重點講解:
1. run out of
用完;耗盡;
eg. They have run out of ideas.
他們已經想不出任何辦法了 。
eg. We're running out of time.
我們快沒有時間了 。
eg. By now the plane was running out of fuel.
現在,這架飛機的燃料快用完了 。
2. set upon
突然攻擊;襲擊;
eg. We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious.
我們遭到了大約 12 名青年的襲擊,我被踢暈過去了 。
eg. Life is becoming a greater adventure and the only limits are those that you set upon yourselves.
生活正在變得更具有冒險意義,而僅有的限制是那些你自己強加于自己的 。
3. be supposed to do
(按計劃或期望)應當,應該做某事;本應該做某事;
eg. He produced a handwritten list of nine men he was supposed to kill.
他拿出了一份手寫的名單,上面列有9個他應該要殺死的人 。
eg. The first debate was supposed to have been held on Tuesday.
第一場辯論本該在星期二就舉行了 。
4. How can you tell
你怎么知道?
eg. These kittens look exactly alike how can you tell which is which?
這些小貓看上去一模一樣--你怎么能分出哪個是哪個?
eg. How can you tell which button to press?
你怎么能判斷出該按哪一個按鈕?
5. pitch dark
漆黑的;烏黑的;
eg. It was pitch-dark in the room and I couldn't see a thing.
房間里一片漆黑,我什么也看不見 。
eg. It was pitch dark in the corridor and I had to feel my way along.
走廊里漆黑一團,我只得摸索著走過去 。
vt. 補充,再裝滿 vi. 補充