实战口语情景对话 第598期:Learning Languages 语言学习

重点讲解：
1. serve as 用作；可当…使用；充作；
例句：Crude and simple, this place had to serve as the meeting hall.
这地方虽然简陋，却是我们的会议厅。
2. on one's own 单独地；独自地；
例句：I would imagine she's quite lonely living on her own.
我猜想她一个人过肯定很孤独。
3. assuming that 假定；假设；
例句：He is legally discharged from all previous obligations, assuming that his former debts were legal.
假设他从前的债务是合法的，那么破产可以使他从法律上解除从前的一切债务。
4. depend on 取决（于）；有赖（于）；
例句：The risk and severity of sunburn depend on the body's natural skin colour.
晒伤的风险和严重程度取决于人体的自然肤色。
5. apply for 申请；请求；
例句：He has applied for an entry visa.
他已申请入境签证。
6. leave out 排除；不包括；
例句：Some would question the wisdom of leaving her out of the team.
有人会质疑把她排除在队伍之外是否明智。