重點講解:
1. on earth
(用于以how, why, what 或 where 開始的問句,表示強調,通常表示問題沒有答案或很難回答)究竟,到底;
eg. Where on earth did you get that?
你到底從哪里弄來的?
eg. Why on earth would he want to go to such a place?
他到底為什么想去那么個地方?
2. be curious about
求知欲強的;好奇的;
eg. Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from.
史蒂夫非常想了解我以前生活的那個世界 。
eg.And I'm curious about the subject of your dissertation.
而且我對你的研究課題非常好奇 。
3. quieten down
(使)安靜;(使)平靜下來;
eg. The labour unrest which swept the country last week has quietened down.
上周席卷全國的勞工暴動已經平息了 。
eg. Somehow I managed to quieten her down.
我設法讓她平靜了下來 。