2009年12月英语四六级考试必记的热点词句

　　117. 对 •••••• 几乎没有或没有控制

　　have little or no control over sth.

　　你一旦对自己的情感放任自流，它很可能会漫过理智的堤岸，使你陷入情感的深渊。

　　Once you exercise (that is) little control over your sensibility, it is more likely to overflow the banks of your sense , thus bringing you into great emotional depression.

　　118. 最后，最终，终于，到末了;到底;结果

　　in the end

　　We were thinking about going to Switzerland, but in the end we went to Austria.

　　我们原计划是去瑞士的，结果到了奥地利。

　　(二)名词性短语和词组

　　1. 缺乏，缺少

　　lack of(be lack of 常在句中充当表语成分)

　　很多婚姻走向失败的根源在于缺乏真诚的交流和相互的信任。

　　The failure of many marriages has its roots in the lack of sincere communication and mutual trust.

　　2. (生活等)的节奏

　　the pace of (life等)

　　只要不断学习新东西，勇于进取，我们就能跟上时代的步伐。

　　As long as we make unceasing efforts to learn new things and move ahead, we will keep up with the pace of the times.

　　3. 时间的流逝或消失

　　the passage of time

　　岁月的流逝也无法抹去故乡在他心中的烙印。

　　The mark his hometown left upon his mind does not fade away with the passage of time.

　　4. ••••••的根源

　　the root of ...

　　一座大坝已经建立起来，从而彻底根除了过去威胁着沿岸人民安全的洪水。

　　A great dam has been built up so as to eliminate the root of flood, which used to endanger the people along the river.

　　5. 最大限度地; 最大容量地

　　(one’s) capacity

　　只要每个中国人都全力投入到中国的经济建设中,中华民族的腾飞就指日可待。

　　As long as every Chinese works to his capacity in the construction of China’s economy, the rise of Chinese nation is just round the corner.