一、across
1、表方位。
Let’s go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat. 讓我們?nèi)ソ謱γ娴牟宛^買些吃的。
2、表動作，穿越。
You must go across the bridge and then turn right. 你必須先過橋，然后再往右拐。
二、age
1、年齡。最一般的表達。在此不贅述。
2、衰老。
the aging people = the old people 現(xiàn)代社會出現(xiàn)越來越嚴重的aging problem(人口老齡化問題)等。
三、all
1、shake all over 渾身顫抖
2、all of a sudden 突然地
All of a sudden, I remembered her name. 我突然想起了她的名字。
3、by all means 一定
I’ll come by all means. 我一定會來的。
4、all night long 整晚
My present neighbor plays piano all night long. 我現(xiàn)在的鄰居整晚都彈鋼琴。
四、apply
這里我們詳細串聯(lián)一下在聽力考試中涉及到的與求職相關(guān)的短語。apply for(申請)，這是工作的第一步;既然要申請，必然需要遞交letter of application(求職信)，只要你足夠confident about yourself，就有可能獲得job interview(工作面試)的機會。
是否能夠give a good impression(留個好印象)給主管，那就得看你個人犄造化了。有些工作崗位會require much traveling，(要求經(jīng)常出差)還有些工作，做不了多久就會希望find a way out(找到出路)。
五、as
1、作為，當作。
I am working as his teaching assistant...我作為他的助教進行工作。
2、as…as 就像……一樣
I’ve heard that he is as well-known as Johnson herself...我聽說他跟約翰生本人自己一樣著名。
I don’t think it would be as boring as working in an office. 我并不認為這會跟在辦公室工作一樣枯燥。
It wasn’t as easy as I had thought.這不像我想的那么簡單。
It’s not as bad as it looks.這并不像看上去的那么糟糕。
Is that optional course as hard as everybody says? 那個選修課真的就像每個人說的那樣難嗎?
3、as far as I know 據(jù)我所知
As far as I know, whether there’ll be such a trip is yet to be decided. 據(jù)我所知，是否有這么一趟旅行尚未決定。
As far as I know, he works until midnight every day. 據(jù)我所知，他每天都工作到半夜。
4、as well 也
If the weather is this hot tomorrow, we may as well give up the idea of playing tennis outside. 如果明天溫度還是這么高，我們也可能放棄到戶外進行比賽的主意。
5、as soon as 一……就，盡快
I will do that for you as soon as I have fixed the machine. 一修好機器我就會盡快為你完成那個工作。
