e.g:1) She used to say she didnt believe in marriag 2) He believes in plenty of fresh air and exercis 12. concentrate on: to give all your attention to e.g:1) You can solve the problem if you concentrate on it 13. go up: to rise, to become higher; to start burning quickly e.g.:1)We'd like to see the baby's weight going steadily up 2) The price of oil has gone up by over 50 per cent in less than a year 3)The whole building went up in just a few minutes I. Detailed Explanation of Text B 14. study reading: to read in detail细读,精读 skimming略读, scanning寻读, fast reading快读 study v.学习,努力 e.g. 1)He's studying medicine in the university 2)She always studied to avoid disagreeable topics n.学习;(pl)研究:书房:(作定语)学习的,研究的 the studies of English对英语的研究; a study hall学生自修室 15. be expected to do something to be required to do something as a duty or obligation 4 求,应该 e.g. You're expected to be punctual 16. plunk plonk V(informal) to put something down somewhere in a careless or noisy ay, to sit or lie down on something in a careless or noisy way e.g. 1) He plonked the bottle on the table 2) She plonked herself firmly down on the bed 17. look over: to examine something usually quickly e.g.:1)I want to look over these exercises before I gave them to the teacher 2)We must look over the house before we decide to rent it 18. be satisfied that to be sure that e.g:1)I'm satisfied that they are doing all they can 2)Im satisfied that he's guilty 19.(every)once in a while: sometimes, buy not very often e.g.:1)I still see Ken around town once in a while 2)Make sure you take a break every once in a while 20. finished a if you're finished you' ve completed the job that you were doing. (informal) e.g. I'll be finished in a 21. go over something to check something carefully e.g.: Could you go over this report and correct any mistakes? 22 reference n区参考,参照,查阅( reference to) e.g.: 1)You should make constant reference to dictionaries 2)The route is best seen by reference to the map 23. not so much: used for saying that one thing or fact is true or important rather than another并非.…,(而是)….:不是..,(而是) e.g.: 1) It was not so much that the work was difficult, but that it was so boringe.g.: 1) She used to say she didn’t believe in marriage. 2) He believes in plenty of fresh air and exercise. 12. concentrate on: to give all your attention to e.g.: 1) You can solve the problem if you concentrate on it. 2) The boy can’t concentrate on his lessons. 13. go up: to rise, to become higher; to start burning quickly e.g.: 1) We’d like to see the baby’s weight going steadily up. 2) The price of oil has gone up by over 50 per cent in less than a year. 3) The whole building went up in just a few minutes. IV. Detailed Explanation of Text B: 14. study reading: to read in detail 细读，精读 skimming 略读， scanning 寻读，fast reading 快读 study v. 学习，努力 e.g. 1) He’s studying medicine in the university. 2) She always studied to avoid disagreeable topics. n. 学习；(pl.)研究；书房；（作定语）学习的，研究的 the studies of English 对英语的研究； a study hall 学生自修室 15. be expected to do something: to be required to do something as a duty or obligation 要 求，应该 e.g.: You’re expected to be punctual. 16. plunk= plonk v. (informal) to put something down somewhere in a careless or noisy way; to sit or lie down on something in a careless or noisy way e.g. 1) He plonked the bottle on the table. 2) She plonked herself firmly down on the bed. 17. look over: to examine something usually quickly e.g.: 1) I want to look over these exercises before I gave them to the teacher. 2) We must look over the house before we decide to rent it. 18. be satisfied that: to be sure that e.g.: 1) I’m satisfied that they are doing all they can. 2) I’m satisfied that he’s guilty. 19. (every) once in a while: sometimes, buy not very often e.g.: 1) I still see Ken around town once in a while. 2) Make sure you take a break every once in a while. 20. finished a. if you’re finished, you’ve completed the job that you were doing.(informal) e.g.: I’ll be finished in a minute. 21. go over something: to check something carefully e.g.: Could you go over this report and correct any mistakes? 22. reference n. U 参考，参照，查阅 (reference to) e.g.: 1) You should make constant reference to dictionaries. 2) The route is best seen by reference to the map. 23. not so much: used for saying that one thing or fact is true or important rather than another 并非… …，（而是）… …；不是… …，（而是）… … e.g.: 1) It was not so much that the work was difficult, but that it was so boring