117. 對 •••••• 幾乎沒有或沒有控制

　　have little or no control over sth.

　　你一旦對自己的情感放任自流，它很可能會漫過理智的堤岸，使你陷入情感的深淵。

　　Once you exercise (that is) little control over your sensibility, it is more likely to overflow the banks of your sense , thus bringing you into great emotional depression.

　　118. 最后，最終，終于，到末了;到底;結果

　　in the end

　　We were thinking about going to Switzerland, but in the end we went to Austria.

　　我們原計劃是去瑞士的，結果到了奧地利。

　　(二)名詞性短語和詞組

　　1. 缺乏，缺少

　　lack of(be lack of 常在句中充當表語成分)

　　很多婚姻走向失敗的根源在于缺乏真誠的交流和相互的信任。

　　The failure of many marriages has its roots in the lack of sincere communication and mutual trust.

　　2. (生活等)的節奏

　　the pace of (life等)

　　只要不斷學習新東西，勇于進取，我們就能跟上時代的步伐。

　　As long as we make unceasing efforts to learn new things and move ahead, we will keep up with the pace of the times.

　　3. 時間的流逝或消失

　　the passage of time

　　歲月的流逝也無法抹去故鄉在他心中的烙印。

　　The mark his hometown left upon his mind does not fade away with the passage of time.

　　4. ••••••的根源

　　the root of ...

　　一座大壩已經建立起來，從而徹底根除了過去威脅著沿岸人民安全的洪水。

　　A great dam has been built up so as to eliminate the root of flood, which used to endanger the people along the river.

　　5. 最大限度地; 最大容量地

　　(one’s) capacity

　　只要每個中國人都全力投入到中國的經濟建設中,中華民族的騰飛就指日可待。

　　As long as every Chinese works to his capacity in the construction of China’s economy, the rise of Chinese nation is just round the corner.