和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Let’s Go on a Space Trip!

2015-08-02来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. It reminds me of your friend, Marco from New York. The one you talk about all the time!

all the time 一直(在该段时间内); 向来
例句:At least you can't write to them all the time.
至少你不能一直给他们写信。

2. He gets paid to take part in drug studies.

take part in 参加
例句:Are you going to take part in the first experiment?
你们会参与首次实验吗?

3. Let’s just agree to disagree.

agree to 同意
例句:We cannot agree to consign the goods.
我们不同意寄售此货。

4. But did you know that that is exactly what astronaut Jack Swigert said in 1970 on the Apollo 13 mission when an oxygen tank blew up.

blow up 爆炸(使); 产生; 爆发; 发怒
例句:He tried to blow up a fire. The fire died out, instead.
他试图把火吹旺,谁知火却熄了。