重點講解:
1. be to do sth.
表示按計劃或安排要做的事;將要做的事情;
eg. Then he received a phone call that was to change his life.
然后,他接到一個將改變他一生的電話。
eg. A few hours later he was to prove it.
幾個小時之后他將證明這一點。
2. go about
著手干;做;處理;
eg. I want him back, but I just don't know how to go about it.
我想讓他回來,但就是不知道該怎么做才好。
eg. The way with which you'll go about the task really matters.
你做這件事要采用的方法的確很重要。
3. to the contrary
相反地;
eg. That does not automatically mean, however, that the money supply has been curbed, and there is considerable evidence to the contrary.
然而,那并不一定意味著貨幣供應量受到了限制,有大量證據表明事實正好相反。
eg. He insisted on going to the football match, notwithstanding his doctor's advice to the contrary.
他不顧醫生的勸阻,堅持要去看足球比賽。
adv. 自動地,機械地