(单词翻译:单击)
重点词汇词组：
As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam1, he2 couldn't help noticing3 that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about4.
长难句分析
解：1时间状语从句+2主语+3谓语+4宾语从句
析：宾语从句：that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about
此处是there be结构与seem连用。there be结构还可与情态动词can, could, will等连用，有时为了使句子表达生动，动词be可换成come, live, remain, stand, lie等，there be结构不能跟have（有）连用，但可跟have/has+过去分词，或have/has to+be/stand/lie等连用。
1.on the edge of 在……边缘；濒临
例：The company is on the edge of collapse.
公司濒临倒闭。
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①on edge 如坐针毡的；惴惴不安的
例：You seem a bit on edge this morning.
你今天上午好像有些心神不宁。
②take the edge off sth. 减弱；挫伤……的锐气
例：The sandwich took the edge off my appetite.
这份三明治使我食欲大减。
2.couldn't help 无法抑制，禁不住（做……）
例：It was awful, but I couldn't help laughing.
这真是糟糕，可我还是忍不住大笑起来。
【常见短语】
help (sb.) out 帮助（某人）摆脱困境
例：Her parents helped (her) out with a ?500 loan.
她父母借给她500英镑救了急。
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①it can't be helped 不可避免，别无选择
例：I really didn't want to go away this weekend but, oh well, it can't be helped.
这周末我真的不想离家外出，可是，唉，不出去又不行。
②give/lend sb. a helping hand 助（某人）一臂之力，帮助（某人）
例：These tax cuts will give industry a helping hand.
这些减税措施将会促进工业的发展。
3.sb.'s eyes fall on sth. 见到某物
例：My eyes fell on a curious object.
我突然见到了一样奇怪的东西。
【常见短语】
①fall apart 破碎；破裂
例：Their marriage finally fell apart.
他们的婚姻终于破裂了。
②fall for sb. 爱上；倾心于
例：They fell for each other instantly.
他俩一见钟情。
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①fall into place 有条不紊地进行
例：If you plan the project well, then everything should fall into place.
如果你项目计划得当，那么一切都应有条不紊地进行。
②fall by the wayside 半途而废
例：So why does one company survive a recession while its competitors fall by the wayside?
那么为什么一家公司度过了经济衰退期，而其他竞争对手都中途倒闭了呢？
4.close by 近
例：Miranda lives quite close by.
米兰达就住在附近。
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①be too close for comfort 近得令人担心
例：His mother lives in the next street to us, which is a little too close for comfort.
他母亲住在与我们邻近的那条街上，离得有点太近，令人不自在。
②close, but no cigar 差一点就要成功的
例：It was close but no cigar for Johnny as he came second once again.
约翰尼又得了第二名，真遗憾，差一点就成功了。
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