重点讲解:
1. lay on
(尤指慷慨或盛情地)提供(食物、娱乐或服务);
eg. They laid on a superb evening...
他们办了一场非常精彩的晚会 。
eg. Every facility was laid on to ease their homecoming.
动用了一切设施以缓解他们的回乡之困 。
2. give birth
生(孩子);分娩;生育;
eg. She's due to give birth at any moment.
她随时可能分娩 。
eg. His wife gave birth to triplets.
他妻子生了三胞胎 。
3. rein in
控制;约束;
eg. His administration's economic policy would focus on reining in inflation.
他的政府的经济政策将侧重于控制通货膨胀 。
eg. Mary spoiled both her children, then tried too late to rein them in.
玛丽惯坏了她的两个孩子,想要管束他们的时候已经来不及了 。
4. be based on
以…为基础;
eg. A good marriage is based on trust.
美满的婚姻是建立在互相信任的基础上的 。
eg. The story is based on supposition.
这故事是以假想为基础的 。
5. be ready to do sth.
愿意的;乐意的;情愿的;甘愿的;
eg. They were ready to die for their beliefs.
他们甘愿为信仰而死 。
eg. She was always ready to give interviews.
她一向乐意接受采访 。
n. 移民,移往,移动