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habit is necessary for one to keep fit.
3、This is a rare occurrence as our climate seldom goes to extremes. 带as 的句子。。这里是引导原因的连词 同时 this is a rare occurrence 这个表达，比普遍的 this seldom happens。。要好
4、Next came a horse, swimming bravely, but we were afraid that the strength of the current would prevent its landing anywhere before it became exhausted. 这段话的层次很清晰。又是一个倒装开始，用一个进行时的状语。
第55课 From the Earth: Greetings
1、Radio telescopes have one big advantage over conventional telescopes in that they can operate in all weather conditions and can pick up signals coming from very distant stars.
这个 over 这个词。。以及 in that 表示原因的用法。
2、The radio telescope at Iodrell Bank in England was for many years the largest in the world.
状语的位置，习惯了把for+时间段的放在句子前后，偶尔看一下这样的表达会觉得不适应
3、A new telescope, over twice the size, was recently built at Sugar Grove in West Virginia.
划线的用法。
4、Astronomers no longer regard as fanciful the idea that they may one day pick up signal which have been sent by intelligent beings on other worlds.
regard as fanciful the idea that….这个句子，刚开始看没太懂结构。
其实正常的应该是 regard the idea that they… as fanciful. 为了平衡句子结构所以把as fanciful这个给提前了。蛮地道的表达。。至少是蛮不中式英语的表达
在旧托福里，这样的语法结构也考过。
5、Highly advanced civilizations may have existed on other planets long before intelligent forms of life evolved on the earth. Highly这个词。。。觉得很多赞美的感情都包括在里面了。。 最震撼的是看俺爸爸帮我改邮件， 最后一句 我本来写的是 I?m waiting for your replay.。。。。。 蛮土的 Your reply will be highly appreciated.。。。以后俺发邮件最后一句都是这个了。。。
还有advanced，一个用法比较多的词，属于要掌握好的词吧。
6、Aware of the fact that it would be impossible to wait thousands or millions of years to receive an answer from a distant planet, scientists engaged in Project
Ozma ate concentrating their attention on stars which are relatively close.
过渡句，连接2段间逻辑关系的句子。可以用做进一步详细的阐述，也可以做转折。
engage in 参与
7、A single picture would tell us more than thousands of words.
这个简单句可以用于很多写作的论述中间。 比如说电脑的作用：
A simple operation on the computer would save us more than thousands of minutes.
8、In an age when anything seems to be possible, it would be narrow-minded in the extreme to ridicule these attempts to find out if there is life in other parts of the universe.
很好的结尾总结句子。还是那个 creativity v.s knowledge
In an age when anything seems to be full of innovation, it would be narrow-minded in the extreme to regard knowledge gained as superior than creativity.
今日总结：
1、其实好多词光背了发现自己写作用的词汇还是没有提高，而从课文中抽出句子来，一方面是对语感的提高，而且也了解了这个词的适用场合，或者说，在你想到一个表达的时候，反应出来的不是单词，而是一个句子
2、插入语，以及一些小的结构是在老外们表达的时候很喜欢用的。也避免了满篇的which, who什么的定语从句，而且使句子结构比较灵活。而这些小成分放的位置，有时候是很形象地突出他所要表达的意思。
第54课 Instinct or Cleverness
1、We have been brought up to fear insects. 我们自幼就在对昆虫的惧怕中长大。
2、We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good.
我们把昆虫当作害多益少的无用东西。
3、We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths.
我们在日常生活中，不但憎恶如蜘蛛、黄蜂之类令人讨厌的昆虫，而且憎恶并无大害的飞蛾等。
4、Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch.
即使知道勤奋的蚂蚁生活具有高度组织性的社会里，当看到大群蚂蚁在我们精心准备的午间野餐上爬行时，我们也无法抑制对它们的反感。
5、We enjoy staring at them, entranced as they go about their business, unaware (we hope) of our presence. 我们喜欢入迷地看它们做事，它们不知道（但愿如此）我们就在它们身边。
6、Who has not stood in awe ate the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle?
当看到蜘蛛扑向一只苍蝇时，一队蚂蚁抬着一只巨大的死甲虫凯旋归时，谁能不感到敬畏呢？
第53课 In the Public Interest
推荐背诵课文。
1、As long ago as 1809, the Swedish Parliament introduced a scheme to safeguard the interest of the individual.
Introduce: 引进 bring in 的另外一种的表达 Individual: 到处都在强调的用法。
2、The Ombudsman is not subject to political pressure. 司法特派员不受任何政治压力的制约。
3、If a citizen?s complaint is justified, the Ombudsman will act on his behalf.
On one?s behalf: 代表某人的利益
如果公民的意见正确，司法特派员便为他伸张正义。
4、There was nothing in the record to show that the foreigner?s complaint was justified and the Chief of Police stoutly denied the accusation. 材料中没有任何文字记载证明外国人所说的情况符合事实，警察局长矢口否认这一指控。
第52课 Mud is Mud
推荐背诵课文。
1、Mud is mud.
实事求是。
我们校训就是这个。但是在校训下面写的是：Extract truth from the facts. 。。。不知道是不是中式英语。但是明显那个比这个好。
2、Despite the fact that the bottle is tinted a delicate shade of green, an observant visitor would soon notice that it is filled with what looks like a thick, grayish substance.
尽管那只瓶子呈淡绿色，但细心的客人很快就会发现瓶里装的是一种看上去黏稠，颜色发灰的东西。
Observant： 细心。下次说人心细或者观察仔细不要光说careful，considerable，watch carefully..了
3、This brief experiment would dispel any further doubts you might entertain.
Entertain：To hold the attention of with something amusing or diverting。使有兴趣的用法。
这一简单的试验会消除你可能存有的一切疑虑
4、How Harry came into the possession of this outlandish stuff makes an interesting story which he is fond of relating.
哈里如何得到这种稀奇古怪的东西的，这里有个有趣的故事，而且他挺爱把它讲给别人听。
5、He expected the girl to look at him in blank astonishment.
他原想女售货员会惊奇地望着他，不知所措 blank 和 sheer 这个词一样，蛮形象的。。
6、Harry decided that this little game he had invented might prove to be expensive. 他认识到自己发明的小小恶作剧是要付出很大的代价的。 有点因小失大的意思。
比如说，觉得“采纳这样的方法是得不偿失的。”
The suggestion to be carried out might prove to be expensive.
第51课 Automation
推荐背诵课文。。
1、 One of the greatest advances in modern technology has been the invention of computers.
现代技术最大进展之一是电子计算机的发明，
2、 Computers are capable of doing extremely complicated work in all branches
of learning.
注意一下be capable of的用法 以及表达方式。
电子计算机能在科学界各专业中从事及其复杂的工作。
3、 In the future, automation may enable human beings to enjoy far more leisure
than they do today.
将来，自动化可能使人类享有比目前更多的闲暇。 far+比较级 的用法
4、 The coming of automation is bound to have important social consequences.
自动化的实现必将产生重大的社会影响。
5、 They can never, as it were, lead independent lives, or ?role the world? by