重点讲解:
1. be to do sth.
表示按计划或安排要做的事;将要做的事情;
eg. Then he received a phone call that was to change his life.
然后,他接到一个将改变他一生的电话。
eg. A few hours later he was to prove it.
几个小时之后他将证明这一点。
2. go about
着手干;做;处理;
eg. I want him back, but I just don't know how to go about it.
我想让他回来,但就是不知道该怎么做才好。
eg. The way with which you'll go about the task really matters.
你做这件事要采用的方法的确很重要。
3. to the contrary
相反地;
eg. That does not automatically mean, however, that the money supply has been curbed, and there is considerable evidence to the contrary.
然而,那并不一定意味着货币供应量受到了限制,有大量证据表明事实正好相反。
eg. He insisted on going to the football match, notwithstanding his doctor's advice to the contrary.
他不顾医生的劝阻,坚持要去看足球比赛。
adv. 自动地,机械地