妙语佳句:
原句:OK. I'm OK. OK. I'm alive.
alive:文中意思为“活着的”。
alive属于表语形容词,不能说very alive,只能说much alive或very much alive(后者比前者使用更普遍),等同于alive的定语形容词是living或live;
eg.Are your grandparents still alive?
你的祖父母还在世吗?
But for the safety-belt I wouldn't be alive today.
若没有安全带,我就不能活到今天
原句:Only two passengers unaccounted for, Skipper.
account for:(事故之后)查明
eg.He could not account for his absence from school.
他无法说明他旷课的原因。
原句:That's a number I can live with.
live with:接受
eg.I don't enjoy the pain, but I can live with it.
我虽然不以疼痛为乐,但还可以忍受.
原句:Who gives you the authority to put me in charge?
in charge:负责, 主管
eg.I am in charge of financial affairs.
我职掌财务。
考考你:
这个数字我可以接受。
谁给你的权力让我来指挥的?
上期答案:
We just wanted to check on the drinks we ordered.
Whatever happened to the separation of the classes.