重点讲解:
1. permit sb. to do sth. 允许;准许;
This permitted Western manufacturers to play their strong cards: capital and technology.
这让西方制造商得以亮出他们的王牌:资金和技术 。
2. pass on to 将…传给;将…交给;
It may cause illness that could be passed on to our children and grandchildren.
它还可能引起某种疾病,而这种疾病又可遗传给我们的子孙后代 。
3. come about 产生;发生;
How did this unhappy state of affairs come about?
这种不幸的情况是怎么发生的呢?
4. persuade sb. to do sth. 劝说;说服;
You'll never persuade him to stay ─ his mind's made up.
你根本无法劝他留下来——他已经拿定主意了 。