重點講解：

sarcastic

adj. 挖苦的；尖刻的，辛辣的

She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.

她用挖苦的話來取笑別人的缺點。

What a surprise!" Caroline murmured sarcastically.

“多么驚喜呀！”卡羅琳諷刺地嘟囔。

miraculous

adj. 不可思議的，奇跡的

Miraculously, the guards escaped death or serious injury.

警衛們奇跡般地逃脫了傷亡。

The horse made a miraculous recovery to finish a close third.

這匹馬奇跡般地緩過勁來，最終以微弱的差距獲得了第三名。

set up

v. 建立；裝配；開業；豎立

The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims.

雙方同意成立一個委員會，調查索賠問題。

The government announced the setting up of a special fund.

政府宣布設置了一項特別基金。

Grandfather set them up in a printing business.

祖父資助他們開辦了一家印刷公司。

out of the blue

突然地；意外地

Have you ever been thinking of something rather odd and, out of the blue, wondered how you got there?

你是否想過一些非常奇特和出乎意料的事情和懷疑為什么會想到這些？

Here’s what they decided: They would sell a lot of dollars, out of the blue, all at once.

他們做出的決定是：他們將突然地、一次性地賣出大量美元。

考考你：

翻譯

1.音樂是唯一不能用來表達卑鄙或諷刺事物的語言。

2.可是沒想到，一個星期天的晚上，我居然收到她的郵件。

3.傷員奇跡般地痊愈了。

上期答案

1.She disturbed the papers on his desk.

2.The police detained the suspect to make further inquiries.

3.I tipped the taxi driver 50 pence.