重點講解:
1. amass
vt. 積累,積聚
eg. The capitalists amass great wealth by exploiting workers.
資本家剝削工人而積累了巨額財富。
eg. He is planning to amass a fortune for a rainy day .
他正打算積蓄財富以備不時之需。
2. wield
vt. 使用;掌握,運用,行使
eg. We must learn to wield the weapon of law effectively.
我們要學會使用和用好法律武器。
eg. People may wield the power in a democracy.
在民主國家里,人民可以行使權力。
3. make the/an effort to do sth.
努力做某事;
eg. Actually, so few people make the effort to read that it's difficult to call books a 'mass medium'.
實際上,現在太少人肯花精力讀書,以至于很難還把書稱為一種大眾媒體。
eg. We are prepared to hold ourselves accountable, to make the effort to respond to these voices.
我們已準備肩負起責任,努力對這些呼聲作出響應。
4. interfere with
打擾; 妨礙; 與……抵觸
eg. Don't interfere with my business.
不要干涉我的事情。
eg. He tries not to let his business interfere with his home life.
他盡量不讓日常工作妨礙他的家庭生活。
名人名言:
Knowing who we are and being confident enough to do what matters to us--that's what counts.
了解自己,滿懷自信,做好我們認為重要的事情,這才是最重要的。