重點講解:
1. used to do sth.
過去常常;過去曾做某事;
eg. We used to be good friends, but fell apart about a year ago.
我們過去曾經(jīng)是好朋友,但一年前關系破裂了 。
eg. John used to visit his parents once a week when he worked as an assistant in the city.
約翰在城里當服務員的時候,總是每周去看望父母一次 。
2. stay up
深夜不睡;熬夜;
eg. People often do not sleep on the last day of year and stay up to welcome the new year. We call it pernoctating.
守歲,就是在舊年的最后一天夜里不睡覺,熬夜迎接新一年的到來 。
eg. I hope you will not always stay up late, but form a good habit of early to bed, early to rise.
我希望你不要總是熬夜,要養(yǎng)成早睡早起的好習慣 。
3. one by one
逐個地;依次地;
eg. Researchers, sometimes working more or less in teams, divide problems into small pieces and try out different solutions to them one by one.
有時候,研究人員或多或少地分組合作,把問題分解并且逐個找到相應的解決辦法 。
eg. All the applicants were interviewed one by one.
所有的申請者一個接著一個參加面試 。
n. 帳篷
v. 住帳篷,宿營