重點講解:
1. except for
除了;除…之外;唯有;
eg. The street was deserted except for a cat lifting its paws off the frosty stones.
街上空無一人,只有一只貓在結霜的石磚上拾爪而行 。
eg. The walls were bare except for a clock.
墻上除了一只掛鐘什么也沒有 。
2. distract sb. from sth.
分散(注意力);使分心;
eg. The film managed to distract me from these problems for a while.
這部影片分散了我的注意力,讓我暫時忘記了這些難題 。
eg. It was all a ploy to distract attention from his real aims.
那純粹是障眼法,用以分散人們對他真正意圖的注意力 。
3. on one's mind
擔心;惦記;掛念;
eg. I thought something was on your mind.
我想你當時有心事 。
eg. The spectre of unemployment was always on his mind.
他心頭一直縈繞著可能失業的恐懼感 。
4. concentrate on
全神貫注;集中(心思);
eg. He skirted the hardest issues, concentrating on areas of possible agreement.
他避開了最棘手的問題,將精力集中于有可能達成一致的領域 。
eg. It's too hot to concentrate on book.
熱得不能集中心思看書 。
5. pay attention to
關心;注意;
eg. I didn't pay attention to what she was saying.
我沒有注意她在說什么 。
eg. That's a problem that should be paid attention to.
這是一個值得引起注意的問題 。
6. over and over again
一再;再三;反復;
eg. We will consider the problem over and over again.
這個問題我們還需再三斟酌 。
eg. She has proved herself over and over again.
她一次次證明了自己 。
adj. 擔憂的,關心的