第一、短语精讲
1. all the same:尽管如此......仍然(还是)
例句:All the same, there's some truth in what she says.
即便这样,她的话也还是有些道理。
Thank you all the same.
不管怎样,还是要谢谢你。
I was ill, but I finished the job all the same.
尽管我病了,但还是完成了工作。
2. settle in:在新居安顿下来,适应新环境
例句:I enjoyed King Edward's School enormously once I'd settled in.
适应了爱德华国王学校的生活后,我就深深地爱上了这里。
Certainly, British players often settle in at new clubs a lot quicker.
当然,不列颠球员就能更快地适应下来。
3. make a fool of :愚弄,使......出丑
例句:Don't have any more to do with him, he's trying to make a fool of you.
别再理他了,他正在捉弄你呢。
If you pretend to know what you don't know, you'll only make a fool of yourself.
不懂装懂就会闹笑话。
4. fall over:跌倒,摔倒,倒下
例句:He pretended to fall over.
他假装跌倒。
If he drinks more than two glasses of wine he falls over.
如果他喝酒超过两杯,就会醉倒。
2. 泛讲短语
1. by the way:顺便,附带地说说
2. come to tea:来喝茶
3. a message from:来自......消息
4. a day or two:一两日