重点讲解:
1. state of mind
(某一特定时刻的)情绪,心态;
eg. I want you to get into a whole new state of mind.
我想让你有一个全新的心态。
eg. What's vital is the state of mind in which you proceed.
重要的是你在处理这件事情中的心境是什么样的。
2. give up
放弃;戒除;
eg. When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.
当生活很艰难,你想要放弃的时候,请记住,生活充满了起起落落,如果没有低谷,那站在高处也失去了意义。
eg. They'll have to give up completely on certain of their studies.
他们将不得不彻底放弃某些研究。
3. so long as/as long as
只要;
eg. So long as the confidence building, deals calm, could cross this crisis.
只要树立信心,沉着应对。就能渡过这场危机。
eg. "There is always hope, as long as you don't give up, " she said in her characteristic resolute voice.
她用自己特有的,坚毅的声音表达到:“只要你不放弃,总会有希望。”
4. be covered with
盖在…上面;铺在…上面;
eg. Buildings old and new are thickly covered with graffiti.
新老建筑上都有密密麻麻的涂鸦。
eg. The front of the building was covered with ivy.
大楼的正面爬满了常春藤。