重點講解：

1.be under way

釋義：having started已經(jīng)開始；在進行中:

Sth get underway

Preparations are well under way for a week of special events in May.

五月份特別活動周的準備工作已經(jīng)順利開展。

2.slash cross-country travel time by months

釋義：to reduce sth by a large amount大幅度削減；大大降低:

to slash costs / prices / fares, etc.

大幅度降低成本、價格、車費等

The workforce has been slashed by half.

職工人數(shù)裁減了一半。

3.differentiate sth (from sth)表明…間的差別；構(gòu)成…間差別的特征

近義詞：distinguish

What was it that distinguished her from her classmates?

是什么使得她有別于班上其他同學呢？

The male bird is distinguished from the female by its red beak.

雄鳥喙紅色,有別于雌鳥。

Does your cat have any distinguishing marks?

你的貓有什么特殊標記嗎？

4.invest heavily in

副詞搭配：heavily（大筆資金）

5.pay off

to be successful and bring good results成功；奏效；達到目的:

The gamble paid off.

賭博贏了。

6.By the end of the war

介詞：by

not later than the time mentioned; before

不遲于；在…之前:

Can you finish the work by nine o'clock?

你五點鐘前能完成工作嗎？

I'll have it done by tomorrow.

我將于明天之前讓人做完這件事。

By this time next week we'll be in New York.

下星期的這個時候我們將在紐約。

He ought to have arrived by now / by this time.

他現(xiàn)在應該已經(jīng)到了。

By the time (that) this letter reaches you I will have left the country.

你收到這封信時,我已離開這個國家了。

7.a net worth of over sixty-eight million dollars

凈身家達到

8.the equivalent of

something that has the same value, purpose, job etc as something else等同

The word has no equivalent in English.在英語中沒有對等詞

He had drunk the equivalent of 15 whiskies.他相當于喝了15瓶威士忌

9.in the wake of sb / sth

coming after or following sb / sth

隨…之后而來；跟隨在…后:

There have been demonstrations on the streets in the wake of the recent bomb attack.

在近來的轟炸之后,大街上隨即出現(xiàn)了示威游行。

A group of reporters followed in her wake.

一群記者跟隨在她的身后。

The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake.

暴風雨過處滿目瘡痍。

10.be about to

to be close to doing sth; to be going to do sth very soon

即將,行將,正要(做某事):

I was just about to ask you the same thing.

我剛才正要問你同一件事情。

11.be tormented by

(formal) to make sb suffer very much使備受折磨；使痛苦；煩擾

He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.

他苦于沒有安全感。

Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt

塞斯深受罪惡感折磨