和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:How Do You Talk About Everything?

2016-03-06来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. American English has many ways to talk about everything under the sun.

talk about 讨论,谈论; 考虑
例句:Don't talk about business while we are dining.
吃饭时不要讨论业务。

2. "Marcia is responsible for the life of this product from beginning to end."

be responsible for 为…负责,形成…的原因
例句:You'll be responsible for anything wrong.
出了事唯你是问。

3. "In other words, she’s in charge from cradle to grave."

in other words 换句话说; 就是说
例句:In other words, menus provide a pedagogic vector.
换句话说,菜单是一条学习的途径。

4. In fact, people used the whole shebang without knowing what a shebang actually is.

in fact 事实上; 实际上
例句:They were, in fact, probably used while debugging the software.
它们事实上很可能是在调试程序时使用的。