uture . 13. 总体而言,人们经常把政治和战争联系起来。(associate … with) G enerally speaking, people often associate politics with wars. 14. 汤姆曾受过一流的教育,因而,他比未受过很好教育的孩子们更具有优势。(have an advantage over) Tom had the first-rate education, so he had an advantage over those children who were not as well educated as he. 15. 许多学生抱怨这些食物一点儿不令人满意。(by no means) M any plain that the food is by no means satisfactory. 16. 他们兴奋的叫喊声几乎淹没了音乐。(all but) T heir screams of excitement all but drowned out the music. Unit3 17. 一个乞丐走进我们像我们要钱。(come up to) A beggar came up to us and asked for money. 18. 约翰年纪渐大,他开始迷恋于赚钱。(e obsessed with) As John grew older, he became obsessed with making money. 19. 你跟我说调查此事白费功夫,同时却又希望我去调查。(in the same breath) Y ou told me in the same breath that it was useless to investigate the matter and that you desired me