妙语佳句:

bring up:文中意思“提到”，除此还有“养育，突然停下”的意思。

Please bring up this point at the next meeting.

请把这一点在下次会议上提出来。

Her parents died when she was a baby and she was brought up by her aunt.

她出生後不久父母双亡，是由姑母抚养大的。

give up:文中意思为“戒除”，除此之外还有“抛弃，交出”的意思。

The priest persuaded him to give up his bad habit.

牧师劝他戒除坏习惯。

He counselled them to give up the plan.

他建议他们放弃这项计划。

by the way:顺便说

By the way, what happened to all the money I gave you?

顺便问一下，我给你的那些钱呢？

make promise:作出诺言

The boss is cautious about making promise.

老板从不轻易作出承诺。

He's a keeper.他信守诺言。

考考你:

生病不是什么缺陷。

顺便说一句，阿历克斯是个不错的孩子。

上期答案://www.utensil-race.com/video/201207/189493.shtml

He kindly listened to me spill my guts.

I had a doctor's appointment before I went there.

Why were you spilling you guys to Alex?