Unit 1
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Language points
1… and we all started to get our heads down … (Para 1)
To get one 7 s head down means to concentrate and focus on studying. In other British informal contexts, it can mean to sleep. Note also, to keep one" s head down means to continue to do something quietly, especial 1y when there is trouble happening around you.f开头的英文名
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2Most important of cour were the final exams in April and May in the following year. (Para 1)afternoon是什么意思
This is a conversational elliptical ntence. A standard way of saying this is： The most important things, of cour, were the final exams in Apri 1 and May in the following year.
3No one wanted the humiliation of finishing last in class, so the peer group pressure to work hard was strong. (Para 1)
Peer group pressure is the pressure to conform that people, especially children and young people, often
feel from the immediate group of tho around them who are of the same age or status.
4Libraries … were standing room only until the early hours of the morning, and guys wore the bags
under their eyes and their pale, sleepy faces with pride, like medals proving their diligence. (Para 1) The expression standing room only means there are no more ats avai table becau the place is crowded. This expression is often ud in public performa
lovetonces, for sports events and on public transport to mean that you have to stand becau the place is packed with people・
中级口译教程Bags under thoir eyes refer to loo dark areas of skin that you got when you have not had enough sleep.
height什么意思The expressi on guys wore the bags under their eyes wi th pride means tha t tho st udon ts were proud that their tired appearanee showed how hard they had been studying, and the bags under their eyes were 1ike medals.
5It wasn，t always the high flyers with the top grades who knew what they were going to do. (Para 2)
A high flyer refers to someone who has achieved a lot and has the ability and determination to continue to be successful in their studies or job. In university, a high flyer is a top student・syr group
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6Quite often it was the quieter, less impressive students who had the next stages of their
life mapped out. (Para 2)
To h&ve something mapped out means to have something that will happen planned in detail.
7One had landed a job in his brother， s advertising firm in Madison Avenue, another had got a script under provisional acceptance in Hollywood. (Para 2)
To land a job means to got a job that you wanted.
Provisional acceptance refers to sn acceptanee whi ch is arranged (in princi ple), but is not yet definite. 11 is temporary and could be changed.
8The most ambitious student among us was going to work as a party activist at a local level. (Para 2) A party activist is someone who takes part in activities that are intended to achieve political change, someone who is a member of a political organization.
9We all saw him ending up in the Senate or in Congress one day. (Para 2)
To end up somewhere means to be in a particular place or state after doing something or becau of it.
Here, a party activist might end up in Congress, as a resuIt of making career progress.
10But most people were either looking to continue their studies … and then ttle down with a family, a mortgage and some hope of promotion. (Para 2)
2013重庆高考作文题目To look to continue their studies here means to hope or expect to continue their studies - whether they can do so would probably depend on their exam resuIts and grades. You can also look to someone for help、advice or support.
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