重點講解:
1. get away with
(做壞事而)未受懲罰;(做冒險之事而)未遭遇不測;
eg. Naturally we won't let them get away with this.
很自然,我們不會就這樣放過他們。
eg. I won't let him get away with that excuse.
我不會讓他用那種借口蒙混過去。
2. give up
放棄;
eg. Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
海岸警衛隊對兩位潛水員生還已完全不抱希望。
eg. When faced with adversity she was never tempted to give up.
面對逆境她從未想過放棄。
3. settle in
安頓下來;適應;
eg. Later, man began to settle in the places where the food and water were plentiful.
后來,人們開始在有充足的食物和水的地方定居下來。
eg. He can't seem to settle in a steady job; every two years or so he pulls up skates, moves to another city and starts again.
他似乎不能找一份固定的工作安定下來,大概每隔兩年他就離開去另一個城市重新開始。
名人簡介:
艾倫·德詹尼絲1958年1月26日出生于新奧爾蘭一個中產階級家庭。是美國著名脫口秀喜劇演員,電視節目主持和演員。艾倫·德詹尼絲是歷史上唯一一位主持過奧斯卡(AcademyAwards),格萊美獎(Grammy Awards)和艾美獎(Emmy Awards)的主持人。
艾倫的父母在她13歲的時候離婚,她跟隨她的母親去了東德克薩斯。那時候她母親有深度的憂郁,那個時候Ellen用幽默逗母親開心,這也是Ellen第一次意識到幽默的力量。