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1、 1. live off the land: live on the plants and fruit you grow yourself and animals you keep ratherthan buying them; 2. get round to doing sth.: you eventually do sth. that you would have liked to avoid doing or that you were unable to do earlier; Example: It took Mike a fortnight to get round to tell
2、ing his wife that he had lost the job. 3. something is just as well: it is fortunate that it happened in the way it did; Example: The salesman did not have to sell door-to-door. That was just as well, as he walked with a little limp. 4. I am not in E.B.Whites class as a writer or in my neighbors lea
3、gue as a farmer, but Im getting by. Paraphrase: As a writer I am not as intelligent as E.B.White and as a farmer I am not so good at farm work as my neighbors, but I have managed to survive and live a satisfactorylife. 5. contentment=content (n.): a feeling of quite happiness and satisfaction; Examp
4、les: Content is happiness. (Proverb) The greatest wealth is contentment with a little. (Proverb) content: adj. If you are content to do something or you are content with something, you are willing to do, have, or accept it. Examples: A little bird is content with a little nest. (Proverb) Mary would
5、have been content to accept her husbands explanations for often coming home late. But he didnt make any. Note: As an adjective, content cant be used as an attribute（定语）to modify a noun. contented: be quite happy and satisfied; Examples: A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.(Proverb) After
6、having enough milk, the baby felt contented and soon fell asleep. Alice was quite contented with her second marriage . Note: When contented is used as a predicative adjective (表语形容词), it cant be followed by an infinitive（不定式）. For example, we cant say She was contented to have her apartment decorate
7、d this way. 6. self-reliant: compound adjective(复合形容词), rely on oneself; More Examples: self-educated, self-evident, self sufficient, self-confident; 7. We cut enough wood to just about make it through the heating season. Page 1 of 3Untitled Document2012-11-2mhtml:file:/C:Documents and Settingsxdjy桌
8、面3jjd1note.mhtjust about: roughly Example: The dinner was just about ready when children came back from school. make it: be successful in doing or getting something; Example: Mike failed to make it as an anchorman because of his strong accent. Paraphrase: We cut wood by ourselves, which can provide
9、us with enough heating duringthe winter. 8. satisfying: Something that is satisfying gives you a feeling of pleasure and fulfillment. Example: For me, there is nothing more satisfying than teaching, which I have chosen as my life-long career. satisfactory: Something that is satisfactory is good enou
10、gh to be acceptable. Example: He felt very much relieved when the doctor told him that his general state ofhealth was quite satisfactory. This time the teacher gave my composition a satisfactory grade. satisfied: Someone who is satisfied is happy because they have got what they wanted. Example: On t
11、he whole, we are quite satisfied with the exam results. 9. watch for: be alert or careful about something; Examples: Nowadays, many products are not as good as they claim to be. When you buy adown jacket(羽绒服), youd better watch for inferior fillings. 10. pretty tough: very tough; Example: Mary: Mike
12、, Tom says Im pretty and Jack says Im ugly. Do you think Im pretty or ugly? Mike: I think you are pretty ugly. 11. make some long-overdue improvements on the toilet: make some improvements onthe toilet which should have been made long before. 12. freelance: n. adj. a writer or other trained worker w
13、ho earns his money without being inthe regular employment of any particular organization; Examples: He makes a living as a freelance journalist. Anne does freelance translation to supplement the family income. 13. accumulate: increase in number or in amount; Example: As a cigarette burns, harmful su
14、bstances accumulate in the unsmoked portion. 14. digest: v. break down food; absorb ( information); Examples: Patients, especially those who have just had an operation, should eat easilydigested food. Page 2 of 3Untitled Document2012-11-2mhtml:file:/C:Documents and Settingsxdjy桌面3jjd1note.mhtChildre
15、n often memorize the lessons rather than digest them. n. a collection of pieces of writing which are published together in a shorter and moreconcise form; Examples: The Middle East Economic Digest; Readers Digest; 15. premium: a regular payment to an insurance company; Example: I should have paid my
16、 insurance premiums last Monday. put (place) a high premium on sth.: regard sth. as very important; Example: Law workers should put a high premium on honesty. 16. tolerance: a quality of allowing other people to do or to say what they like (宽容); no longer have very much effect on; Examples: I very much appreciate your tolerance and understanding of what we have done. If you take any drug to the point of excess, your body will develop a tolerance to it. ( 抗
