Phrases and sentence patterns of Unit 1-5

1.dream of (doing) sth. 2. seek (for) sth. seek to do sth.

3. turn out (to be) adj./n. turn up/down/in/off/on 4. use sth. up sth. is running up

5. be satisfied with… 6. what if ….

7. the other way around 8. be patient with…

9. make a list of (make a decision/discovery/choice/difference) 10. be similar to…

11.have sth/nothing/much in common (with…) 12.There is no doubt that… (about…)

13. give up/in (to sb/sth)/away 14. There is/seems (no) much point in doing sth

15. be/get engaged to sb./in (doing) sth. 16. be/get married to

17.in the early/late 1990’s/s 18.seek the answers to questions

19.the nature of the universe 20.think/find/feel/comsider/make it good to do sth.

21.take measures/steps to do sth. 22.come up with/put forward

23. compare…with/to…(be compared with/to..) 24.happen to sb.

25.China is no longer what it was. China is no longer the one (that) it was.

26. rob sb. of sth. /steal sth. from sb. 27.burn down/up

28.prefer to do sth, rather than do sth. /prefer (doing) sth. to (doing) sth. 29. be related to…

30.get sb. to do sth./doing sth./done 31.make every effort/a good effort to do sth.

32.adapt (oneself) to (doing) sth. 33.be addicted to (doing) sth.

34.on all sides 35. make comments on/upon…

36.have/There is (no) trouble/difficulty (in) doing …/with sth. 37. be connected with

38. one in/out of ten 39.look up to sb.

40. all the –er 41.focus on

42. be concerned with 43. fall in love with.. be in love with…

44.impress…on/upon… 45.act/serve as

46.fill sth. up with… 47. belong to…

48. set sth. aside 49. live/stand close to nature

50..get excited about… 51.would rather (not) do sth./have not done.

52.in the past, in the past few years 53.go against…

54. find oneself in hospital /surrounded/bleeding 55.in spite of/despite

56.mzke use of/take advantage of/make the best.most of 57.refer to (doing) sth.

58.A is to B what is C to D 59. hear from sb./hear of

60. remind sb. of../to do sth.(call up the memory of..) 61.stand out

62. have a long history of../have a large population of .. 63.at a very young age/ at an early age

64.open the door to (doing) sth. 65. come into being/power/use

66.send (sb) for help 67.The question is easy to answer.

68. in the beginning/in the end, at the beginning of 69.forget about

70. It is well worth doing 71. light up 72. recommend sb.as/for

73. make contributions to (doing) sth. 74.consist of/be made up of

75.have influence on/upon… 76.judging from/by../generally speaking

77.be separated from../be divided into.. 78.islands off the coast, cities on the coast

79.throughout=all over sp./all through time 80.end up with../in…/as..

81.be native to 82. hold the view that…

83.raise a lot of money/collect money for 84.as many/.much/little as

85. be on fire for 86. believe in/believe

87. go/pass by 88. keep the newspaper balanced

89. in an organized way 90. adapt to a new life

91. cause trouble for 92. make one’s voices heard

93. be armed with 94. some furniture, a piece of furniture

95. take examples from nature 96. man-made living environment

97. go against the people’s feeling of beauty 98. in the choice of materials

99. decorate… with… 100. workshops of different sizes

101. in comparison with 102. look up the meaning of…

103. by the light of a candle 104. tell sth.apart

105. judge a person on the basis of first impression

106. rich fields bearing fruit and grain