重點講解:
1. break up (使)分裂;(被)拆分;(使)破碎;
There was a danger of the ship breaking up completely.
這艘船有徹底解體的危險 。
2. by comparison (尤用于句首)比較起來,較之;
By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year.
相比之下,去年教育經費增加了 。
3. 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 。
4. a matter of time (只是)時間的問題(用于說明某事必定發生);
It would be only a matter of time before he went through with it.
他完成這件事只是時間問題 。