重點講解:
1.up sticks 不告而別;遷居別處
例句:Unlike workers or businesspeople, homes cannot up sticks and leave.
與工人或商人不同,房子屬于不動產,是移不走的。
2.meet up with 偶遇;偶爾碰見;碰面
例句:Oh, I'm going to meet up with him.
哦,我正打算與他匯合。
3.hard to do 很難做到
例句:As a journalist who writes for a wire service, I realize that this would be hard to do.
身為一個為通訊社寫稿的記者,我察覺這確實不容易。
4.take the lives of 奪走...的生命
例句:Should doctors be allowed to take the lives of others?
醫生應該被允許去結束他人的性命嗎?