(单词翻译:单击)
重点词汇词组
1.settle in 安顿下来,适应新环境
例:Once we've settled in, we'll have you over for dinner.
一旦我们安顿下来,一定要请你过来吃饭
。【常见短语】
①settle for sth. 无奈接受;勉强同意
例:She never settles for second best.
她从不甘心于退而求其次
。②settle on sth. 选定,决定
例:Have you settled on a name for the baby?
你们决定给宝宝起什么名字了吗?
③settle up 结账;付清欠款
例:Would you like to settle up now, sir?
先生,您想现在结账吗?
【相关俚语】
settle an account 算旧账,报复
例:Police think that the killings may be a result of accounts being settled between local gangs.
警方认为这些谋杀事件可能是当地黑帮互相清算旧账的结果
。2.talk to sb. 和某人说话
例:Your first step should be to talk to a teacher or school counsellor.
你第一步应该是去找个老师或学校辅导员谈谈
。【常见短语】
①talk back 顶嘴,回嘴
例:Children who talk back are regarded as disrespectful.
顶嘴的孩子被认为是放肆无礼,对人不尊敬
。②talk sth. through 讨论所有细节
例:It is very important to try and talk all the issues through so that they can be dealt with in an appropriate manner.
尽力把所有问题都讨论清楚是很重要的,这样才能采用合适的应对措施
。【相关俚语】
①talk shop 谈论自己的工作
例:Even at a party they have to talk shop!
就是在聚会上,他们还是三句话不离本行!
②talk tough 措词强硬
例:He likes to talk tough, but he's really a sweetheart inside.
他嘴上强硬,但其实内心很柔软
。3.be married to sb. 跟某人结婚
例:She is married to an Englishman.
她嫁给了一个英国人
。【常见短语】
①marry sb. off 把(某人)嫁出去;为(某人)找对象
例:She was married off to the local doctor by the age of 16.
她16岁时被嫁给了这个本地医生
。②marry up (sth.) (使)匹配;(使)结合
例:We need to marry up the names on your list with those on my list and see what the overlap is.
我们需要将各自名单上的名字对照一下,看看重复的有多少
。长难句解析
As Elizabeth had no longer any interest of her own to pursue1, she2 turned3 her attention4 almost entirely on her sister and Mr. Bingley, and the train of agreeable reflections5 which her observations gave birth to6, made7 her8 perhaps almost as happy as Jane.
解:1原因状语从句+2主语+3谓语+4宾语+5主语+6定语从句+7谓语+8宾语
析:定语从句:which her observations gave birth to
该从句修饰先行词reflections,关系代词which在从句中作宾语
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