重点讲解:
1. for better or worse
不论好坏;不管结果怎样;
eg. I married you for better or worse, knowing all about these problems.
这些问题我都知道,不管怎样我还是嫁给了你。
eg. It's been done, and, for better or worse, we can't change it now.
事已至此,无论是好是坏,已无法改变。
2. mean doing sth.
意味着……;
eg. Children universally prefer to live in peace and security, even if that means living with only one parent...
孩子们普遍愿意过平静安宁的生活,即便这意味着只能与单亲生活在一起。
eg. Managing well means communicating well.
良好的管理需要有效的沟通。
3. should have done sth.
本应做某事;
eg. I should have gone this morning but I was feeling a bit ill..
今天早晨我本应该走的,但是我觉得有点不舒服。
eg. I should have been in the shade like all the other tourists, then I wouldn't have got burned.
我本应该像其他旅游者一样呆在阴凉处的,那么我就不会晒伤了。
4. on earth
(用于以how, why, what 或 where 开始的问句,表示强调,通常表示问题没有答案或很难回答)究竟,到底;
eg. How on earth did that happen?
那件事到底怎么发生的?
eg. What on earth had Luke done?
卢克究竟做了什么?
eg. Why on earth would he want to go to such a place?
他到底为什么想去那么个地方?
5. to the point
切题的;中肯的;
eg. Mr. Baker was smiling and to the point.
贝克先生微笑着,说得很中肯。
eg. The description which he had been given was brief and to the point.
给他的描述言简意赅。
6. mind doing sth.
介意做某事;
eg. I hope you don't mind me calling in like this, without an appointment.
希望您不会介意我这样没有预约就来访。
eg. I don't mind the children's comings and goings.
我并不介意孩子们进进出出。
名人简介:
早年生活:
1974年9月,在他13至14岁时,保罗的外祖父去世,而他的母亲在参加完自己父亲的葬礼之后很快病倒,并因为脑溢血在二周后离开了人世。母亲的去世对他影响很大,他在在不少U2的歌曲中也有写到他的母亲,例如:〈Out of Control〉、〈I Will Follow〉、〈Tomorrow〉、〈Lemon〉、〈Mofo〉等。