重点讲解:
1. at least (数量)至少,不少于;
At least ten people were killed in the crash.
至少有十人在撞车事故中丧生 。
2. get through 度过,熬过(困难或不快的时期);
It is hard to see how people will get through the winter.
难以想象人们将怎样熬过这个冬天 。
3. set in motion 开动;激活;启动;
Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
贾尔斯触发了随后的一系列事件,这些事件最终将以悲剧收场 。
4. a cascade of 大量;许多;
If one firm goes under it could provoke a cascade of bankruptcies.
如果一家公司倒闭,便有可能引发一连串的破产 。
adj. 附加的,另外的