重点讲解:
1. the volume of
量;数额;
eg. The volume of passenger travel on the railways is increasing again.
铁路的客运量又在日益增加。
eg. We needed to increase the volume of production.
我们需要提高产量。
2. run down
(车辆)把…撞伤,撞倒;
eg. Lozano claimed that motorcycle driver Clement Lloyd was trying to run him down.
洛扎诺声称克莱门特·劳埃德骑着摩托车想把他撞伤。
eg. The old man was run down by a big lorry.
那个老人被一辆大卡车撞倒了。
3. on earth
(用于以how, why, what 或 where 开始的问句,表示强调,通常表示问题没有答案或很难回答)究竟,到底;
eg. How on earth did you know it?
你到底是怎么知道的?
eg. Why on earth didn't you tell me the truth?
你到底为什么不跟我说实话?