Have you ever paid any heed to the translation of sentences when looking up a word in the dictionary?

Today Irene would like to invite you to appreciate some expressions which might well appeal to you.

1. Where do you stand on private education?

你对民办教育持什么观点？

词组：stand on 持……观点；立场

句型：Where do you stand on … ?

2.The BBC had to field more than 300 phone calls after last night’s programme.

英国广播公司在昨夜的节目播出以后，不得不答复了300多次电话。

单词：field v. [answer adequately or successfully]

e.g. The lawyer fielded all questions from the press.

词组：field a question 成功应对问题

3. She stopped short of calling the president a liar.

她差一点儿没指责校长说谎。

词组：stop short of 差一点就；未到达

e.g. Ideas stop short of becoming reality.

想法差一点就能实现。

e.g. We will never stop short of goal.

我们不达目的，决不罢休。

4. The incident woke memories of his past sufferings.

这件事唤起了他对往昔苦难的回忆。

词组：wake memories of sth.

5. The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake.

暴风雨过处满目疮痍。

词组：a trail of destruction (a trail of 一串…新三高频词组)

e.g. He left a trail of unpaid bills behind him.

他走后留下一连串未付的账单。

e.g. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.

(N3 L1 A Puma At Large)

e.g. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.

 (N3 L39 Nothing to Worry About)

词组：in one’s wake / in the wake of sth. 在…之后

Indeed, in the wake of the financial crisis, many immigrants have gone back.

实际上，在金融危机后许多移民已经返乡。

6. She comes across well in interviews.

她在采访中常给人留下很好的印象。

词组：come across 给人…印象；讲得清楚明白

e.g. When sober, he can come across as an extremely pleasant and charming young man.

在他不醉酒的时候，他给人的印象可能会是一位极其可爱迷人的年轻人。

7. By a stroke of fortune he found work almost immediately.

他运气好，几乎立刻找到了工作。

词组：a stroke of fortune 意外的好运

8. Fortune smiled on me.

我交了好运。

词组：smile on … 向…微笑；对…加以赞许

9. I wondered uneasily what he was thinking.

我惴惴不安，不知道他到底在想什么。

词组：wonder uneasily

10. I am afraid I am not in a position to help you.

我恐怕帮不了你。

词组：be in a position to do sth. 能够做 = be able to do

11. She kept turning over the events of the day in her mind.

她脑子里不断琢磨当天发生的事。

词组： turn over sth. in one’s mind 反复考虑

12. I’m afraid the matter is outside my province.

很抱歉，这事不归我管。

词组：be outside one’s province

Hope you enjoy them! ^_^