第一、精讲短语
1. for good or ill:有意或者是无益处
例句:The change may be for good or ill, and is partly, perhaps, for both.
这一变化也许是好事,也许是坏事,也许好坏兼而有之。
It will be a profound social change, and its effects, for good or ill, are incalculable.
它将是一场深刻的社会变革,结果不管是凶是吉,其影响将是难以估计的。
2. throw away:错过,浪费(机会、优势或好处)
例句:Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation.
如果不能成功解决赤字问题,我们将错过等了一代人才等来的机会。
We should have won. We threw it away.
我们本该赢的,是我们自己没把握住机会。
3. give somebody a hand (with something):帮助某人(做某事)
例句:Don' t just stand about doing nothing, give me a hand with the luggage !
不要无所事事地站在那里,帮我拿行李吧!
The kitchen's always so messy after we've had guests. Give me a hand to do it over, will you?
家里来了客人之后,厨房总是那么乱,请你帮助我们清扫一下好吗?
4. make a discovery:发现
例句:If he were to make a discovery to the contrary, he would be simply stunned.
要是他所发现的情况恰恰相反,他准会吓得目瞪口呆。
It was reserved for him to make the admirable discovery.
那项令人赞赏的发现注定由他完成。
泛讲短语
1. middle class:中产阶级
2. inherit the estate:上层中产阶级