№.1 -?At school she had trouble concentrating on what the teachers said. They seemed?to talk only about unimportant things. Why couldn’t they talk about what a human?being is—or about what the world is and how it came into being?

【譯文】在學(xué)校上課時(shí)，她變得很難專(zhuān)心聽(tīng)課。他們所說(shuō)的仿佛都是一些芝麻綠豆的事。他們?yōu)楹尾荒苷勔恍┲T如：“人是什么?”或“世界是什么，又何以會(huì)存在?”這類(lèi)的事呢?

【小編評(píng)注】非常好的引入段。

【短語(yǔ)筆記】have trouble doing sth. - 做……有困難

【舉一反三】take great trouble to do sth. - 不辭辛勞做某事

【例】

(1)I have trouble waking up in the morning. （早上起來(lái)對(duì)我而言實(shí)在有困難。）

(2)Thank you for taking great trouble to help us with the difficult work.（感謝不辭辛勞地為我們的工作提供幫助。）

№.2?-?Sophie noticed the touch of bitterness in Joanna’s tone.

【譯文】蘇菲察覺(jué)到喬安語(yǔ)氣中的一絲不滿(mǎn)。

【短語(yǔ)筆記】a touch of - 有一點(diǎn)

【例】Bjorn Bailie's fragile vocals bring a touch of blue-eyed soul, while multipart harmonies add warmth.?（比約恩貝利纖巧的歌聲帶來(lái)一些藍(lán)調(diào)靈魂音樂(lè)的感覺(jué)，多重和聲增添了其溫馨感。）

№.3?-?Sophie regretted having been mean to her.

【譯文】蘇菲開(kāi)始后悔她剛才對(duì)喬安的態(tài)度不佳。

【短語(yǔ)筆記】regret doing sth. - 后悔做過(guò)什么事

【舉一反三】對(duì)應(yīng)地，請(qǐng)大家記住這個(gè)用法：regret to do sth. - 后悔去做什么事。這和remember,forget等詞語(yǔ)的用法是一樣的：remember/forget to do sth ?記得/忘記去做什么事；remember/forget doing sth ?記得/忘記做過(guò)什么事。

【例】I regret having to make so many staff redundant. （我很遺憾不得不裁減這么多職員。）

№.4?-?Why was it so difficult to be absorbed in the most vital and, in a way, the most?natural of all questions?

【譯文】這些都是世間最重要，也可以說(shuō)是最自然的問(wèn)題。但為何一心想著這些問(wèn)題會(huì)如此困難?

【短語(yǔ)筆記】be absorbed in - 專(zhuān)心于；in a way -?在某種程度上, ?從某一點(diǎn)上看

【例】

(1)He was so absorbed in thought that he ran against a passerby. （他全神貫注地想心事，以至于和一個(gè)行人撞了個(gè)滿(mǎn)懷。）

(2)In a way good service sells our products.（良好的售后服務(wù)在某種程度上促進(jìn)了我們產(chǎn)品的銷(xiāo)路。）

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