四级作文.doc

Phrases for Unit 5-A
征服广袤的荒野 to tame the great wild areas
最有用的东西 a major commodity
自视甚高 to speak highly of oneself
毫无疑问 no doubt about it
蹑手蹑脚地走开 to creep away
交通繁忙的大路 a busy road
有人为伴 to have company
某人主要的高洁之处 the main point of one’s nobility
砍柴 to chop wood
洗衣服 to do a laundry
以······为伴 to have … for company
随意 as you please
熬夜 to stay up late
详细叙说 to talk at length
快乐的结局 a happy ending

搜寻；寻觅: to cast about
抛弃；消除: to cast aside
回忆；追溯: to cast back
每当独处时，他通常回忆起自己无忧无虑的童年。
Whenever in solitude, he normally casts back his mind to his childhood free of cares and worries.

显而易见；极简单: to be not far to seek
寻求，探索: to seek after / for
处心积虑: to seek all means
知足常乐。
Happiness is not far to seek as long as one is content with what he owns at the moment.

开始：to set about
留出；拨出：to set aside
引起；开始旅程：to set off
着手；开始：to set out
有关上海迪斯尼协议的报告指出，已经为中国大陆的首家迪斯尼主题公园预留了10平方公里的土地。
The reports on Shanghai-Disney deal said 10 square kilometer of land has been set aside for the first Disneyland theme park on Chinese mainland.

勉强去做那些做不到的事情: to stretch for the impossible
伸展身体; 尽最大的努力: to stretch oneself
说得过分点；言过其实：to stretch the truth/fact
娱记们往往擅长夸大事实来吸引更多的眼球。
Entertainment reporters, more often than not, are good at stretching the facts to catch more eyes.

解决争端/矛盾/争论：to settle a dispute/conflict/ argument
等待局势明朗：to wait for the dust to settle
目光落在······上: one’s eyes/gaze settles on sb./ sth.
弄清情况后再解决问题是明智的做法。
It is wise to wait for the dust to settle before addressing a problem.

Sample writings
Sample 1:
Topic: People living alone on purpose and people who have to live alone
Some people prefer to live alone whereas some others have to live alone for one reason or another. Those people believing in inspirational solitude argue that no companion is more companionable than solitude. Literary giants such as William Wordsworth, John Milton and Henry Thoreau enjoyed living alone on purpose. Hunters or explorers enjoy themselves as they venture out to tame the great wild areas.
On the other hand, there are some other people who have to live alone due to various reasons: being divorced, widowed or never married. Many of them feel bitter to live in solitude. They have no one to talk to and as a result they talk at length to themselves and to their pets and to the television.

Sample 2:
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Living with one’s Parents
There are two sides to anything in the world, to which living with one’s parents is no exception. If you live with your parents, on the one hand, your life is always bathed in your parents’ care and love. No matter how late you come home every evening, for example, you will find your bed made as tidy as ever, your dirty clothes washed clean, and your supper ready for you to enjoy. But, on the other hand, you find no way to rid yourself of the supervision from your parents. Among other things, you are not free to do as you like. You have to think twice before partying into the early hours of the morning in your house or moving many friends in with you. And what you may in no way stand is that your parents nag at you whenever and wherever possible.