实战口语情景对话 第435期:The GM debate 转基因争论

重点讲解：
1. in order to
为了；以便；目的在于；
eg. She stinted herself of food in order to let the children have enough.
她自己省着吃，好让孩子们吃饱。
eg. He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.
他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
2. side effect
（通常指药物不良的）副作用；
eg. Sleeplessness is sometimes the side effect of certain medications.
失眠有时是某些药物产生的副作用。
eg. The patches made him nauseous at first, but that was the only side-effect.
膏药一开始让他恶心，不过那是唯一的副作用。
3. in place
（法律、政策、行政体系等）正在运作，就位；
eg. Had better policies been in place beforehand, much inconvenience might have been avoided.
如果更好的政策提前执行，更多的不便利很可能会被避免。
eg. Efforts to measure and act on student achievement results are now in place in most states.
几乎美国各州都建立了测量学生学业成就并基于所得结果采取相应措施的机制。
4. in terms of
在…方面；从…角度看；根据…来说；
eg. It is difficult to express it in terms of science.
要用科学的字眼来表达它是很困难的。
eg. He often talks about his girlfriend in terms of love.
他经常用充满爱意的语言谈论他的女朋友。
5. for sure
无疑；肯定；
eg. The fighting was over for sure.
战斗确实结束了。
eg. Why this universal law prevails we cannot say for sure.
这个普遍规律为什么存在，我们尚不能确切地说明。
6. agree with
同意；赞成；意见一致；
eg. He was offended that we didn't agree with him.
我们不同意他的观点，他生气了。
eg. Answer with a plain "yes" if you agree with me.
如果你同意我的意见，就明白地回答“是”。