②这位明星打算从活跃的生活中隐退。

　　The star intended to active life.

　　③他远离大家隐居着。

　　He lives ， away from everyone.

　　【答案】　①retire to　②retire from　③in retirement

　　2．perform vi.&vt.表现，表演；执行，实行；运转

　　He was disappointed because he had not performed well in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.(教材P42)

　　因为在1988年首尔奥运会上表现不佳，他非常失望。

　　Liu Xiang said the London Olympic Games might be his last Olympics and he would perform at his best.

　　刘翔说伦敦奥运会或许是他的最后一届奥运会，他会表现出他的最佳水平。

　　The cars produced in the factory perform well.

　　那家工厂生产的汽车运行良好。

　　①perform one's promise/duty 履行诺言/职责

　　perform task/operation执行任务/手术

　　perform well/badly/poorly 运行良好/不好，演得好/不好

　　②performance n．表演；实行；表现

　　give a performance＝put on performance 演出

　　③performer n．演出者；表演者

　　He promised to help us and has performed his promise.

　　他答应过要帮助我们并且已履行了诺言。

　　The doctor need perform an operation on him to relieve his pain.医生需要给他做手术以减轻他的痛苦。

　　完成句子

　　①建议容易实行难。

　　Proposal is easier .

　　②有人请她表演个节目。

　　She is asked to .

　　③要获得提升你必须干得出色。

　　You must in order to get a promotion.

　　【答案】　①than performance　②give a performance　③perform well

　　3．But it was this sense of failure that made him determined to succeed in his new life.(教材P42)但就是这种失败感使他决心在新的生活中取得成功。

本句是一个强调句型，强调的是主语this sense of failure。正常的句序为：This sense of failure made him determined to