我们讲的英语第175期:Take it with a pinch of salt 半信半疑

重点讲解：
1. be happy to do sth.
乐意的；情愿的；
eg. That's a risk I'm happy to take.
我愿意冒这个险。
eg. Our assistants will be happy to answer your queries.
我们的助理很乐意回答诸位的问题。
2. take sth. with a pinch of salt
对…半信半疑；不完全相信；
eg. The more miraculous parts of this account should be taken with a pinch of salt.
对这篇记述中那些颇具神奇色彩的部分也不应全信。
eg. The more miraculous parts of this account should be taken with a pinch of salt.
对这篇记述中那些颇具神奇色彩的部分也不应全信。
3. tend to do sth.
往往会；经常就；
eg. I tend to prefer light colors.
我往往更喜欢淡颜色。
eg. I tend to get very uptight during a match.
比赛时我总会紧张得不行。
4. make up one's mind
拿定主意；下定决心；
eg. Make up your mind, you can't have it both ways.
你决定吧，反正鱼与熊掌不可兼得。
eg. It took him a long time to make up his mind.
他用了很久才下定决心。
5. rather than
而非；胜于；而不是；
eg. It was an embryo idea rather than a fully worked proposal.
这只是初步的想法，并非成形的提议。
eg. Its atmosphere is one of repose rather than excitement.
那里气氛安宁而不热闹。