Part V Enhance YourLanguage Awareness
Section A Useful Expressions
| Useful Expressions from Text A | Chinese Equivalences |
| truth be told | 说实话 |
| connect the dots | 连点成线 |
| drop out of college | 从大学退学 |
| as a drop-in | 作为旁听生 |
| have no idea | 毫无头绪 |
| it will all work out OK | 一切最终会好起来 |
| follow one’s curiosity and intuition | 跟着好奇心和直觉走 |
| off the well-worn path | 偏离常道 |
| release the finest creation | 推出最好的产品 |
| have a falling out | 吵了起来 |
| side with somebody | 站在（某人）那边 |
| dawn on somebody | （某人）渐渐明白 |
| turn of events | 形势的变化 |
| computer-animated feature film | 电脑制作的动画电影 |
| lose faith | 失去信心 |
| be diagnosed with cancer | 被诊断出患有癌症 |
| have a scan | 做一个扫描 |
| stick a needle into | 将一根针插进 |
| be trapped by dogma | 被教条束缚 |
| drown out one’s own inner voice | 湮没（某人）内心的声音 |
| one of the bibles of a generation | 一代人的权威著作之一 |
| put out several issues | 出版了几期（书刊） |
| sign off | 停刊 |
| begin anew | 开始新的旅程 |
| Useful Expressions from Text B | Chinese Equivalences |
| integrate with each other in a dialectical manner | 有机组合、辨证统一 |
| have a great deal of physical energy | 精力充沛 |
| recharge one’s batteries | 充电 |
| learn … by trial and error | 通过反复试验掌握… |
| (go) hand in hand | 密切相关 |
| convergent thinking | 趋同思维 |
| divergent thinking | 求异思维 |
| switch from one perspective to another | 从一个角度转换到另一个角度 |
| tell a good idea from a bad one | 判断一个想法是好是坏 |
| a deeply-rooted sense of reality | 根深蒂固的现实感 |
| be in the thick of crowds | 呆在人群中 |
| sit on the sidelines | 独坐一旁 |
| stand “on the shoulders of giants” | 站在 “巨人的肩膀上” |
| take risks | 冒险 |
| without regard to | 不顾，不管 |
| in this regard | 在这一方面 |
| a lack of nerve | 缺乏冒险精神 |
| play safe games | 凡事四平八稳 |
| lack credibility | 缺乏可信度 |
| have a low threshold of pain | 对痛苦的容忍很低 |
| at the forefront of a discipline | 居于学科前沿 |
| develop a theory | 提出一种理论 |
| dry out | 用尽，枯竭 |
| work in the area of one’s expertise | 在自己擅长的领域工作 |
| fall away | 消失 |
| strive for perfection | 追求完美 |
