重点讲解:
1. break up (使)分裂;(被)拆分;(使)破碎;
There was a danger of the ship breaking up completely.
这艘船有彻底解体的危险 。
2. by comparison (尤用于句首)比较起来,较之;
By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year.
相比之下,去年教育经费增加了 。
3. speed up (使)(某一过程或活动)加快;
Increasing gravity is known to speed up the multiplication of cells.
我们知道不断增加的引力会加速细胞的分裂 。
4. a matter of time (只是)时间的问题(用于说明某事必定发生);
It would be only a matter of time before he went through with it.
他完成这件事只是时间问题 。