实战口语情景对话 第440期:The Time Change 时间的改变

重点讲解：
1. first of all
第一；首先；
eg. My aim was first of all to determine what I should do next.
我的目标首先是要确定自己下一步该做什么。
eg. First of all, as entrepreneurs have to consider cash flow problems.
做为企业家首先要考虑现金流的问题。
2. make the most of
尽量利用；充分利用；
eg. Happiness is the ability to make the most of what you have.
幸福就是有能力充分享受你拥有的一切。
eg. The occasion only comes once in five years, and they naturally make the most of it.
这个机会五年才有一次，他们当然会充分利用它。
3. make use of
使用；利用；
eg. They make use of advertisements to plug the new product.
他们利用广告广为宣传这种新产品。
eg. I can make use of the professional experience I have obtained.
我可以充分利用自己的专业经验。
4. take sth. for granted
（因视作理所当然而）不把…当回事，对…不予重视（或不知感激）；
eg. What right has the family to take me for granted, Martin?
这家人有什么资格瞧不起我，马丁？
eg. The officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly.
这些官员感到受了怠慢，于是大声抱怨起来。
5. strangely enough
说来奇怪；
eg. Strangely enough, you will automatically wake up after this length of time.
奇怪的是，过了这样一段时间你就会自己醒来。
eg. Strangely enough, we tend to come across things that are impossible.
真奇怪，我们往往会碰到一些我们认为不可能的事。
6. carry over
（使）延续；（使）延伸；推广到；
eg. Springs and wells were decorated, a custom which was carried over into Christian times in Europe.
泉眼和水井都进行装饰，这个习俗在欧洲一直延续到基督教时代。
eg. Edward does not carry over his business ethics into his personal relationships.
爱德华并不把他在生意中的道德准则运用到私人关系中去。