重點講解:
1. permit sb. to do sth. 允許;準許;
This permitted Western manufacturers to play their strong cards: capital and technology.
這讓西方制造商得以亮出他們的王牌:資金和技術 。
2. pass on to 將…傳給;將…交給;
It may cause illness that could be passed on to our children and grandchildren.
它還可能引起某種疾病,而這種疾病又可遺傳給我們的子孫后代 。
3. come about 產生;發生;
How did this unhappy state of affairs come about?
這種不幸的情況是怎么發生的呢?
4. persuade sb. to do sth. 勸說;說服;
You'll never persuade him to stay ─ his mind's made up.
你根本無法勸他留下來——他已經拿定主意了 。