重点讲解:
1.up sticks 不告而别;迁居别处
例句:Unlike workers or businesspeople, homes cannot up sticks and leave.
与工人或商人不同,房子属于不动产,是移不走的。
2.meet up with 偶遇;偶尔碰见;碰面
例句:Oh, I'm going to meet up with him.
哦,我正打算与他汇合。
3.hard to do 很难做到
例句:As a journalist who writes for a wire service, I realize that this would be hard to do.
身为一个为通讯社写稿的记者,我察觉这确实不容易。
4.take the lives of 夺走...的生命
例句:Should doctors be allowed to take the lives of others?
医生应该被允许去结束他人的性命吗?