重點講解:
1. or so
…左右;…上下;
eg. The driver usually spends four hours or so helping to load and prepare his lorry.
司機通常花 4 小時左右的時間幫忙裝貨和打理貨車。
eg. Grandad usually sleeps for an hour or so after lunch.
爺爺吃過午飯往往要睡一個小時左右。
eg. We felt a little constraint with the new teacher for the first day or so.
在開頭一兩天,我們對新教師感到有點拘束。
2. be to do sth.
表示按計劃或安排要做的事;
eg. We are to meet at the school gate.
我們將在校門口碰頭。
eg. They are to go travelling in August.
他們計劃八月份去旅游。
eg. She is to be married next month.
她將于下個月結婚。
n. 約束,強制,約束條件,對感情的壓抑,虛情假意