重点讲解:
1. on alert 处于警戒状态;保持戒备;
例句:Security forces were placed on alert.
治安警备力量进入了警戒状态 。
2. turn over (使)翻转;(使)颠倒;(使)倾覆;
例句:Liz picked up the blue envelope and turned it over curiously.
莉兹拿起蓝色信封,好奇地翻过来看 。
3. to be honest 老实说;说实在的;
例句:To be honest, I have stopped reading papers for years now.
实话说,我已经好几年不看报纸了 。
4. under threat 受到威胁;
例句:The biologist believes that some animal species are under threat of extinction.
那位生物学家相信某些动物物种正受到灭绝的威胁 。
5. even though 即使;尽管;纵然;
例句:I don't like spinach even though I know it's good for me.
我不喜欢吃菠菜,虽然我知道它对我有好处 。
adj. 暴力的,猛烈的,极端的