His interests ranged from chess to canoeing 他的爱好从下国际象棋到划独木舟,范围很广 3. be left over剩下来,留下来 These matters will have to be left over until the next meeting 这些事情只好留到下次会议再讨论了 leave sb/sth out of(sth)排除在外;忽略掉 Leave me out of this quarrel, please---I don t want to get involved leave sb/sth behind忘记带某物 leave off停止 4. hold sth down(使)保持低水平,(使)不增加,保持 The rate of inflation must be held down.通货膨胀率必须控制在低水平上 hold sb down:压制某人,限制某人的自由 5. account for:解释,占去 - His illness accounts for his absence.他因病缺席。 Transportation accounts for 10% of my income on account of sth因为,由于 on no account决不可以,切莫 6. go down下降,降低,倒在地上 The price of petrol is going down She tripped and went down with a bump.她绊了一下,猛地跌到在地上 go down with患病 7. on sb's side对某人有利,赞同某人的意见 Whose side are you on anyway?你究竟支持谁? the other side of the coin事情的另一面 take sides with sb偏袒 8. long for sth渴望,极想 The children are longing for the holidays anguage poin For rose growers, those who distribute roses, and those who sell, this years anticipated 7% increase in sales will be sweeter than a 5-pound box of chocolate candy. (Para. 1) Meaning: It is expected that sales of roses this year will increase by 7%. For rose growers, those who deliver roses, and those who sell, the increase will be sweeter than a 5-pound box of chocolate candy 2. But selling them is no longer a beautiful experience for trad itional flower shops (Para. 2 Meaning: But selling roses is no longer an exciting experience for traditional This sentence implies that sell ing roses is no longer as easy for traditional flower shops as it was in the past. They need to make some improvement in their 3. Customers--some dressed in work clothes, some in expensive suits and overcoats-circulate among the counter and stare at shelf after shelf of roses in more than 50 colors.(Para. 4)His interests ranged from chess to canoeing. 他的爱好从下国际象棋到划独木舟，范围很广。 3. be left over 剩下来，留下来 These matters will have to be left over until the next meeting. 这些事情只好留到下次会议再讨论了。 leave sb/sth out of (sth)排除在外；忽略掉 --Leave me out of this quarrel, please---I don’t want to get involved. leave sb/sth behind 忘记带某物 leave off 停止 4. hold sth down （使）保持低水平，（使）不增加，保持 --The rate of inflation must be held down. 通货膨胀率必须控制在低水平上。 hold sb down: 压制某人，限制某人的自由 5. account for: 解释， 占去 --His illness accounts for his absence. 他因病缺席。 --Transportation accounts for 10% of my income. on account of sth 因为，由于 on no account 决不可以，切莫 6. go down 下降，降低，倒在地上 --The price of petrol is going down. --She tripped and went down with a bump.她绊了一下，猛地跌到在地上。 go down with 患病 7. on sb’s side 对某人有利，赞同某人的意见 --Whose side are you on anyway? 你究竟支持谁？ the other side of the coin 事情的另一面 take sides with sb 偏袒 8. long for sth 渴望， 极想 --The children are longing for the holidays. Language Points 1. For rose growers, those who distribute roses, and those who sell, this year’s anticipated 7% increase in sales will be sweeter than a 5-pound box of chocolate candy. (Para. 1) Meaning: It is expected that sales of roses this year will increase by 7%. For rose growers, those who deliver roses, and those who sell, the increase will be sweeter than a 5-pound box of chocolate candy. 2. But selling them is no longer a beautiful experience for traditional flower shops. (Para. 2) Meaning: But selling roses is no longer an exciting experience for traditional flower shops. This sentence implies that selling roses is no longer as easy for traditional flower shops as it was in the past. They need to make some improvement in their management. 3. Customers—some dressed in work clothes, some in expensive suits and overcoats—circulate among the counter and stare at shelf after shelf of roses in more than 50 colors. (Para. 4)