1. If you are not moving ahead ， you are falling behind
fall behind （ sb ） ： to go more slowly than other people so that they gradually move further ahead of you ； to be less successful than someone else 落伍、落在后面
eg： She was leading in the 800-metre race ， but fell behind in the last second.
在800米比賽中她一直領(lǐng)，在最后的一秒里落在了別人的后面。
eg：Germany has fallen behind France and Britain in the production of airliners
德國在大型客機(jī)生產(chǎn)方面不如法國和英國。
fall behind with/on sth.to fail to pay for sth. or to do sth. when it is due拖欠；跟不上
eg：Don‘t fall behind with the rent ， or you’ll be told to leave. 不要拖欠房租，不然的話，房東就會(huì)叫你搬走。
eg：I‘ve fallen far behind with my maths homework. I don’t think I‘ll ever be ableto catch up .
數(shù)學(xué)作業(yè)我已經(jīng)落下不少，永遠(yuǎn)也趕不上了。
eg：She falls behind with her studies 她學(xué)習(xí)跟不上
2. This attitude results in a nation of peoplecommitted to
commit oneself/be committed to （doing ） sth： v. （1）transport， convey：傳送
傳遞消息to say/have said that someone will definitely do sth. or must do sth .決心做；承諾做
eg： Think carefully before you commit yourself to working at weekends .好好考慮之后再?zèng)Q定是不是同意周末工作
eg： The government is committed to improving housing conditions for low-income people
政府承諾要為低收入居民改善居住環(huán)境。
eg： From then on， he was committed to working hard 從那時(shí)起，他就決心要好好學(xué)習(xí)。
3. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully， the other being labor Americans are often thought to be a squandering nation.
the other being labor 獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)
eg： There are many children singing， each having flouwers in his or her hands.
有許多孩子在唱歌，每人手里都拿著花
4. Weare slaves to nothing but the clock
be slave to/of to 受——的支配或影響；成為——的奴隸
eg： A lot of young people nowadays are slaves of/to fashion . 如今有不少年輕人拼命趕時(shí)髦。
eg： He is slave to drink. 他是個(gè)酒鬼
5. Time is treated as if it were something almost tangible——Americans treat time as if it were something solid ， which you can seize and control
treat……as：consider…as： 把——看作/視為
eg：Don‘t treat me as a child， I’m eighteen years old. 不要把我當(dāng)小孩子看了，我18歲了。
eg：You‘d better treat his words as a joke. 你把他的話當(dāng)作玩笑。
tangible： 能摸得著的；有形的
6. We budget it，kill it ， cut it ，account for it.
budget time： 計(jì)劃時(shí)間steal time： 擠出時(shí)間kill time： 消磨時(shí)間 cut time： 減少時(shí)間
account for time 解釋時(shí)間 account for sth 對(duì)——作出解釋/說明
eg： Jane was upset because her son couldn‘t account for the three hours between his last class and his arrival home .
簡因此感到不高興，因?yàn)閮鹤诱f不清放學(xué)之后到回家之前的三個(gè)小時(shí)之間他究竟干了什么。
eg： She has to account to her husband for every penny of the moneyhe gives her for house keeping
丈夫給她持家的錢是怎么花的，她得一筆一筆地向他交代清楚。
eg：He couldn‘t account for why he was late. 他解釋不清他為什么遲到。
account for sth 說明原因
eg： Bad mews from home may account for his recent depression. 他近來情緒低落可能是因?yàn)榧依锍隽耸隆?BR> eg： Icy roads account for the increase in accidents . 路面結(jié)冰是造成交通事故增加的原因。
account for （數(shù)量上）占——
eg： Girl students account for more than 50% in our school. 女學(xué)生在我校占一半以上。
7. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime.——Many people are keenly aware that life is short
acute： keen；sharp；quick 敏銳的；尖銳的，（疾病等）急性的
eg：Some animals have an acute sense of smell. 有些動(dòng)物的嗅覺很敏銳。
a sense of responsibility 責(zé)任感a sense of shame 羞恥感a sense of security 安全感
a sense of hearing 聽覺 sense： 感覺
8. Oncer the sands have run out of a person‘s hourglass ， they cannot be replaced .
Once： 一旦
eg：Once you have come， you must stay. 既來之，則安之。
the sands：（古代計(jì)時(shí)用的）沙漏中的沙；（喻）時(shí)間；光陰；壽命 the sands of time 時(shí)光
the sands of（one‘s ）life壽命 The sands are running out.
run out of： 用完；耗盡
eg：I‘m running out of money this month. Could you please land me some
我這個(gè)月的錢快花光了，你能借我點(diǎn)嗎？
9. We want every minute to count .
count： to be of value or importance 有價(jià)值，有意義
eg： First impressions of people do count 人們的最初印象確實(shí)重要
eg： We have only a few bullets left ，so make each one count
我們只剩下幾發(fā)子彈了，每一發(fā)都要真正派上用場(chǎng)
eg： Such men do not count for anything 這種人毫不足取。
10 A foreigner‘s first impressionof the U.S.…
Impression： 印象
eg：What‘s your first impression about Beijing？ 你對(duì)北京的第一印象如何？
under pressure：： 不得不如此；壓力下
eg：I don‘t want to work under pressure 我不喜歡在不得已的情況下做事。
11.City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going， restlessly seeking attention in a store， elbowing others as they try to complete their errands.
elbow ：肘
eg：to push roughly with one‘s elbows in the specified direction
He elbowed his way through the crowd.他從人群中擠出。
12.If you don‘t， waiters will hurry you.
Hurry sb：催促某人趕快
eg：Hurry him or he‘ll be late.催他快點(diǎn)，要不他會(huì)遲到的
13.………but they are also quite high strung.
high strung： very sensitive and easily excited， string up 受驚
14.You also find drivers will be abrupt.
abrupt：突然的；粗魯?shù)?；無禮的
to finish or be through 完成
eg：an abrupt manner.無禮的態(tài)度
fall behind （ sb ） ： to go more slowly than other people so that they gradually move further ahead of you ； to be less successful than someone else 落伍、落在后面
eg： She was leading in the 800-metre race ， but fell behind in the last second.
在800米比賽中她一直領(lǐng)，在最后的一秒里落在了別人的后面。
eg：Germany has fallen behind France and Britain in the production of airliners
德國在大型客機(jī)生產(chǎn)方面不如法國和英國。
fall behind with/on sth.to fail to pay for sth. or to do sth. when it is due拖欠；跟不上
eg：Don‘t fall behind with the rent ， or you’ll be told to leave. 不要拖欠房租，不然的話，房東就會(huì)叫你搬走。
eg：I‘ve fallen far behind with my maths homework. I don’t think I‘ll ever be ableto catch up .
數(shù)學(xué)作業(yè)我已經(jīng)落下不少，永遠(yuǎn)也趕不上了。
eg：She falls behind with her studies 她學(xué)習(xí)跟不上
2. This attitude results in a nation of peoplecommitted to
commit oneself/be committed to （doing ） sth： v. （1）transport， convey：傳送
傳遞消息to say/have said that someone will definitely do sth. or must do sth .決心做；承諾做
eg： Think carefully before you commit yourself to working at weekends .好好考慮之后再?zèng)Q定是不是同意周末工作
eg： The government is committed to improving housing conditions for low-income people
政府承諾要為低收入居民改善居住環(huán)境。
eg： From then on， he was committed to working hard 從那時(shí)起，他就決心要好好學(xué)習(xí)。
3. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully， the other being labor Americans are often thought to be a squandering nation.
the other being labor 獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)
eg： There are many children singing， each having flouwers in his or her hands.
有許多孩子在唱歌，每人手里都拿著花
4. Weare slaves to nothing but the clock
be slave to/of to 受——的支配或影響；成為——的奴隸
eg： A lot of young people nowadays are slaves of/to fashion . 如今有不少年輕人拼命趕時(shí)髦。
eg： He is slave to drink. 他是個(gè)酒鬼
5. Time is treated as if it were something almost tangible——Americans treat time as if it were something solid ， which you can seize and control
treat……as：consider…as： 把——看作/視為
eg：Don‘t treat me as a child， I’m eighteen years old. 不要把我當(dāng)小孩子看了，我18歲了。
eg：You‘d better treat his words as a joke. 你把他的話當(dāng)作玩笑。
tangible： 能摸得著的；有形的
6. We budget it，kill it ， cut it ，account for it.
budget time： 計(jì)劃時(shí)間steal time： 擠出時(shí)間kill time： 消磨時(shí)間 cut time： 減少時(shí)間
account for time 解釋時(shí)間 account for sth 對(duì)——作出解釋/說明
eg： Jane was upset because her son couldn‘t account for the three hours between his last class and his arrival home .
簡因此感到不高興，因?yàn)閮鹤诱f不清放學(xué)之后到回家之前的三個(gè)小時(shí)之間他究竟干了什么。
eg： She has to account to her husband for every penny of the moneyhe gives her for house keeping
丈夫給她持家的錢是怎么花的，她得一筆一筆地向他交代清楚。
eg：He couldn‘t account for why he was late. 他解釋不清他為什么遲到。
account for sth 說明原因
eg： Bad mews from home may account for his recent depression. 他近來情緒低落可能是因?yàn)榧依锍隽耸隆?BR> eg： Icy roads account for the increase in accidents . 路面結(jié)冰是造成交通事故增加的原因。
account for （數(shù)量上）占——
eg： Girl students account for more than 50% in our school. 女學(xué)生在我校占一半以上。
7. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime.——Many people are keenly aware that life is short
acute： keen；sharp；quick 敏銳的；尖銳的，（疾病等）急性的
eg：Some animals have an acute sense of smell. 有些動(dòng)物的嗅覺很敏銳。
a sense of responsibility 責(zé)任感a sense of shame 羞恥感a sense of security 安全感
a sense of hearing 聽覺 sense： 感覺
8. Oncer the sands have run out of a person‘s hourglass ， they cannot be replaced .
Once： 一旦
eg：Once you have come， you must stay. 既來之，則安之。
the sands：（古代計(jì)時(shí)用的）沙漏中的沙；（喻）時(shí)間；光陰；壽命 the sands of time 時(shí)光
the sands of（one‘s ）life壽命 The sands are running out.
run out of： 用完；耗盡
eg：I‘m running out of money this month. Could you please land me some
我這個(gè)月的錢快花光了，你能借我點(diǎn)嗎？
9. We want every minute to count .
count： to be of value or importance 有價(jià)值，有意義
eg： First impressions of people do count 人們的最初印象確實(shí)重要
eg： We have only a few bullets left ，so make each one count
我們只剩下幾發(fā)子彈了，每一發(fā)都要真正派上用場(chǎng)
eg： Such men do not count for anything 這種人毫不足取。
10 A foreigner‘s first impressionof the U.S.…
Impression： 印象
eg：What‘s your first impression about Beijing？ 你對(duì)北京的第一印象如何？
under pressure：： 不得不如此；壓力下
eg：I don‘t want to work under pressure 我不喜歡在不得已的情況下做事。
11.City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going， restlessly seeking attention in a store， elbowing others as they try to complete their errands.
elbow ：肘
eg：to push roughly with one‘s elbows in the specified direction
He elbowed his way through the crowd.他從人群中擠出。
12.If you don‘t， waiters will hurry you.
Hurry sb：催促某人趕快
eg：Hurry him or he‘ll be late.催他快點(diǎn)，要不他會(huì)遲到的
13.………but they are also quite high strung.
high strung： very sensitive and easily excited， string up 受驚
14.You also find drivers will be abrupt.
abrupt：突然的；粗魯?shù)?；無禮的
to finish or be through 完成
eg：an abrupt manner.無禮的態(tài)度