妙语佳句:
原句:I appreciate all of you showing up on short notice.很感谢你们一收到通知就过来了。
appreciate:欣赏, 赏识
appreciate后可接that从句。
I appreciate that the plan has worked well.
美国人习惯在appreciate后直接加that,而英国人则习惯在that前加上the fact。
I appreciate the fact that the plan has worked well.
appreciate后不可接不定式,可以接动名词。
He appreciates being advised.
他很感激得到了建议。
有时,appreciate后带动宾语it最好不讨省略掉。
I shall appreciate it if you will give me his address.
show up:露面
What puzzles me is why they didn't show up.
令我百思不解的是他们为什么没有出现。
on short:马上
We had to set out on short notice.
一接到通知,我们就出发了。
The doctor came on short notice.
医生随叫随到。
原句:This is a waste of time.这简直在浪费时间。
a waste of time(to do sth):浪费时间, 白费时间
It is a waste of time to read such a magazine.
看这种杂志真是浪费时间。
考考你:
很感谢你们一收到通知就过来了
我从没听你质疑过她的能力
上期答案:
A person is more than the size of their wallet.
You set up my client with a man named Martin Donnelly.