1. carry out   实施

2. (a) desire to do sth 渴望做某事

3. be used to do sth   被用来做某事

4. test out   检验，考验

5. be absent (from ...)   缺席……

   be present at ... 出席……

6. persuade sb to do sth   劝服某人做某事

7. feel alarmed   感到害怕

    feel embarrassed 感到尴尬

8. feel sympathy for   同情某人

9. a pile of   一堆，一摞

10 . or rather    更确切地说

       rather than 而不是

1. at an aquarium    在水族馆

2. at the beginning of ... 在……的开始

    in the beginning   开始，起初

3. It was a time when... 有一段时间……

   It was a time when I hated to go to school.

4. at the time   当时

5. witness   证人（n.) ;亲眼目睹(v)

    I witnessed the accident= I was a witness to the accident.

6. sort out 分类，整理；解决困难

7. in time to do sth 及时做某事

He got to the station in time to catch the train.

1. hear from (=receive a letter from) 收到某人来信

    hear of/about 听说，了解

2 be dying to do sth    非常想做某事（想得要死）

   be dying for sth   非常想要得到某物

   He was dying for a new house/ to buy a new house.

3. be made from   由……制造（看得见原材料）

　be made of        由……制造（看不见原材料）

　be made in      产于某地

４. up to   达到；由……负责

　He can earn up to 5000 yuan a month.