重點講解:
1. die from 死于;
In fact, women are less likely to have high blood pressure or to die from heart attacks.
事實上,女性患高血壓或死于心臟病的可能性較小。
2. respond to 應對;作出回應;作出反應;
So far the police have refused to re spond to their provocations.
截至目前為止,警方并未對他們的挑釁作出反應。
3. a couple of 兩個;幾個;
I've seen her a couple of times before.
我以前見過她幾次。
4. give up 放棄;戒除;
He suffered a serious injury that obliged him to give up work.
他受傷嚴重,不得已只好放棄工作。
n. 阻止,妨礙,預防