重點講解:
1. at first 最初;起初;開始時;
例句:At first I didn't know what to make of it.
起初我搞不清那是怎么回事 。
2. stir up 揚起(灰塵);卷起(泥漿);
例句:They saw first a cloud of dust and then the car that was stirring it up.
他們先看到了揚起的一團塵土,然后才看到了汽車 。
3. settle down (歷經磨難或變化后)安靜下來,平靜下來;
例句:It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France.
等歐洲的局勢平定下來后,去法國旅行一趟應該不錯 。
4. wipe away 擦去;擦掉;揩干;
例句:He wiped away the blood with a paper napkin.
他用紙巾將血跡擦去 。
n. 插曲,一段情節,片段,軼事