重點講解:
1. on the cards 很可能發生的;
Last summer she began telling friends that a New Year marriage was on the cards.
去年夏天,她就和朋友們說她有可能在元旦期間結婚 。
2. be discharged from 允許…離開(醫院、軍隊);
She wa s discharged from the hospital within a day.
不到一天就讓她出院了 。
3. either way (兩種情況中)不論發生哪一種情況;
The judge could have decided either way.
兩種結果法官怎樣判都有可能 。
4. in the face of 面對;在…面前;
The Prime Minister has called for national unity in the face of the violent anti-government protests.
面對強烈的反政府抗議,首相呼吁全國團結一致 。
n. 減輕,解除,救濟(品), 安慰,浮雕,對比