重点讲解:
1. get away with
(做坏事而)未受惩罚;(做冒险之事而)未遭遇不测;
eg. Naturally we won't let them get away with this.
很自然,我们不会就这样放过他们。
eg. I won't let him get away with that excuse.
我不会让他用那种借口蒙混过去。
2. give up
放弃;
eg. Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
海岸警卫队对两位潜水员生还已完全不抱希望。
eg. When faced with adversity she was never tempted to give up.
面对逆境她从未想过放弃。
3. settle in
安顿下来;适应;
eg. Later, man began to settle in the places where the food and water were plentiful.
后来,人们开始在有充足的食物和水的地方定居下来。
eg. He can't seem to settle in a steady job; every two years or so he pulls up skates, moves to another city and starts again.
他似乎不能找一份固定的工作安定下来,大概每隔两年他就离开去另一个城市重新开始。
名人简介:
艾伦·德詹尼丝1958年1月26日出生于新奥尔兰一个中产阶级家庭。是美国著名脱口秀喜剧演员,电视节目主持和演员。艾伦·德詹尼丝是历史上唯一一位主持过奥斯卡(AcademyAwards),格莱美奖(Grammy Awards)和艾美奖(Emmy Awards)的主持人。
艾伦的父母在她13岁的时候离婚,她跟随她的母亲去了东德克萨斯。那时候她母亲有深度的忧郁,那个时候Ellen用幽默逗母亲开心,这也是Ellen第一次意识到幽默的力量。