妙語佳句:

Despite this remarkably close encounter, the team still wants to film a family of bears.拍攝團隊并不滿足于這次近距離邂逅，他們還想拍攝一個北極熊家庭。

despite:盡管, 不管

Despite his cries no one came to his assistance.

盡管他大聲喊叫，卻沒有人來幫助他。

despite有時解釋為“雖然有……”。

I shall try again despite the difficulty.

雖然有困難，我會再試一次。

They're looking straight at us. Look at that.它們正朝我們看呢，快看。

look straight:直視

He says men ought to look straight at one another.

他說,人們應(yīng)該直楞楞地彼此看著對方。

She just looked straight through me.

她對我連理都不理。

Mother bears are always desperate for food for their cubs,熊媽媽為寶寶覓食時總是不顧一切。

desperate:不顧一切的

He was desperate when he lost all his money.

當他丟了所有的錢時,他絕望了。

與hopeless相比，desperate的語氣要輕些。

The situation was desperate but not hopeless.

這個情形是令人絕望的，但也不全無希望。

desperate后可接不定式，表示“發(fā)瘋似地想要……”。

When the war was over, Tom was desperate to return to civilian life.

當戰(zhàn)爭結(jié)束的時候，湯姆發(fā)瘋似的想要回到平民的生活。

be desperate at ...屬于固定搭配，表示“因……而絕望”。

考考你:

拍攝團隊并不滿足于這次近距離邂逅，他們還想拍攝一個北極熊家庭。

熊媽媽為寶寶覓食時總是不顧一切。

上期答案:

the weather takes a turn for the worse.

But after all that fruitless searching by the crew, a bear visits them.