重點講解:
1. instead of 代替…;而不是…;
例句:Julie often likes thrumming on the piano instead of doing her formal practice.
朱莉彈鋼琴總喜歡隨便亂彈而不做正規練習 。
2. in order to 為了;以便;目的在于;
例句:She runs everyday in order to lose weight.
她每天都跑步是為了減肥 。
3. be close to 近的;接近的;
例句:We are close to reaching an trade agreement.
我們快要達成貿易協定了 。
4. take one's own life 自殺;
例句:In despair at his failure, he take his own life.
他因失敗感到絕望而自殺 。
5. keep sb. from sth./doing sth. 阻止(或防止、阻礙)…做;
例句:Some mix of fear, love, hopelessness and shattered self-esteem keep her from trying to run away.
愛,恨,無奈,破碎的尊嚴交織在一起,讓她無力逃跑 。
n. 傳說,傳奇