重點講解:
1. believe it or not
(強調剛才所述之事令人吃驚)信不信由你;
eg. That's normal, believe it or not.
那很正常,信不信由你 。
eg. Believe it or not, this information can transform your life.
信不信由你,認識到這一點能徹底改變你的人生 。
2. in actuality
真實地;實際上;
eg. In actuality, Teddie did not have a disorder but merely a difficult temperament.
實際上,小特迪并非哪不正常,而僅僅是屬于困難型氣質 。
eg. The woman he had seen performing on stage was in actuality quite older than she had seemed.
他所見的那個在舞臺上表演的女人實際年齡比看上去要大很多 。
3. be exposed to
使受…的影響(或熏陶);使接觸;使遭受;
eg. Two ended up dying and hundreds were exposed to various levels of radiation.
兩名工人最終死亡,數百人遭受不同程度的輻射 。
eg. Doses of nanoparticles used in the study were higher than anything a human might be exposed to.
研究中所使用的納米粒子劑量高于任何人在日常生活中可能會接觸到的劑量 。
4. as soon as
一…就…;
eg. I sent him an e-mail as soon as I got his letter.
我一收到他的信就給他發了一封電子郵件 。
eg. He said that he would let me know as soon as he got the information.
他說他一得到消息就立即讓我知道 。
5. light up
照亮;發亮;
eg. On September 5, at the end of the festival, a massive display of fireworks will light up the sky around Broadlands.
9月5日,也就是慶祝活動的最后,會有大型焰火表演照亮布羅德蘭附近的夜空 。
eg. A brilliant sun lit up their rooms.
燦爛的陽光照亮了他們的屋子 。
adj. 暴露的,無掩蔽的,暴露于風雨中的 v. 暴露,