2. I really didn't mean to cause any ________ (offend) - I was just stating my opinion.

3. Jessica is ________ (potential) our best player, but she needs to practice much harder.

4. We should be fully aware of the ________ (significant) of television in shaping our ideas.

5. Lee's English improved enormously because of his ________ (associate) with British people.

6. The whole conference was totally ________ (organised) - nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing.

II. 根据括号内的提示翻译下面句子。

1. 公共汽车被暴风雪所阻，因而耽搁了。 (thus)

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2. 你若不着手去做就永远不能完成这项任务。　(get down to)

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3. 我正在花园里散步时，突然注意到许多蝴蝶。(a huge number of )

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4. 这封信不是写给我的，但我出于好奇打开了它。 (out of curiosity)

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5. 对不起，我让你失望了。我说过我要帮助你，我却没有。 (let sb. down)

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