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(2)They sought him out among the crowd.

他们在人群里找到了他。


　　seek out: look for and find; single out 找出；挑出
　　再如:
　　He is still seeking out a suitable as assistant.
　　他仍在想法物色一个适当的助手

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(3)He pepped me up a lot with his comments.

他的话让我很振奋。


　　pep up: give energy to使有劲；使活跃起来


　　再如:


　　A holiday in the sun will pep you up and you 'll soon feel better.
　　阳光下的假日会使你活跃起来，你很快就会感到有所好转。

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(4)All that glitters is not gold.

闪光的不都是金子。


　　学习这个句子，重点在学习一个语法常识，“部分否定”。这里，not否定的是all而不是动词is，也可以说，all...not的组合就是部分否定的固定搭配；否则，按照惯常的语法习惯，这个句子就该翻译成“所有闪光的都不是金子”了。如果要全部否定，想用英文表达“所有闪光的都不是金子”的意思，可以这样表达：None of those that glitter is gold.

　　这是一句英文和中文口语中都经常出现的俗语，英文解释附加的评论是：do not be fooled by worthless things that seem valuable or look attractive（别被那些看起来有价值或看起来吸引人而实际上一文不值的东西愚弄）。

　　来源于这个谚语，“Fool's gold”作为一个广为使用的名词，形容那些看起来闪光像黄金却不是黄金的石头（a popular name for a kind of stone that glitters like gold but contains no gold at all），有点像中文那句“金玉其外，败絮其中”的意思。

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(5)Mr.Grey bought his camera on approval.

格雷先生买的相机包退包换。


　　on approval: with the understanding that the thing may be refused（商品）供试用的；包退包换的
　　再如:
　　The corporation offered to send us samples

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(6)See to it that the door is safely locked before you go.

你走之前一定要锁好门。


　　see to it:make sure; take the responsibility 务必使；负责
　　再如:
　　We saw to it that the child was fed and

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(7)It's foolish to while away one's time in idle talk

把时间花费在闲谈上是很愚蠢的。


　　while away: pass（the time）in a leisurely way 消磨（时间）
　　再如:
　　I was glad of his company to while away an hour until the train came.
　　在等车的一小时中，有他作伴消磨时间，我很高兴。

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(8)He always talked big, but never amounted to anything.

他总是夸口，但毫无成就。


　　talk big: speak boastingly; make exaggerated statements or excessive claims in order to impress people 说大话；吹大牛；言过其实；以期引人注目。
　　再如:
　　We dislike those who talk big and do nothing.
　　我们不喜欢那些专讲大话而不做事的人。

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(9)Success results from hard work.

成功来自于努力工作。


　　result from: be the effect of sth. 由…引起；由…产生
　　再如:
　　His illness resulted from bad food.
　　他的病是由于吃了变质的食物引起的。

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(10)Please lend a hand with my luggage.

请帮我拿一下行李。


　　lend/give a hand: help; give assistance 帮助
　　再如:
　　Ask the boy to lend a hand with moving the piano.

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(11)All his children take turns in looking after him.

他的孩子们轮流照顾他。

　　take turns: do sth.in turn 轮流


　　再如:


　　There was only one dictionary so the three students had to take turns using it.
　　只有一本词典，因此 3个学生只好轮流用。

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(12)You ought to keep your mind on what you are doing.

你应当专心致志地做你的工作。


　　keep one's mind on:continue paying attention to 继续留神；继续专心于
　　再如:
　　It's hard to keep your mind on your work with all this noise going on.
　　这些噪声响个不停，很难使你专心工作。

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(13)He noted down everything I said.

他把我说的都记下了。


　　note down: write sthv.down 记录；记下
　　再如:
　　He noted down her address and telephone number in the back of his diary.
　　他在日记本的最后一页记下了她的地址和电话

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(14)Our club membership is restricted to twenty.

我们俱乐部成员限制在20人以内。


　　restrict to: limit; keep within certain limits 限制；约束；使在限度内
　　再如:
　　Discussion at the meeting was restricted

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(15)The domestic leg of torch relay is scaled back.

国内(奥运)火炬传递(行程)被缩减。




　　名词leg，我们所熟悉的意思就是“腿”，但在这个句子里，指的是一段过程。英文对这个词的解释是，a section or portion of a journey or course，即，(旅程中的)一段航程；(接力赛中每个运动员承担的)一段赛程。
　　而动词词组scale back，意思是，（按比例地）降低、缩小，来源于scake这个词的本意“标尺、刻度”。

　　原句：

　　It's decision on Tuesday to scale back the elaborate domestic leg of the Olympic torch relay — after a flood of Internet protests calling it insensitive — is a sign that officials are not deaf to public sentiment.

　　这个周二做出的决定，缩减精心准备的国内奥运火炬传递行程——在网上一片抗议这种做法不人道之后——显示官员并不是对公众情绪置之不理。