新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)大全:Lesson 53

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Lesson 53
    1.mystery n. 1.謎,秘密2.神秘的事物,不可恩議的事物
    be a mystery to someone 對(duì)某人來(lái)講是個(gè)迷,不明白
    A:Larry got a very high mark on his lab report.
    A:拉里的實(shí)驗(yàn)報(bào)告得了高分。
    B:How he managed that is a mystery to me.
    B:他是如何做到這一點(diǎn)的對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)謎。
    2.power n. 1.能力,精力2.功率,動(dòng)力,電力3.權(quán)力,政權(quán)
    power failure 停電
    例句:The only night I really wanted to watch something and we had a power failure in my building.
    我可以看點(diǎn)電視的那個(gè)晚上,我們樓里卻停了電。
    3.spark n. 電火花,火星 vi. 發(fā)火花,發(fā)火星
    spark some interest 引起興趣
    A:Did you see the college newspaper? They did a story on our voter registration campaign.
    A:你看過(guò)校報(bào)了嗎?上面有一篇報(bào)道我們選民登記運(yùn)動(dòng)的文章。
    B:I did. Maybe it'll spark some interest on campus. Without more volunteers we'll never meet our goals.
    B:我看過(guò)了。這也許會(huì)在校園里引起一些興趣。沒(méi)有更多的志愿者,我們就無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)我們的目標(biāo)。
    4.wire n. 1.鐵絲,電線2.電報(bào),電信
    a live wire 有電的電線(指精力充沛的人,活躍分子)
    例句:If you want to raise money for the children's hospital, you should put Bill in charge of the fund-raising; he is a real live wire.
    如果你想為兒童醫(yī)院集資的話,你應(yīng)該讓比爾負(fù)責(zé)。他精力極充沛。