concept phrases for book 4 1 新概念英语第四册词组汇集 Expressions 1 In the Near East 在近东 Some parts of the world 世界某些地区 Preserve their history 保存他们的历史 Hand down for one generation to another 代代相传 Write down what they do 记下他们的所作所为 The remote ancestors 远祖 peole living in the Pacific Islands 生活在太平洋群岛 Have neither history nor legends to help them 既没有历史又没有传说帮助他们 Make tools of stone 用石头制作工具 Disappear without trace 消失得无影无踪/ rot away 腐烂干净 / Expressions 2 If it were not for 要不是 / Put together 加在一起 / Do harm to 对…有害 / Tell the difference 区别 / Be engaged in 从事/ Make a census of 对…进行统计 / Make the wildest guess at 对…胡乱猜测 / Owe…to…将…归功于 / A fraction of 一小部份 / Be nearly related to 与…有亲緣 关系/ At a glance 一眼就,乍一看 / On one’s behalf 代替某人 / Something like 大约,大概 / Be content with 满足于 / Destroy so many insects 消灭那么多的昆虫/ The greatest enemies of the human race 人类最大的敌人/ Live in the world 生存，活在这个世界上/ Devour all our crops 吞噬我们所有的庄稼 / The protection from insect-eating animals 食虫动物的保护/ Never do the least harm to us 对我们没有丝毫伤害/ Be engaged in this work 从事这项工作/ One authority on spiders 一位研究蜘蛛的权威/ In the south of England在英国南部/ On a football pitch 在足球场上/ Not content with three meals a day 不满足于一日三餐/ The total weight of the human beings 所有人的总重量 Expressions 3 It is true… but…诚然…但是/At the thought of 一想起 /Except for 除…以外/ Cut … off from 把…隔离开来 /Take shelter wherever they can /Find shelter with 与同住 / In a manner 以某种样子 / Go out of one’s way 特意干/ Tend to 常常，倾向于 / Wash down with 咽下，吞下/...
