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We should take the blame for our failure. 我们应该承担失败的责任。
We shouldn’t lay the blame for our failure on him. 我们不应该把失败归咎于他
15. …look into the source of the water…调查水源
look into 调查，观察
16. slow down （使）慢下来，放慢速度，减速
17. in addition 另外,加之,此外，可以用在句子开头，可以用于句末。和besides意思相同，但besides不能用在句尾。
In addition, there was a crop failure in many provinces.此外，许多省份粮食歉收。
The man worked him sixteen hours a day and beat him in addition. 那人让他每天工作16小时，而且还打他。
(2)in addition to的意思是“除了……外（还有）”，可用于句首，也可置于句子后部，相当于 besides, apart from。
In addition to giving him some advice, I gave him thirty dollars. 我向他提出忠告，又给了他30美元。
He can get twenty dollars’ extra income every month in addition to his salary.除工资外，他每月还可得到20美元的收入。
18. be linked to …与……有关联
link 在此句中用作动词,意为“连接；联系”，常用结构link… to/with意思是“将……和……连接或联系起来”，link up意为“连接或连接起来”；也可用作名词，意为“环；连接；联系；纽带”。
The highway links Shanghai to/with Beijing. 这条公路连接上海和北京。
A railway links up the two towns.这两个城镇由一条铁路连接起来。
Your story links up with his. 你所说的和他所说得能联系的起来。
A lot of links fitted together form a chain. 许多链环连在一起组成链条。
Old friends are a link with the past. 老朋友是连接往事的纽带。
(1)join指的是任何事物的直接连接，连接的程度可紧可松，还能分开之意。常用结构join…to, join up。
(2)connect指的是通过某种媒介物把事物连接起来，事物的特征还保持，常表示与技术有关的连接和火车、飞机等实行联运。常用结构connect…with/to。
(3)combine着重指两个或两个以上的人或事物为了共同目的而结合在一起，结合后原来部分可能仍不改变或失其本性，常用结构combine…with。
(4)unite强调紧密地结成一体，含极难分开之意,常用结构unite…with。
Please join this pole to that one. 请把这根竿子和那根竿子接起来`。
This flight connects with New York one. 这班飞机在纽约可接上另一班机。
We should combine theory with practice. 我们应该理论联系实际。
The two big companies plan to unite. 两家大公司计划联合起来。
19. …she had had it delivered from the pump to her house 她派人从水泵打水运到家里。
deliver sth. to sb. 把某物交付给某人
deliver a message 带信, 传话
20. With this extra evidence, John Snow was able to announce with certainty that polluted water carried the disease. 有了这个提别的证据，约翰斯诺就能够肯定地宣布，这种被污染了的水携带着病菌。
The captain announced that the plane was going to land. 机长宣布飞机就要着陆了。
It can be said with certainty that English is pretty important nowadays.可以肯定地说，英语在当今社会里相当重要。
21. To prevent this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all water supplies be examined and new methods of dealing with polluted water be found. 为了防止这种情况的再度发生，约翰斯诺建议所有水源都要经过检测并且要找到处理污水的新方法。
To prevent为表示目的的不定式短语；prevent…(from) doing sth 意为“阻止……做某事”，其中prevent可与stop, keep互换；suggest表示“建议”的，其宾语从句的谓语用“should +动词原形”，句中的should被省略了。
22. The water companies were also instructed not to expose people to polluted water anymore.自来水公司也接到指令，不能在让人们接触被污染的水了。
instruct意思为“命令；指示；嘱咐；吩咐；教导（教授知识或技术）；训练”。其名词形式为instructor（教员；教练）和instruction（命令；指示；说明）。
The teacher instructed him to start early. 老师命令他早动身
I've been instructed to wait here until the lecturer arrives.我得到指示在这儿等到讲课老师到来。
He instructs a class in history. 他教授一个班的历史（instruct … in…）
Read the instructions on the pocket. 看一下袋子上的说明。
辨析instruct, order, demand 和direct ：
instruct 指出正确的方式以教导； order 意为“命令”；demand 指强烈地“要求”；
direct 表示“指示；期望；服从”。
23. be similar to 与……相似，类似
What I am going to say to you would be similar to what you are going to tell me. 我想对你说的话，类似于你想对我说的话.
24. conclude用作动词，意为“结束；推论；推断”，常用conclude by doing/with sth. 表示“以……而结束”；conclude from 表示“从……推出结论”的意思，to conclude表示“最后”的意思，相当于意思名词短语in conclusion。