重点讲解:
1. take place (尤指在控制或组织下)发生,进行,举行;
As time passed by, changes began to take place in nature of things.
随着时间的推移,事情开始发生变化。
2. search for 搜寻;搜索;搜查;寻求;
But they have searched for new ways to be modern.
但它们一直在寻找现代化的新途径。
3. believe it or not (强调刚才所述之事令人吃惊)信不信由你;
Believe it or not, what I have told you is all true.
信不信由你,但我告诉你的都是事实。
4. lag behind 落后;赶不上;
Modesty helps one to go forward; conceit makes one lag behind.
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后。
n. 路线,(固定)线路,途径
vt. 为 .