| 1. | Instead of making progress, my work actually seems to be going backwards  . | 
|  | 我的工作不但没有进步,实际上像是在倒退。 | 
| 2. | Although we bent over backwards to please her, our new manager was still very critical of our work. | 
|  | 尽管我们竭力讨好新经理,但她仍然对我们的工作百般挑剔。 | 
| 3. | He looked backwards over his shoulder. | 
|  | 他回头向后看。 | 
| 4. | It's not easy to run backwards  . | 
|  | 倒着跑不容易。 | 
| 5. | You've read that book so many times you must know it backwards by now! | 
|  | 那本书你读了很多遍,现在一定能倒背如流了! |