重點講解:
1. take effect 開始實施;生效;
Productivity is up by 11% since the new contract took effect.
自從新合同生效起,生產效率提高了11% 。
2. team up with (與…)組隊;(與…)協作;
He didn't want to team up with anybody.
他不想與任何人合作 。
3. take part 參加;參與;
We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.
我們說服他參加可費了一番周折 。
4. sb. can't have it both ways 二者不能兼得;
Countries cannot have it both ways: the cost of a cleaner environment may sometimes be fewer jobs in dirty industries.
各國不可能兩全其美:環境更清潔的代價有時可能就是污染企業就業崗位的減少 。