EXAMPLE: I tell my son he must finish his homework before he plays basketball because I believe in doing first things first我对儿子说,在打篮球之前必须写完家庭作业,因为我认为,重要的事情要先做![阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The dishonest owner of the only hotel in the remote mountain town often takes unwary tourists to the cleaners by doubling his prices for services.这处偏远山区里唯一宾馆的心术不正的老板经常加收一倍的服务费,骗取毫不知情的旅游者的钱。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The team of young doctors plumbed the depths of medical research in order to find a cure for the mysterious disease.为找到关于这种神秘疾病的疗法,这支由青年医生组成的团队进行了深入的医学研究。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The huge, previously lucrative silver mine began to peter out after a while, and it produced less and less each year until it finally closed.这座从前利润很高的大型银矿在一段时间以后开始萎缩,产量一年比一年少,直到最后关闭。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: When I was young, I was lazy, but then I realized that money doesnt grow on trees, and if I wanted to be rich I needed to work hard.我年轻时很懒,但后来我知道,钱不是从天上掉下来的。要想发财,就得努力工作。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: When someone in our office suggested we needed to reorganize our files, our manager said well, no time like the presentand we started at once.办公室里有人提出,我们需要整理一下文件,经理说:“好,现在就干吧。”我们马上动手。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: I didnt think I would like the strange food in the countries I visited on vacation, but I discovered that a lot of it was not half bad, and now I miss it. 我原以为,我不会喜欢上在度假期间所游玩的国家的奇怪食品,但我发现很多食物还不错,现在我怀念它们了。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: If they can afford it, many executives and their families prefer to live in bedroom communities outside the crowded large cities where they work.只要有钱,很多经理和他们的家人都喜欢居住在他们工作的拥挤大城市外的近郊居住区。[阅读全文]