VOA慢速英语:Everyday Grammar: The 'Should' vs. 'Shall' Debate

短语讲解：

1. Near the end of the talks, a version of the agreement contained the word shall instead of should.

instead of （用…） 代替…， （是…）而不是…
例句：A spirit lamp burns spirits instead of oil.
酒精灯里点的不是油而是酒精。

2. These two words may seem similar, but pay close attention to how they are used here in Article 4.4 of the agreement:

pay attention to 注意
例句：Don't pay attention to anything he says. He lies like a gas meter.
不要理睬他的话，他一味撒谎。

3. In other words, the goal of developing countries is to continue improving their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

in other words 换句话说; 就是说
例句：In other words it has a large automorphism group.
换言之，它有大的自同构群。

4. But shall, in the case of the climate agreement, does.

in the case of 至于…， 就…来说
例句：In the case of Americans the vision has generally been one of hope and self-confidence.
拿美国人来说，这一远景总是充满希望和自信的。

5. Hours later, delegates from 195 countries agreed to the climate deal.

agree to 同意， 赞成， 同意照办
例句：They agree to the plan in principle.
他们原则上同意这个计划。

6. It is similar to the verb will.

be similar to 与…相似; 类乎
例句：This story is similar to the one Ray wrote.
这个故事与瑞所写的类似。