1、The three Americans, two of them have been served in the U.S. military, fought against the attacker. And with help from a Frenchman and a Briton, they were all over to overpower the gunman.

三名美國人與襲擊者發生斗爭，其中有兩人曾效力于美國軍隊，隨后在一名法國人和英國人的幫助下，他們最終制服了這名持槍者。

詞匯解析

a、serve in 服務,服役,在…任職

e.g.There`s no other reason for training to be an Apache pilot other than to serve in Afghanistan.

帕爾默表示，“受訓成為阿帕奇飛行員的原因只有一個，就是去阿富汗服役。

e.g.Do you volunteer or serve in an organization or are you a member of some group?

你是否在某個組織服務或者擔任志愿者，又或者你是某個團隊的成員？

b、fight against 對抗；反對；與……作斗爭

e.g.He instructed his staff to crank up for an all-out fight against the nomination 跟讀

他指示手下工作人員做好準備，全力以赴反對這項提名。

e.g.Now, all these bad things we have to fight against and that is what we are doing since Independence.

現在這些壞的事情我們不得不反對，那也是我們自獨立以來一直做的事情。

2、Going into the weekend, there were more than 12 wildfires burning across California, and more than 12,000 firefighters battling them. Even after they`re brought under control, though, the effects of the drought will remain.

到了周末，加利福尼亞有12多處燃起大火，12000多名消防員參與滅火。雖然火勢得到了控制，但干旱仍將持續。

詞匯解析

a、even after 甚至在…之后

e.g.Even after all these years, the vivid Gombe characters continue to surprise and delight us.

即使多年以后，這些貢貝生靈們也一直在給我們帶來驚訝和喜悅。

b、under control 處于控制之下；情況正常

e.g.We have everything under control, Governor.

我們控制住了局勢，州長先生。

e.g.It took us about an hour to get it all back under control.

我們花了一個小時把問題全部解決使系統再度得到控制。

3、Believe it or not, I`m walking on a bridge right now. But through many years of subsidence, this bridge has collapsed down into the earth, so much so that the road is actually below the water level of this canal.

信不信，我現在正走在一座橋上。但經過多年的下沉，這座橋已經坍塌到地表上，道路甚至低于這條河流的水平面。

詞匯解析

a、Believe it or not 信不信由你

e.g.Believe it or not, this is something everyone can do. 跟讀

信不信由你，每個人都能做到這一點。

b、so much so that 到如此的地步以至于；甚至

e.g.So much so that we begin to lose ourselves. 跟讀

如此的在乎，以至于我們開始失去自我。

e.g.So much so that at 18 he was sent to prison for 3 months for credit card fraud!

很多此類的行為以至在他18歲時由于偷取信用卡而被送入監獄3個月。

短語搭配

So much so that sleep 以至于不能入睡

so far as to; so much so that 甚至于

much so that 甚至