第一页:片段欣赏
第二页:巧学口语
第三页:小小翻译家
第四页:文化一瞥
1. Here we go: 好啦。现在我们可以开始。
2. pretty good: 非常好
By and large, the company's been pretty good to me.(总的来说,公司对我一直很好。)
3. Now what?: 又怎么了?现在怎么办?
4. the whole time: 全部时间(自始至终)
They only met twice during the whole time they were neighbours.(他们在毗邻而居期间只见过两次面。)
5. slick: 圆滑的,狡猾的,花言巧语的
I don't trust those slick salesmen.(我不信任那些油嘴滑舌的推销员。)
6. forepeak: 船首舱
7. get underway: 开始;启程
8. down by the head: 船头吃水深,船前倾
9. founder: 沉没
The ship foundered in the heavy seas.(这船在茫茫大海中沉没了。)
founder也可以表示(计划、事业等)失败,垮掉,崩溃
Without their assistance the arrangement would have foundered pretty quickly.(没有他们的帮助这项安排早就落空了。)