实战口语情景对话 第379期:Canada and the U.S. 加拿大和美国

重点讲解：
1. in general
总的来说；总体上来看；大体上；
eg. Ladies in general fancy fashionable clothes.
一般而言，女士都喜欢时髦的衣服。
eg. In general, private-sector involvement improves things.
一般而言，私人部门参与进来会起到改善作用。
2. even though
即使；尽管；纵然；
eg. It's actually tough, even though you feel that way about yourselves.
真的很难，就算你认为自己真的没错也无济于事。
eg. But even though my friend is right, he's only half right.
尽管我的朋友说对了，但是他只对了一半。
3. be different from
异于；和…不同；
eg. In that respect, at least, virtual meetings are no different from the in-person kind.
至少在这方面，视频会议与当面沟通的会议并没有多大区别。
eg. While choosing partners, people seem to be attracted easily by the person whose genes are too different from themselves.
人们在选择伴侣时，更容易被与自己基因差异大的人吸引。
4. for example
例如；比如；
eg. Trying to establish some sort of brand name is an important part of the expansion plans of many textiles companies, for example.
比如，对于许多纺织企业，努力打造品牌都是其扩张计划的重要组成部分。
eg. For example, in Britain or America it is not polite to ask people how much money they make in their jobs.
比如说，在英国或美国询问别人的收入是不礼貌的。
5. point to
着重指出；强调；以…为证明；
eg. George Fodor points to other weaknesses in the way the campaign has progressed.
乔治·福多尔以运动开展过程中的其他不足为证。
eg. Gooch last night pointed to their bowling as the key to World Cup success.
古奇昨晚指出，他们的投球是在世界杯上取得成功的关键。