下去

e.g. I don't think I could_______________ another year as a teacher; just too stressful.

3)To live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you 比(某人)长寿,比(通常指亲人)活的更长

e.g. Harry ____________his wife by three months.

哈里比他妻子多活了三个月.

7. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men who came to teach the Catholic region to the natives.

majority : 大多数 in the majority：占大多数

Those who favor the proposal are _______________.

赞成该提案者占多数.

__________________approved the policy. 大多数的人赞同该提案.

8.fight against 为反对......而战，和......斗争。

fight for 为（争取）......而斗争

You should be ready to fight against difficulties.

你们应该准备同困难作斗争。

Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

9. influence n. 影响力,作用,有影响的人或物

e.g. Claude's work had a major_____________on generations of musicians.

克劳德的作品对几代音乐家都产生过重要影响

10. Many died or returned home, but most remained in California to make a life for themselves in the new towns or on farms.

remain:系动词,"留下","逗留".

I'll remain to see the end of the game.

The foreign guests remained in Beijing for two weeks.

11. ......which today still keeps up its Danish culture.

keep up: never stop,continue steadily,go on

eg.The manager asked the workers to keep up the work.

The rain kept up for two days and the roads were flooded.

12.People from Africa have been living in California since the 1800s, when they moved north from Mexico.

*have been doing 现在完成进行时,强调始于过去某时的动作持续发生到现在.

eg He has been painting the room. 他一直都在粉刷房间.

　*when they moved north from Mexico这是一个非限制性定语从句，对先行词"the 1800s" 进行补充说明，先行词在从句中作时间状语，因此用关系副词"when"引导。

　13. California has become home to people from Asia, including Cambodians,Koreans, Vietnamese and Laotians.

　 * become home to:成为家园

　 eg. The island has become home to snakes.