第一頁:片段欣賞
第二頁:巧學口語
第三頁:小小翻譯家
第四頁:文化一瞥
1. Here we go: 好啦。現(xiàn)在我們可以開始。
2. pretty good: 非常好
By and large, the company's been pretty good to me.(總的來說,公司對我一直很好。)
3. Now what?: 又怎么了?現(xiàn)在怎么辦?
4. the whole time: 全部時間(自始至終)
They only met twice during the whole time they were neighbours.(他們在毗鄰而居期間只見過兩次面。)
5. slick: 圓滑的,狡猾的,花言巧語的
I don't trust those slick salesmen.(我不信任那些油嘴滑舌的推銷員。)
6. forepeak: 船首艙
7. get underway: 開始;啟程
8. down by the head: 船頭吃水深,船前傾
9. founder: 沉沒
The ship foundered in the heavy seas.(這船在茫茫大海中沉沒了。)
founder也可以表示(計劃、事業(yè)等)失敗,垮掉,崩潰
Without their assistance the arrangement would have foundered pretty quickly.(沒有他們的幫助這項安排早就落空了。)