重點講解:
1. the volume of
量;數額;
eg. The volume of passenger travel on the railways is increasing again.
鐵路的客運量又在日益增加。
eg. We needed to increase the volume of production.
我們需要提高產量。
2. run down
(車輛)把…撞傷,撞倒;
eg. Lozano claimed that motorcycle driver Clement Lloyd was trying to run him down.
洛扎諾聲稱克萊門特·勞埃德騎著摩托車想把他撞傷。
eg. The old man was run down by a big lorry.
那個老人被一輛大卡車撞倒了。
3. on earth
(用于以how, why, what 或 where 開始的問句,表示強調,通常表示問題沒有答案或很難回答)究竟,到底;
eg. How on earth did you know it?
你到底是怎么知道的?
eg. Why on earth didn't you tell me the truth?
你到底為什么不跟我說實話?