重點(diǎn)講解：
1. range from...to...
表示范圍；
eg. Her children's ages range from three to eighteen.
她的孩子們的年齡在3歲到18歲之間。
eg. Cyberwarfare, a futuristic colection of ideas that range from clever to absurd.
計(jì)算機(jī)戰(zhàn)，包括未來(lái)學(xué)家的各種猜想，其中有些是奇思妙想，有些是無(wú)稽之談。
2. mind-numbing
（糟糕、無(wú)聊或程度強(qiáng)烈到）令人頭腦麻木的；
eg. It was another day of mind-numbing tedium.
又是一個(gè)令人麻木的單調(diào)乏味的日子。
eg. Plodding around in evil weather in the dark can be very mind numbing, I assure you.
在昏暗惡劣的天氣里艱難行走，我敢擔(dān)保，那會(huì)讓你的思維完全麻木。
3. for the first time
首次；初次；
eg. The young man displayed his talent for the first time in the scientific and technological circles.
那個(gè)青年人在科技界初露鋒芒。
eg. For the first time a feeling of uneasy doubt assailed him.
一種不自在的疑慮感首次向他襲來(lái)。
4. the whole of
全部；整體；
eg. I was cold throughout the whole of my body.
我渾身上下都覺(jué)得冷。
eg. Contrary to expectations, Glen remained sober for the whole of the party.
出乎意料，格倫在聚會(huì)上自始至終沒(méi)有喝酒。