379. "As sleep-deprived people ourselves, we started thinking of what to do about it," says Eric Shashoua, a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea.
英語四級譯文:
“本身作為睡眠不足的人,我們開始考慮怎么處理這個(gè)問題,”埃里克·沙首額說道。他最近剛剛大學(xué)畢業(yè),現(xiàn)在是Axon睡眠研究實(shí)驗(yàn)室的首席執(zhí)行官,該實(shí)驗(yàn)室是一家由學(xué)生為實(shí)踐他們的想法而創(chuàng)建的公司。
四級詞匯講解:
a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories為Eric Shashoua的同位語,而a company created by the students to develop their idea為Axon Sleep Research Laboratories的同位語。
sleep-deprived意為“缺乏睡眠的”,其中deprive意為“剝奪;阻止”。如:
The trees deprived the house of light.這些樹遮住了房子的光線。
think of意為“考慮,想起”。如:
You can't expect me to think of everything.你不能指望我考慮到所有的事情。
what to do about/with sth.表示“如何處理或解決某事”。如:
I really don't know what to do with those boxes.我真是不知道該如何處理那些箱子。
英語四級考點(diǎn)歸納:
do的常見短語有:
※ do sth. to sb./sth.意為“對某人(某事物)產(chǎn)生影響”。如:
Your words really do something to me.你的話確實(shí)對我有一些影響。
What have you done to the computer?這電腦你是怎么弄的?
※ do with sth,意為“希望得到某事物;忍受某事物”,常與情態(tài)動(dòng)詞cap或could連用。如:
You look as if you could do with a good night's sleep.你看起來似乎需要好好睡上一夜.
I can't do with his ignorance.我無法忍受他的忽視。
※ do without意為“沒有……也行”。如:
The manager can’t do without a secretary.經(jīng)理不能沒有秘書。