重点讲解:
1. be rooted in 起源于…的;根源于…的;由…产生的;
The crisis is rooted in deep rivalries between the two groups.
这场危机的根源是这两个群体之间积怨已深的敌对情绪 。
2. in the first place 起初;一开始;
I should never have taken that job in the first place.
我当初就不该接受那份工作 。
3. account for (数量或比例上)占;
Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.
计算机占去该国商业用电的5% 。
4. as if 好像;仿佛;
Sam looked as if he didn't have a care in the world.
萨姆看上去好像什么事都不操心似的 。
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