重點講解:
algebra
n. 代數學
I barely passed algebra and geometry, but here she's head of her class in both.
我的幾何和代數只是勉強及格。 可是,她這兩門課在班里都是第一。
How involved should your parents be in helping you learn Latin? Or algebra?
你的父母怎樣參與到你的拉丁語、或是代數、或是歷史的學習之中?
sober
adj. 冷靜的,清醒的;未醉的
vt. 使嚴肅;使醒酒,使清醒
We are now far more sober and realistic.
我們現在嚴肅多了,也現實多了。
It was a room filled with sad, sober faces.
這是一個滿是憂傷和嚴肅面孔的房間。
He dresses in sober grey suits.
他穿著一套素凈的灰色衣服。
spurn
vt. 唾棄;冷落;一腳踢開
vi. 摒棄;藐視
n. 藐視,摒棄;踢開
Don’t spurn them if you can help it – they will not want to give you an answer again.
不要拒絕他們假如你也能幫忙,否則他們不會再給你答案了。
They spurn all our offers of help.
他們拒絕接受我們提出的一切援助。
bubble gum
泡泡糖
I got bubble gum on the seat of Nanna's car.
我把泡泡糖弄到了娜娜的車座上。
Adults do not like to listen to bubble gum radio stations.
成年人不喜歡聽面向兒童或青少年的廣播節目。
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翻譯
1.你嚼過口香糖嗎?
2.他拒絕了管理顧問的勸告。
3.我到的時候他已經喝醉了。現在他清醒了。
上期答案
1.We must break the wall of silence and indifference that surrounds this phenomenon.
2.The child had broken the sofa by bouncing on it.
3.His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang.