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Unit1

SectionA

Time-ConsciousAmericans

DetailedstudyoftheText

1.Americansbelievenoonestandsstill.(Para.1)

Meaning:Americansbelievenoonekeepsmotionless;everyonemoves.

→Here“stand”meanskeep“orstayinaparticularpositionorstate”.Inthissense,stand“”is

followedbyadjectives.Moreexamples:

Theroomstandsidle.这房间闲置着。

Standfirm-don’tletthemtellyouwhattodo.要坚定，不要让他们对你指手画脚。

Theystandopposedtothenewlaw.他们反对这项新法律。

2.…youarefallingbehind.(Para.1)

★fallbehind:movemoreslowlythanotherpeoplesothatoneisbehindthem.

fallbehindinscience在科学方面落后

fallbehindone’scompetitors落后于竞争对手。

Thestudenthasbeenworkinghardforfearthatheshuoldfallbehind.这个学生一直很努力，

唯恐落后。

3.Thisattituderesultsinanationofpeoplecommittedtoresearching,experimentingand

exploring.(Para.1)

Meaning:ThiswayofthinkinganddoingthingscausesAmericanstodevotetheirtimeand

ennergytoresearching,experimentingandexploring.

resultin:makesomethinghappen;cause

Actingbeforethinkingalwaysresultsinfailure.做事不事先考虑总会导致失败。

Theaccidentresultedinthedeathoftwopeople.这场事故造成两人死亡。

★compare:

resultfrom:becausedbysomethingthathashappenedpreviously

Nothinghasresultedfromhisefforts.他的努力终成泡影。

Thechild’sillnessresultedfromeatinguncleanfood.孩子生病是由于吃了不干净的事物。

4.TimeisoneofthetwoelementsthatAmericanssavecarefully,theotherbeinglabor.(Para.1)

Meaning:Americansusetwothingswithgreatcare(or:A