Swerve (pt&pp.swerved)
vt.& vi.使突然轉(zhuǎn)向；使轉(zhuǎn)彎
n.改變方向

I had the impression that the car was going to swerve right.
我仿佛記得汽車正要向右轉(zhuǎn)彎。
The swerve which the car made to avoid hitting her.
汽車為避讓她而作的急轉(zhuǎn)彎。

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Decay (pt&pp.swerved)
vt.& vi. （使）腐爛，腐朽
vi.衰敗，衰退，衰落
n.腐敗、衰退的狀態(tài)

The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
地上滿是腐敗的落葉。
Popular cinema seems to have decayed...
大眾電影似乎已經(jīng)衰落了。

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Refer to…as
把…稱做…

The russians refer to garlic as russian penicillin.
俄國(guó)人將大蒜視為俄羅斯青霉素。

劇情百科

芬在返回的路上再次碰到了奧利維拉，而奧利維拉也再次不小心地差點(diǎn)撞了芬。雖然奧利維拉冒冒失失的舉止讓人覺得有些滑稽，但也正因?yàn)榇?，芬和奧利維拉的友誼正式開幕。

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1._____ that, deal sizes were much smaller.
在此之前，中國(guó)油企的交易規(guī)模要小得多。
2.I've had enough of this _____.
我已經(jīng)受夠了這種討論.

A:本期答案見下期
上期答案：

1.For the decay of contemporary culture.
象征著當(dāng)代文化的衰敗。
2.The chinese refer to the building as the egg.
中國(guó)人稱這座建筑為鳥蛋。