1. Yeah. I was out of town for a couple of days. Personal reasons.
【句子翻译】嗯,我出城呆了一段时间,出于个人原因。
【句子解析】a couple of “几个、两个”,是口语中常用的词组;
He patched up a couple of old tires.
他补了几条旧车胎。
I saw a couple of men get out.
我看见有几个人出去了。
2.Do you mind if I look? It's prophase.
【句子翻译】你介意我看看吗?是分裂前期。
【句子解析】do you mind...“你介意...吗?”;
mind最重要也最容易考核的用法就是
(1) mind (one's)doing sth.
例:Do you mind my smoking here? 你介意我抽烟吗?
(2) Would you mind if I did sth.?(=Do you mind if I do sth.?)
在这一用法中if引导的条件状语从句中要用虚拟语气来表示委婉语气(也就是用过去式)。
例: Would you mind if I used your pen? (=Do you mind if I use your pen?/Do you mind my using your pen?)