重點講解:
1. make it
到達;成功;趕上;
eg. You're brave and courageous. You can make it.
你勇敢無畏,一定會獲得成功 。
eg. He hadn't been able to make it to our dinner.
他沒能出席我們的晚宴 。
2. be supposed to do sth.
應當,應該做某事;
eg. He was supposed to go back to Bergen on the last bus, but of course the accident prevented him.
他本來要乘最后一班汽車回卑爾根,但當然,這起事故使他沒能回去 。
eg. Public spending is supposed to fall, not rise, in the next few years.
在接下來的幾年里,政府開支應該會下降,而不是上升 。
3. the more...the more
常用結構,表示“越……就越……”;文中用的是the louder...the louder...
eg. The more he gets, the more he wants.
他越來越貪 。
eg. The higher the ground is, the thinner air becomes.
離地面越高,空氣就越稀薄 。
4. other than
(用于否定陳述后)除了…以外;
eg. I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free.
我沒有雄心大志,只求自由自在地過幸福生活 。
eg. He has no friend other than you.
他除你之外就沒有別的朋友了 。
n. 典禮,儀式,禮節,禮儀