重点讲解:
1. at first 最初;起初;开始时;
例句:At first I didn't know what to make of it.
起初我搞不清那是怎么回事 。
2. stir up 扬起(灰尘);卷起(泥浆);
例句:They saw first a cloud of dust and then the car that was stirring it up.
他们先看到了扬起的一团尘土,然后才看到了汽车 。
3. settle down (历经磨难或变化后)安静下来,平静下来;
例句:It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France.
等欧洲的局势平定下来后,去法国旅行一趟应该不错 。
4. wipe away 擦去;擦掉;揩干;
例句:He wiped away the blood with a paper napkin.
他用纸巾将血迹擦去 。
n. 插曲,一段情节,片段,轶事