实战口语情景对话 第277期:Melbourne 墨尔本

重点讲解：
1. slow down
（使）放慢；（使）减速；
eg. The car slowed down as they passed Customs.
过海关的时候，车速慢了下来。
eg. There is no cure for the disease, although drugs can slow down its rate of development.
尽管药物可以减缓病情的发展，但是这种病仍然是不治之症。
eg. Damage to the turbine slowed the work down.
涡轮机的损坏降低了工作的效率。
2. compared to
相对…而言；对照；
eg. In 1800 Ireland's population was nine million, compared to Britain's 16 million.
1800年，爱尔兰的人口数为900万，而英国则有1，600万。
eg. The bank offered to lend us$5000 but it's chickenfeed compared to what we need.
银行提出给我们五千美元贷款，但这笔钱与我们所需要的数目相比是杯水车薪。
3. cross over
跨越；交叉；
eg. Those wishing for luck will often cross one finger over another, a gesture that's said to date back to early Christianity.
那些祈祷好运的人常常双手握拢十指交叉。这个姿势据说可以追溯到早期基督教中。
eg. The straps cross over at the back and are tied at the waist.
带子在背后交叉，然后系在腰部。