和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Internet Group Makes Way for Dot-Anything

2011-11-07来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. But get ready for many, many more.

get ready for (使)准备好...
例句:Susan was on the wing doing things to get ready for her trip.
苏珊忙碌着为旅行做准备。

2. What we’re talking about doing with the new generic top-level domain program is blowing the lid off that ceiling of twenty two.

blow off吹掉, 吹走
例句:The heavy wind blew roofs off in several cities.
在好几个城市大风掀掉了屋顶。

3. It can be in non-Latin characters, which is extremely important if you happen to speak Russian because of the Cyrillic alphabet, or Arabic, or Chinese.

happen to碰巧
例句:I happen to have the latest population statistics with me. 
我手头正好有最新的人口统计资料。 

4. But that hundred and eighty-five thousand is miniscule compared to the cost of actually operating an Internet registry.

compare to与…相比
例句:The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

5. It is a continent with many nations that are just now discovering the Internet, and what it brings to bear in terms of information flow.

bring to bear施加,运用,完成,瞄准
例句:I bring all my efforts to bear on having it done.
我竭尽全力完成这件事。
in terms of就…而言, 从…方面说来
例句:He thought of everything in terms of money.
他是从钱的角度来看每一件事。