重點講解:
1. count on
指望;依靠;依賴;
eg. Don't count on other people to help you out of trouble.
別指望他人能幫你擺脫困境。
eg. They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine.
他們決定不依靠外援來救災。
2. make up
組成;構成;
eg. Parents and children make up a family in the strict sense of the word.
父母和小孩組成狹義上的家庭。
eg. The scientists said extremely small life forms make up ninety percent of the ocean's total living material, also known as biomass.
科學家說極其微小的生命形式組成了海洋中90%的生命物質,這種生命形式被稱為生物量。
3. be ready to do sth.
愿意的;樂意的;情愿的;甘愿做某事;
eg. She was always ready to give interviews.
她一向樂意接受采訪。
eg. She has a very open mind and is always ready to consider new ideas.
她頭腦很開放,總是愿意考慮新觀點。
4. be programmed to do sth.
按特定的方式行事;
eg. We are all genetically programmed to develop certain illnesses.
基因決定了我們都會患上某些疾病。
eg. The evidence suggests that our sense of touch is programmed to diminish with age.
有證據表明,我們的觸覺會隨著年齡的增長而減損。
5. set against
使…與…對立(或作對、競爭);
eg. The case has set neighbour against neighbour in the village.
這件事使得村里鄰里間反目成仇。
eg. The problematic situation set the interests of environmentalists against those of corporations and of individuals who stood to lose jobs.
這種未可預料的形勢把環境保護者的利益與公司的利益以及要承受失業的個人的利益對立起來。
名人簡介:
參演電視劇
首播時間 劇名 導演 合作演員
2007 戰爭
2001 兄弟連
執導電影
上映年份 片名
2011 拉瑞·克勞
1996 擋不住的奇跡
執導電視劇
播出年份 劇名
1993 女子棒球隊