实战口语情景对话 第441期:Life in England 英国的生活

重点讲解：
1. in some respects
在某些方面；
eg. In some respects the African mind works rather differently from the occidental one.
在某些方面，非洲人的思维方式与西方人相差甚远。
eg. And in some respects grabbing that opportunity as young as you can is a great idea.
从某些方面而言，在你尽可能年轻的时候抓住这种机会是个非常好的主意。
2. proximity to
接近；临近；邻近；
eg. Part of the attraction is Darwin's proximity to Asia.
达尔文市的魅力一部分在于它靠近亚洲。
eg. Families are no longer in close proximity to each other.
各家不再像以前一样比邻而居。
3. next to
紧靠…旁边；在…近旁；贴近；
eg. I lay down on the ground next to the well and looked up at the sky.
我在泉井边躺了下来，看着天空。
eg. The woman sitting next to him isn't much interested in what's happening.
坐在他身旁的女子对周遭发生的事并没有太大的兴趣。
4. close down
（工厂、商店、学校等）永久性关闭；（使）停业；（使）倒闭；
eg. The firm has decided to close down its branch here.
这家商行已决定让这里的支店停业。
eg. They won't close down for a long time.
他们在一段时期内不会倒闭。
5. the advent of
（重大事件、发明或情况的）出现，问世，到来；
eg. The advent of war led to a greater austerity.
战争的到来使形势更为严峻。
eg. The advent of e-mail changed communication.
电子邮件的到来改变了人们的交流方式。