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VOA慢速英语:Just Who Was 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'?

2010-03-08来源:和谐英语
1.Kristen Iversen says he did become rich, but not until they had been married for seven years and had two children.

not until直到…

例句:The post office will not shut until 8 p.m.
      邮局要到下午8点才关门。

2.There’s plenty of room for more.

plenty of许多,很多,大量的

例句:There is plenty of coal in this area.
      这个地区有丰富的煤。

3.In real life, Brown is credited with keeping people's spirits up in the lifeboat until they were rescued by another ship, the Carpathia.

keep up one's spirits振作精神

例句:Have a glass of brandy to keep up your spirits.
      喝杯白兰地提提神吧。