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UNIT 1 NEVER GIVE IN, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER I. Words and expressions at your Head Master’s kind invitation at: in response to Collocation: at one’s invitation/request/suggestion, etc. e.g. A meeting was arranged at the ambassador’s request. At my suggestion, Mrs. Carey wrote to her former employer. Translation: 应胡锦涛主席之邀，美国总统将对中国进行国事访问。 Answer: At the invitation of President Hu Jintao, President of the United States will pay a state visit to China. catastrophic: a. involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering Synonym: disastrous Collocation: catastrophic floods/losses/effects/results Derivation: catastrophe n. ups and downs: a mixture of good things and bad things e.g. Sitting beside the window, he recalled the ups and downs of his parenthood. Translation: 从1999年建立以来，公司历经盛衰浮沉。 Answer: The organization has experienced its ups and downs since it was founded in 1999. position: situation at a particular time Synonym: situation e.g. It is time those companies revealed more about their financial position. Their soccer team is going to be in a very difficult position if nothing particular shows up. throwing our minds back to our meeting here ten months ago: recollecting our meeting at Harrow School ten months ago e.g. Please throw your mind back to 1945, when people all over the world were engaged in a great war against the Fascists. meet with: experience; undergo e.g. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure. Efforts to put the Russian space programme into market have met with little success. She was worried that he might have met with an accident. ... imagination makes things out far worse ...: ... what one imagines tends to be worse than reality ... make out: see or understand e.g. How do you make that out (= what are your reasons for thinking that)? [+ wh-] I can’t make out what she wants. Paraphrase: I can’t make out how to put it back. Answer: I don’t know/understand how to put it back. far-reaching: a. having imp