我们讲的英语第145期:-gate门

重点讲解：
1. break into
强行进入；闯入；
eg. I caught two men trying to break into my office.
我恰巧看见两个人企图破门进入我的办公室。
eg. The thieves planned to break into a bank.
行窃者计划洗劫银行。
2. later on
后来；以后；过一阵子；
eg. Later on I'll be speaking to Patty Davis.
等会儿我会跟帕蒂·戴维斯谈。
eg. This is only going to cause me more problems later on.
这只会在以后给我带来更多麻烦。
3. be linked to
与……有关；
eg. Often the pain associated with growing up can be linked to something else.
通常与成长有关的痛楚会与一些别的事情有关联。
eg. The design of office workstations is often linked to health, comfort, and productivity in the workplace.
办公环境的设计通常和健康，舒适以及工作效率是紧密联系在一起的。
4. pay for
为…买单；
eg. He said the company would pay for their hospital bills.
他说公司将承担他们的医疗费用。
eg. She said she could pay for the children's education expenses.
她说她可以为这些孩子支付教育费用。
5. thanks to
幸亏；归因于；
eg. Thanks to his effort, it is more successful than we have expected.
由于他的努力，获得了比我们预期的更大的成功。
eg. The play succeeded thanks to fine acting by all the cast.
由于全体演员的出色表演，那出戏才获得成功。