重點講解:
1. keep up 繼續做(或提供);
例句:I was so hungry all the time that I could not keep the diet up for longer than a month.
我無時無刻都覺得餓,節食堅持不到一個月就放棄了 。
2. used to do sth. 過去常常;過去曾;
例句:Pirates used to maroon people on desert islands.
海盜過去慣常把人們遺棄在荒島 。
3. wake up 醒;醒來;喚醒;弄醒;
例句:Stop shouting or you'll wake up the neighbors.
不要喊了,否則你會把鄰居吵醒的 。
4. in comparison to 與…相比;與…比較而言;
例句:My worries suddenly seemed to pale in comparison to the problems of Jackson.
但和杰克遜的麻煩一比,我的憂慮簡直算不得什么 。
5. due to 由于;因為;
例句:Sales are down a bit due to the revaluation.
由于貨幣升值銷售額稍有下降 。
6. in trouble 處于困境;惹麻煩;將受懲罰;
例句:Nobody will believe he is in trouble because he has cried wolf so many times.
因為他多次謊發警報,現在誰也不會相信他遭難了 。
adj. 有益的,有利的