1.新工厂很大有地方可以扩展 The new factory is large, to allow room for expansion expansion:n. action of expanding, state of being expanded扩大,扩张,膨胀 2.为了谨慎起见,我们还是再多安排10分钟吧。 Lets allow an extra ten minutes, just to play it safe 公共汽车可能会早到,所以为了保险起见我们最好现在就动身。 The bus might be early, so we'd better play safe and leave now. play(it)safe: carefully avoid risks稳扎稳打,小心行事 3孩子们的激动是十分自然的,这是他们第一次出国 No wonder the children are excited; this is the first time they' ve been abroad.你吃这么多 难怪睡不着。 er you can't sleep when you eat so much. no wonder: it is not surprising不令人吃惊,难怪 4.德里克这样做纯粹是出于贪婪。 What motivates Derek is simply an unhealthy desire for more and more 他们这样做是出于想帮助人的愿望。 They are motivated by a desire to help people motivate:v.1. cause to want to do sth.激起(兴趣),激发(行动)2. be the reason for(sb:s action, cause(sb.) to act in a particular way作为(…行为的)动机;激励 5.在天黑之前找到那个落难的孩子应该是可能的。 There's a reasonable prospect of reaching the trapped child before it gets dark 汽车工业前途看好 The prospects of the car industry are bright prospect:n.1.(pl) chance of success前景,前程,前途 2. possibility or strong chance of sth. happening前景,可能性 字根 spect,意思为“看见” spectacle n.景象 spectacular a.壮观的 spectator n.旁观者 circumspect a.慎重的 aspect V.检查 ntrospect v.内省 prospective a.预期的 respect V.尊敬 retrospect v.回顾 suspect v.怀疑 6他办事没有条理,没有效率,当你需要他时总找不到他 句话,这个人没治了 He's disorganized, he's inefficient, and he's never there when you want him -in short, the mans hopeless 财政情况糟透了:一句话,我们没钱了 Things couldnt be worse, financially: in short, we have no money n short: in a few words; briefly总之,简言之 7和军队生活相比,学校生活是舒适的。 The life at school seems comfortable by comparison with that in the army 伦敦最高的建筑与纽约的相比就相形见绌了。 The tallest ngs in London are small by comparison with those in New York by comparison: when compared比较起来 8.进出口的比例令政府担忧 The proportion of imports to exports is worrying the government 这个国家的大部分地方是沙漠 A large proportion of the country is desert1. 新工厂很大,有地方可以扩展。 The new factory is large, to allow room for expansion. expansion: n. action of expanding; state of being expanded 扩大，扩张，膨胀 2. 为了谨慎起见，我们还是再多安排 10 分钟吧。 Let’s allow an extra ten minutes, just to play it safe. 公共汽车可能会早到，所以为了保险起见我们最好现在就动身。 The bus might be early, so we'd better play safe and leave now. play (it) safe: carefully avoid risks 稳扎稳打，小心行事 3 孩子们的激动是十分自然的，这是他们第一次出国。 No wonder the children are excited; this is the first time they’ve been abroad. .你吃这么多 难怪睡不着。 . No wonder you can’t sleep when you eat so much. no wonder: it is not surprising 不令人吃惊，难怪 4. 德里克这样做纯粹是出于贪婪。 . What motivates Derek is simply an unhealthy desire for more and more. . 他们这样做是出于想帮助人的愿望。 . They are motivated by a desire to help people. motivate: v. 1. cause to want to do sth. 激起(兴趣)，激发(行动) 2. be the reason for (sb.’s action); cause (sb.) to act in a particular way 作为(······行为的)动机；激励 5. 在天黑之前找到那个落难的孩子应该是可能的。 There’s a reasonable prospect of reaching the trapped child before it gets dark. 汽车工业前途看好。 The prospects of the car industry are bright. prospect: n. 1. (pl.) chance of success 前景，前程，前途 2. possibility or strong chance of sth. happening 前景，可能性 字根 spect, 意思为“看见” spectacle n. 景象 spectacular a. 壮观的 spectator n. 旁观者 circumspect a. 慎重的 inspect v. 检查 introspect v. 内省 prospective a. 预期的 respect v. 尊 敬 retrospect v. 回顾 suspect v. 怀疑 6 他办事没有条理，没有效率, 当你需要他时总找不到他 — 一句话, 这个人没治了。 He’s disorganized, he’s inefficient, and he’s never there when you want him — in short, the man’s hopeless. 财政情况糟透了：一句话，我们没钱了。 Things couldn’t be worse, financially: in short, we have no money. in short: in a few words; briefly 总之，简言之 7 和军队生活相比，学校生活是舒适的。 . The life at school seems comfortable by comparison with that in the army. 伦敦最高的建筑与纽约的相比就相形见绌了。 The tallest buildings in London are small by comparison with those in New York. by comparison: when compared 比较起来 8. 进出口的比例令政府担忧。 . The proportion of imports to exports is worrying the government. 这个国家的大部分地方是沙漠。 A large proportion of the country is desert