事"或"使某人想起去做某事"。

[考例]单项填空

What you said just now_____ me of that American professor.

A. mentioned B. informed C. reminded D. memorized

【解析】remind sb. of sth.使/让某人想起某事；informed sb. of sth.通知某人事情。A,D都无此结构。答案：C。

[练习]根据句子的意思在横线里填入适当的词。

1)Please remind yourself often ______ your weak points，shortcomings and mistakes．

2)Please remind him _______________(post)the letters.

Keys: 1) of 2) to post

2. previous adj.先的, 前的; 事前的; 以前的

[重点用法]

previous to 在......之前

[典例]

1）He did better in his previous study.他在预习方面做得好。

2）His previous attempt was successful. 他以前的尝试成功了。

3）Previous to the conference we had discussed the matter.

在会议召开之前,我们讨论了这个问题.

[练习] 汉译英

1）你以前有过这种工作经验吗？

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2）来这里之前,我为你准备了文件.

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Keys: 1）Do you have any previous experience of this kind of job? 2）Previous to coming here, I prepared all the documents for you.

3. lack vt.缺乏；没有 n.缺乏；短缺的东西

[重点用法]