重点讲解:
1. carve out
开创;创造;
eg. Camille used a hammer and chisel to carve out a figure from the marble.
卡米尔用锤子和凿子将大理石雕刻出一个人像。
eg. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine.
我们可以掌握神秘而不可知的未来,从中开创出我们所能想象的任何东西。
2. man-made
人造的;人工的;人为的;
eg. This new man - made material feels like real leather.
这种新型人造材料摸起来像真皮一样。
eg. The country blasted off another man-made satellite.
这个国家又发射了一颗人造卫星。
3. as if
好像;仿佛;
eg. He continued with his reading as if nothing important had happened.
他若无其事地又继续看他的书。
eg. I can remember it as if it were yesterday.
我对此事记忆犹新,恍如昨日一样。
v. 雕刻,切割