重点讲解:
1. used to do sth.
过去常常;过去曾做某事;
eg. We used to be good friends, but fell apart about a year ago.
我们过去曾经是好朋友,但一年前关系破裂了 。
eg. John used to visit his parents once a week when he worked as an assistant in the city.
约翰在城里当服务员的时候,总是每周去看望父母一次 。
2. stay up
深夜不睡;熬夜;
eg. People often do not sleep on the last day of year and stay up to welcome the new year. We call it pernoctating.
守岁,就是在旧年的最后一天夜里不睡觉,熬夜迎接新一年的到来 。
eg. I hope you will not always stay up late, but form a good habit of early to bed, early to rise.
我希望你不要总是熬夜,要养成早睡早起的好习惯 。
3. one by one
逐个地;依次地;
eg. Researchers, sometimes working more or less in teams, divide problems into small pieces and try out different solutions to them one by one.
有时候,研究人员或多或少地分组合作,把问题分解并且逐个找到相应的解决办法 。
eg. All the applicants were interviewed one by one.
所有的申请者一个接着一个参加面试 。
n. 帐篷
v. 住帐篷,宿营