Modern English 洋话连篇（二十一）

　　1. Unlike¹ her friends, she never gave up hope.

　　与她的朋友的不同之处是，她从不放弃希望。

　　2. One third of this area is covered with forest.

　　这一地区三分之一的地方都是森林。

　　3. I'm afraid I have some rather bad news for you.

　　我恐怕有些很坏的消息要告诉你。

　　845. Learn to say the fight thing at the fight time.

　　学会在适当的时候说适当的话。

　　4. They have to work hard to support their family.

　　他们必须努力工作来支持他们的家。

　　5. Would you please go to a dancing party with me?

　　请你跟我一起去参加一个舞会好吗?

　　6. He usually drops in at my place on his way home.

　　他常常在回家的路上顺便来看看我。

　　7. His vanity² was hurt by their talking so frankly³.

　　他们坦率的谈话伤害了他的虚荣心。

　　8. I will never forget the days that I spent with you.

　　我永远都不会忘记和你一起度过的日子。

　　9. we got a bad headache, and my nose is running.

　　我头痛得厉害，还流鼻涕。

　　10. Many young girls dream of being⁴ a fashion model.

　　许多年轻女孩梦想成为时装模特儿。

1 unlike   

adj.不同的，不相似的；prep.不像，和...不同

参考例句：

• She's very unlike her mother.她一点也不像她母亲。
• It's unlike him to be late;he's usually on time.他不是会迟到的那种人，他通常很准时。

2 vanity   

n.虚荣心，浮华，无价值的东西；adj.虚荣心的

参考例句：

• A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance.一个人的虚荣心实际上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比。
• Vanity and virtue do not go together.虚荣与美德不是共生物。

3 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

4 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？