【词组解析】

1. faculty members 教职员工

（1）The eleven faculty members who made the decision are sworn to secrecy.

       做了决定的十一位教职员发誓会保守秘密。

（2）Faculty members are recommended by district governors and district RLI leaders.

       教员通常都由地区总监或扶轮领导学院(RLI)领导人所推荐。

2. faithful to 忠实于

（1）Belgium replied that she had always been faithful to her international obligations.

       比利时政府答复说,比利时一贯忠实履行其国际义务。

（2）They have pledged that they will always remain faithful to each other.

       他们发誓他们将永远忠诚于对方。

3. fall flat 完全失败，未产生预期的效果

（1）Our proposals were likely to fall flat.

      我们的建议可能要失败。

（2）The party will fall flat without her.

      要没有她,我们这晚宴还有什么乐趣。

4. familiar to sb. 为...所熟悉

（1）His name seems familiar to me.

      他的名字我好像熟悉。

（2）The word is not familiar to me.

      我不认识那个词。

5. familiar with sth. /sb. 熟悉,通晓

（1）Don't be too familiar with him; he's a dishonest man.

       别与他交往过密, 他这人不诚实。

（2）I've only just come here. I'm still not familiar with the work.

       刚到这里, 工作很生。

【练习】

英译中：

（1）Mr. Xia, this is Mr. Smith, one of our faculty members.

（2）They promised to be faithful to their ideal for ever.

（3）If they won't offer the money, our project will fall flat.

（4）The name sounded vaguely familiar to her.

（5）Her husband is a lobbyist, and familiar with almost every senator.