1.to one's surprise 令某人感到驚訝的是

To my surprise, I didn't feel defensive in the face of people's comments.

令我驚訝的是，面對人們的議論，我并不覺得被冒犯而擺出防備的姿態.kw&_Rc%)d,)。

2.volunteer 主動建議(或告訴)

He didn't want to volunteer a lot of information, yet his role was essential.

他并不想主動告訴我們什么，然而，他所扮演的角色是至關重要的2jvRJI+N0P。

3.to make sure 為了確保

To make sure their children receive the best education, parents would queue up to send their children to famous schools.

為了確保他們的孩子得到最好的教育，父母們會排著隊把他們的孩子送到有名的學校J[b6GUmG-Ts。

4.given 考慮到，鑒于

Given the strength of pressure on both sides, the superpowers may well have difficulties sponsoring negotiations.

鑒于雙方的強大壓力，超級大國可能很難組織談判qFRfSP6XQo9o*QiB~*L。