重點講解:
1. first of all
第一;首先;
eg. First of all she just smiled, then she started to laugh.
最初她只是微笑,后來才放聲大笑 。
eg. First of all, you should know what profession suits you.
首先,你該知道什么職業適合你 。
eg. Well, first of all we can't possibly spare the time.
你看,最主要的是我們實在抽不出時間 。
2. let's see
口語常用,(表示試圖記起某事或找到某物)讓我想一想,讓我看看;
eg. Let's see, they're six — no, make that five hours ahead of us.
讓我想一想,他們比我們早 6 個——不,就算是早 5 個小時完成 。
eg. Oh, let's see. It'll be about 3:30 before we have anybody free.
哦,讓 我 想想 。大概要到3:30我們才有空 。
eg. Let's see, our flight number is CX360 monitor says our flight is on time.
讓我看看,我們的航班號是CX360,顯示屏上顯示我們的航班準時到了 。
n. 飛行,航班
n. 奇思妙想,一段樓