重點講解:
1. speed up (使)(某一過程或活動)加快;
Increasing gravity is known to speed up the multiplication of cells.
我們知道不斷增加的引力會加速細胞的分裂 。
2. take in (人、動物或植物)攝入,吸收;
They will certainly need to take in plenty of liquid.
它們當然需要吸收大量液體 。
3. amount to 等同;接近;
The work done in the first eight months amounts to ninety percent of the year's quota.
頭八個月完成的工程量累積起來,已達到全年任務的百分之九十 。
4. recover from (從弱勢或困境中)好轉,扭轉,恢復;
Italy and Spain have yet to recover from the worldwide recession.
意大利和西班牙還沒有從全球經濟衰退中復蘇 。