Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hastened to him with it, watched him anxiously as he explored its vitals, and listened to his pronouncements as though they were divine oracles —— and he always fixed my car.(然而，每当我的汽车出了毛病，我总是急急忙忙去找他，焦急地注视着他检查汽车的主要部位，恭听着他的见解，仿佛聆听神谕一般——而他总能把我的汽车修好。
1) As long ［A］ as I know, the result ［B］ fell short of ［C］ our expectations ［D］ .
7. as if (=as though) 好像(引导条件状语从句)。它们引导的从句中，动词一般用虚拟语气，be通常用were这个形式，不管是什么人称
After succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn, Chichester sent the following radio message to London:“I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare.”他胜利地航海到好望角之后，基切斯特向伦敦发出如下电文：“我感觉好像从恶梦中醒来。”
He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face.他向后一跳，仿佛被什么东西螫了一下似地，他那张布满皱纹的脸顿时涨得通红。
He felt awkward and almost as if he alone were responsible for what happened.他感到很尴尬，好像他自己对发生的一切负责。
8. as(so) long as 只要(=only if 引导条件状语从句)
But it is now thought that this is not so, and as long as the brain is given plenty of exercise it keeps its power. 但现在人们认为，情况并非如此。只要大脑给予充分运用，它就会保持其机能。
I don't care, as long as she lets me be with her too. 只要她能让我也能和她在一起，我不在乎。
2) So far ［A］ as he does ［B］ his work,I don’t mind ［C］ what time he arrives ［D］ at the office.
9. as soon as 一……就(引导时间状语从句)
Go over your notes as soon as you can after class. 课后要及时复习笔记。
Yes, but we shall proceed as soon as the Grubstart gives us the added funds.是的，但埃格拉布贷款基金会把追加的资金一拿给我们，我们就会立即实施这一计划。
10. as well (as) 也，以及，还；和；不仅(连接并列成分或从句)
It's important to set aside time for relaxation, hobbies, and entertainment as well. 还要留出时间休息，发展自己的爱好和娱乐活动。
Skimming helps double your reading speed and improves your comprehension as well. 略读使你的阅读速度快一倍同时也提高你的理解力。
Review important points mentioned in class as well as points you remain confused about. 复习课上讲的重点，还要看看那些你不懂的地方。
For the first time Venusian scientists managed to land a satellite on the planet Earth, and it has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since. 金星上的科学家首次把一颗卫星成功地送上了地球，此后卫星便不断地发回信号和照片。
11. because 因为 (引导原因状语从句，注意：汉语中有“……原因是因为……”，而英语中reason不和because连用)
3) The reason ［A］ I didn’t go to the meeting was ［B］ because ［C］ I got an appointment ［D］ .
12. before 在……之前(引导时间状语从句)
This means looking over a passage quickly before you begin to read it more carefully.这就是说，在细读之前先要略读一下文章。
We don't know what it is made of, but it could give us a lot of trouble and we shall have to make further tests before we send a Venus Being there. 我们不知道它是由什么构成的，但这给我们带来很多麻烦，而且在向那里(地球)送金星人之前，我们还要做大量的试验。
He practiced crop rotation and soil conservation a century before these became standard practice,and he invented a plow superior to any other in existence. 在人们普遍利用农作物轮作和土壤保持的作法前一个世纪，他就这样做了。
13. besides 除了……之外(介词，也把它归入这一章)
But teaching offers something besides money and power: it offers love.但教学还会带来钱和权力之外的东西：那便是爱。
Jefferson believed that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books and that personal investigation is important.杰弗逊认为：一个自由人除了书本之外还可从其他地方获取知识，而且个人调查研究也很重要。
14 both … and … 和；不但……而且；两者都……(连接两个对等的词或词组)
Furthermore, it(weekly schedule) will enable you to plan your activities so that you have adequate time for both work and play.而且，它(每周日程安排)能帮你安排你的一切活动，使你有充足的时间学习和娱乐。
What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in court. 这次经历令人可恼之处在于围绕着我的被捕以及随后法庭上审讯而出现的种种武断专横的情况。
Yet, as we shall see later, almost miraculous changes have occurred both in grades of students, and in the earning capacity of salesmen —— when they were prevailed upon to change their selfimages. 然而，当他们被说服改变他们的自我形象后，正如我们后边将看到的，学生的成绩和推销员的挣钱能力发生了几乎奇迹般的变化。
4) Scales(鱼鳞) both help to protect ［A］ fish ［B］ against ［C］