Book 1 lesson 3
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1 If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring.
2 Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor.
3 “we are slaves to nothing but the clock,”
4 Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run our of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.
5 Don’t take it personally.
6 Many of us have what might be called “a short fuse.”
7 ….be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest.
8 much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust and rapport.
9 We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies.
10 bur in the business world we almost always have other appointments following hard on the heels of whatever we are doing.
11 …especially given our traffic-filled streets.
12 In some countries no major business is carried on without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation.
13 Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect.
14 Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to “get it moving.”

2 phrase
1 be committed to: From then on, I was committed to shedding the weight and getting into shape.
2 be slave to/of: 受….的支配或影响  An ancient Greek philosopher once said that the rich man was slave to his money.   Quite a number of girls are slaves of fashion.
3 account for sth.:对..作出解释  The boy could not account for the time he spent away from school.
4 charge(sb. money) for sth: 向（某人）收取…的费用  They charge $10 for a haircut there.
The hotel doesn’t charge for breakfast.
Charge sb. money(for sth.):（因….）向某人收取费用 The watch-repairer charged Lao Li 200 yuan for his service.
5 count: 有价值，有重要意义 We don’t have much water left, so make every drop count.
Strength, skill and willpower count equally in sports.
6 attach importance/significance/value, etc. to:认为…重要
We attach great importance to the good relations between our tow countries.  People seem to attach too much importance to his opinion.
7 have a short fuse
8 slip away: leave quickly  She slipped away ten minutes after the film began.
Time’s slipping away.
9 in terms of:在….方面， 就….而论
10 go with sth.: be included with or as apart of sth. 包括，….是其一部分
The car goes with the job.
11 over:在做…的时候  Let’s discuss the matter over dinner.   They exchanged information over a cup of tea.
12 small talk 闲谈，聊天
13 much less:   They wouldn’t even take any souvenir, much less money.
She was so tired that she did not want to speak, much less sing.
Much less 在句首时，要倒装
14 seek out 努力寻找，找出
15 rather than:     She is shy rather than proud.
                 We attach or importance to what he is rather than what his parents are.
16 lay out 设计，规划（建筑物等）
17 (hard)on the heels of: happening very soon after     Famine came hard on the heels of flood.
18 work(hard) at : 在…..上（狠）下工夫
19 given prep. : 考虑到…..     Given his age, he’s done well.
Given that there was so little money available for the project, they’ve done a good job.
20 有increasing的句子里，一般用进行时，表示行为在当前一段时间里正在发生。
In China , an increasing number of children are learning to play the piano.
21 in a matter of moments: 一会儿工夫.     A matter of + 名词，表示量少
The taxi arrived in a matter of minutes.    They think the war will be over in a matter of months.
22 it seems as if/as though:看起来好象  It seems as if she doesn’t like the watch I gave her.
23 being considered: 正在被考虑
24 worthy of : 值得   He is a man worthy of trust.
25 be felt to do/to be:（人们）觉得…..（往往不正确）
Garbage collecting is generally felt to be less honorable than many other jobs.
26 give sith. Added weight: 使…更重要
27 take sth as a sign of : 把…..看成是…..的标志
Don’t take our patience as a sigh of weakness.
28 get sth doing:（有意识地）使得…  Wait until I get the machine running.

3 interpretation
1 The engineers have discussed the plan in depth. Once the project starts, it will be moving ahead smoothly.
2 Today, if you know nothing about computers, you can hardly carry on with anything.
3 Shakespeare’s achievement in literature is worthy of great praise.
4 Everybody wants to bring his family to this get-together.
5 That committee could not reach an agreement on this issue.