重點單詞:
1、sake
n. 目的;利益;理由;日本米酒
n. (Sake)人名;(羅)薩克;(日)酒(姓)
Let's assume for the sake of argument that we manage to build a satisfactory database.
讓我們為了討論假定我們設法構建了一個令人滿意的數據庫。
2、plus
n. 正號,加號;好處;附加額
adj. 正的;附加的
prep. 加,加上
The aircraft was subjected to temperatures of minus 65 degrees and plus 120 degrees.
這架飛機經受過零下65度和零上120度的考驗。
3、exactly
adv. 恰好地;正是;精確地;正確地
Each corner had a guard tower, each of which was exactly ten metres in height.
每個角都有1個警戒塔,每個塔剛好10米高。
重點短語:
1、make up
組成;補足;化妝;編造
The Chinese make up the largest single ethnic group in the city's public classrooms.
華人在該市公立學校的課堂中構成最大的一個族群。
2、ask for
請求,要求;尋找
I didn't ask for the chairmanship. I was pitched into it.
我并不要求主席職位,我是被迫接受的。
考考你(翻譯):
1、為了歷史的準確性,請允許我們說出事實真相。
2、只有35名員工為3萬多位顧客服務。
3、女警察構成警力的13%。
答案下期公布:
上期答案:
1、I don't know why I settled on Miami, but anyway I did.
2、I let things get out of perspective.
3、I'm definitely going to get in touch with these people.
vt. 假定,設想,承擔; (想當然的)認為