和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Imprecise Noun Phrases in Conversation

2017-03-17来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. In today's report, we are going to learn about video games.

learn about 获得,学得; 得知有关…的消息
例句:He was deeply grieved to learn about his teacher's death.
他得知老师去世的消息,非常难过。

2. So, what do these coordination tags look like?

look like 看起来与(某人或某物)相像[相似]
例句:You look like a nice upstanding young man.
你看起来像是一个正直的好青年。

3. These include or something like that, and things like that, as well as and stuff like that.

as well as 也,又
例句:They visited some factories, hospitals as well as the school.
他们参观了这所学校,还参观了工厂和医院。

4. Sometimes speakers will use and stuff like that to refer to nouns that are objects.

refer to 参考; 指的是; 涉及
例句:I mention this point now in passing and shall refer to it again.
这一点现在顺便提一下,以后还会讲到。