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1、1.TheValueofTime时间的价值1."Time"saystheproverb"ismoney".Thismeansthateverymomentwell-spentmayputsomemoneyintoourpockets.Ifourtimeisusefullyemployed,itwilleitherproducesomeusefulandimportantpieceofworkwhichwillfetchitspriceinthemarket,oritwilladdtoourexperienceandincreaseourcapaci

2、tiessoastoenableustoearnmoneywhentheproperopportunitycomes.Therecanthusbenodoubtthattimeisconvertibleintomoney.Letthosewhothinknothingofwastingtimerememberthis;letthemrememberthatanhourmisspentisequivalenttothelossofabanknote;andthatanhourutilizedistantamounttosomuchsilverorgo

3、ld;andthentheywillprobablythinktwicebeforetheygivetheirconsenttothelossofanypartoftheirtime.1.employv.使用，采用，雇佣，使忙于employern.雇主，老板employeen.雇员，从业人员employmentn.使用，职业，雇佣Employmentrate就业率，雇用率2.Either…or…要么…要么…;二者择一的Neither…nor…两者都不Both…and…两者都NeithershenorIamright.她和我都不对。Eithershe

4、orIamright.她和我必有一人对。注：either…or…;neither…nor…;notonly…butalso;…or…,连接两个主语时，谓语动词在人称和数上应遵循就近原则。NeitherMarynorAlicehasherkeywithher.玛丽和爱丽丝都没有她的钥匙。Neitherthepackagenorthelettershavereachedtheirdestination.那个包裹和那些信件都没有到达目的地。3.fetch取来，接来，到达4.addto增添，添加，加强5.soasto以便，以致（做目的状语）;它的否定式是s

5、oasnotto.Tomkeptquietabouttheaccidentsoasnottolosehisjob.汤姆对事故保持沉默是为了不丢掉他的工作。Sokindasto劳驾Wouldyoubesokindastotellmethetime?劳驾，现在几点了？还有一些短语中使用不定式表目的，如：onlyto(仅仅为了)，inorderto,soasto,so(such)…asto…(如此。。。以便。。。)等Heransofastastocatchthefirstbus.他飞快地跑以便赶上第一班车。Icomehereonlytosaygood-b

6、ytoyou.我来仅仅是向你告别。6.enablesbtodosth使得某人做某事7.Thereisnodoubtthat…毫无疑问8.thinknothingof…把…视为平常thinkalotof…看重；对…高度评价9.convertibleadj.可改变的，可交换的convertv.…into…使转变，转换，使…改变信仰10.beequivalentto…11.betantamountto…相当于…;无异于的Ifyousayonethingistantamounttoanother,moreseriousthing,youareemphasi

7、zinghowbad,unacceptable,orunfortunatethefirstthingisbycomparingittothesecondthing.例句：WhatBraceyissayingistantamounttoheresy.布里斯正在说的无异于异端邪说。1.Thinktwice再三考虑，重新考虑thinktwiceaboutdoingsth.三思而后再决定做某事2.Giveone’sconsent（n.）tosth…同意，赞成例句：Atapproximately11:30p.m.,pollardfinallygavehisc

8、onsenttothesearch.大约晚上11：30的时候，波拉得终于对搜查予以同意。区别consent(vi.)同意，