1. Yeah. I was out of town for a couple of days. Personal reasons.
【句子翻譯】嗯,我出城呆了一段時間,出于個人原因。
【句子解析】a couple of “幾個、兩個”,是口語中常用的詞組;
He patched up a couple of old tires.
他補了幾條舊車胎。
I saw a couple of men get out.
我看見有幾個人出去了。
2.Do you mind if I look? It's prophase.
【句子翻譯】你介意我看看嗎?是分裂前期。
【句子解析】do you mind...“你介意...嗎?”;
mind最重要也最容易考核的用法就是
(1) mind (one's)doing sth.
例:Do you mind my smoking here? 你介意我抽煙嗎?
(2) Would you mind if I did sth.?(=Do you mind if I do sth.?)
在這一用法中if引導的條件狀語從句中要用虛擬語氣來表示委婉語氣(也就是用過去式)。
例: Would you mind if I used your pen? (=Do you mind if I use your pen?/Do you mind my using your pen?)