重點講解:
1. now and then 時而;有時;
Now and then they heard the roar of a heavy truck.
他們不時地聽到大卡車的轟鳴聲 。
2. go down (價格、水平或數量)下降,下跌;
Crime has gone down 70 percent.
犯罪率下降了70% 。
3. a number of 若干;許多;
This equipment has saved the lives of a number of new born children.
這套設備已經挽救了許多新生兒的生命 。
4. learn from (從…中)吸取(教訓);
I am convinced that he has learned from his mistakes.
我深信他已從錯誤中吸取了教訓 。