重点讲解:
1. first of all
第一;首先;
eg. My aim was first of all to determine what I should do next.
我的目标首先是要确定自己下一步该做什么。
eg. First of all, make full use of your time and work hard.
首先,抓紧时间,努力学习。
2. for real
真实地;真正地;不是假装;
eg. You might think that jumping out of a plane is easy, but when you do it for real, it's terrifying.
你可能会认为从飞机上跳下来很容易,但是真跳时还是挺吓人的。
eg. They were ready to try it for real!
他们准备好认真地尝试它了。
3. try for
谋求;争取;
eg. He said he was going to try for first place next year.
他说他明年会争取夺得第一名。
eg. I don't think I have a particularly good chance of getting the job, but it's certainly worth trying for.
我看得到那份工作的可能性并不很大,不过争取一下肯定是我值得的。
4. It's time for sb. to sth.
(从事特定活动的)合适时候;
eg. It is time for children to be in bed.
孩子们就寝的时间到了。
eg. It is time for us to carry out this plan.
是我们实施这个计划的时候了。
5. take care of
照顾;照看;看护;
eg. Her work is to take care of the children.
她的工作是照料好孩子。
eg. They appointed her to take care of that old man.
他们委派她照顾那位老人。
6. put up with
忍受;容忍;
eg. They had put up with behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else.
他们容忍了儿子的行为,如果换作别人他们可做不到。
eg. He had to put up with a smart rebuke from the teacher.
他不得不忍受老师的严厉指责。
背景资料:
在梦开始的地方,“大鲨鱼”奥尼尔为自己辉煌的19个赛季划上了完美的句号!北京时间2011年6月4日凌晨,奥尼尔在位于佛罗里达州奥兰多的豪宅中召开新闻发布会,正式对外宣布退役的决定。两天前,奥尼尔通过推特(Twitter)宣布此消息,而如今奥尼尔在自家健身房临时搭建的舞台上正式告别NBA。这本该是个伤感的新闻发布会,但因为有奥尼尔,所以充满着欢声笑语。他仍旧像个长不大的孩子,面带微笑地说出了这一切。
名人经典:
Thank you very much, and I really will miss you. But I do plan on entertaining you for the next 19 years. Whether it's TNT, ESPN, CNN; whoever wants to hire me, my offices open up on Monday. Give me a call.
谢谢大家。我会想念你们的。在接下来的19年里,我会继续把欢笑带给大家。不管是TNT、ESPN、CNN,谁想雇我就给我打电话。我的办公室周一就开门。给我打电话。