重點講解:
1. make up 組成;構成;
North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country.
北非人構成了該國最大的、也是最貧困的移民群 。
2. be short for 簡略的;縮寫的;簡稱的;
'O.O.B.E.' is short for 'Out Of Body Experience'.
O.O.B.E.是Out Of Body Experience(身外體驗)的縮略形式 。
3. take away 拿走;奪走;
Electrical retailers will often take away old appliances if you buy a new one, sometimes in part-exchange.
買新電器時,電器經銷商往往會拿走舊電器,有時會以舊換新 。
4. suffer from (因疾病或處于其他不利境地而)受苦,受難,受折磨;
Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression.
就一些女性患抑郁癥的原因,各種說法紛至沓來 。