Dialogue：
　　1. I wonder if you can help me when I get stuck.
　　get stuck: be in trouble 遇到麻煩
　　E.g. He always comes to my rescue whenever I get stuck.
　　每次我遇到麻煩都是他幫我解圍。
　　2. Let me know at any time.
　　Let me know: tell me or inform me 告訴，通知
　　E.g. when you get to Beijing, please let me know and I’ll meet you at the airport.
　　你到了北京告訴我一聲，我去機(jī)場接你。
　　Passage ：
　　1. As we cross the threshold into the next century…knowledge based economy.
　　threshold n.. 門檻、門欄、(喻)開始
　　E.g. Mind you step when you cross the threshold. (mind your head 小心碰頭)
　　過門檻的時候小心點(diǎn).
　　He was graduated last year and now is on the threshold of his career.
　　他去年剛剛畢業(yè),現(xiàn)在正是事業(yè)的起步階段.
　　Knowledge-based economy 知識經(jīng)濟(jì)
　　E.g. Market-based /driven economy 市場經(jīng)濟(jì)
　　State-owned enterprises 國有企業(yè)(S0E)
　　overseas-funded enterprises外資企業(yè)
　　Snow-covered mountain雪山
　　2.In more specific terms ,the application of information to economy is best exemplified in the net working and communication…
　　A. in ….terms= in terms of 措辭、說法;
　　E.g. The Australian professor spoke of the fighting against SARS in china in terms of praise.
　　那位澳大利亞教授談起中國抗擊非典的戰(zhàn)斗給予了高度的評價(jià).
　　Don’t speak to your parents in impolite terms.
　　不要對父母講不禮貌的話.
　　B. Scientific/technical/legal terms　科學(xué)、技術(shù)、法律術(shù)語
　　E.g. In box-office terms,　Spider was a great success.
　　從票房收入來看,《蜘蛛俠》獲得了巨大的成功.
　　C. be on good /bad terms with sb　和某人關(guān)系好/不好
　　E.g. He is always on good terms with his neighbors.
　　3. This net refers to the computer network of satellites…
　　It (electronic currency) refers to on entire finance system on the net.
　　refer to: allude to; apply to;　　提及、應(yīng)用于、指的是
　　E.g. I wasn’t referring to you when I said someone was lazy.
　　我說有些人懶,并不是指你.
　　4. Internet shopping belongs to the first aspect…
　　belong to: be the property of ,be a member of 屬于
　　E.g. Taiwan belongs to China.臺灣屬于中國.
　　Which team do you belong to? 你是屬于哪個隊(duì)的?
　　5.Belongings n. movable possessions 財(cái)產(chǎn) (尤指動產(chǎn))
　　E.g. Keep your belongings sage to ensure they are not stolen.
　　personal belongings/estate 個人財(cái)產(chǎn)、動產(chǎn)
　　real estate　不動產(chǎn)、房地產(chǎn)
　　6. Sporting goods company puma was on the verge of bankruptcy back in 1992.
　　be on the verge of : be close to 　瀕臨
　　E.g. After losing his son in the accident, the old man was nearly on the verge of nervous breaking.
　　兒子在事故中喪生使這位老人幾乎精神崩潰.
　　bankrupt adj. go bankrupt 破產(chǎn)
　　7. In time to come, have to forsake the familiar paper currency.
　　in time to come: in the coming/near future 在不久的將來
　　get/be familiar with sh 熟悉
　　be familiar to sb 為……熟知
　　E.g. He likes plants very much, so he is familiar with many flowers.
　　他喜歡植物,所以知道很多種花.
　　This is a flower familiar to many of us.
　　這是我們都很熟悉的一種花.
　　forsake: give up, abandon 放棄,遺棄
　　E.g. He forsook his bad habits with the help of his friend.
　　在朋友的幫助下,他改掉了壞習(xí)慣.