和谐英语

经济学人下载:在非洲建立品牌效应 金字塔计划

2013-11-05来源:Economist

1.face-to-face 面对面的

Face-to-face contact in gay neighborhoods became increasingly dispensable.
同志社群面对面的交流越来越可有可无。

The challenge to their moral sensibility was face-to-face.
这对他们道德感情的挑战是直接面对面的。
2.such as 例如; 譬如

degenerative diseases such as arthritis
诸如关节炎之类的变性病

Humans cannot digest plants such as grass.
人不能消化草类植物。

3.promote to 提升为…,使升入…

The aim is to promote closer economic integration.
目的是进一步促进经济一体化。

a campaign to promote adult literacy
提高成人文化水平的运动

4.aspire to 渴望,希求

For us, it's something that we may aspire to but can never attain.
对我们来说,那是可望而不可即的。

Mary is ambitious enough to aspire to conversational fluency in Chinese in four months.
玛丽雄心很大,竟想在四个月里学会用汉语流利地会话。