重点讲解:
1. used to do sth. 过去常常;过去曾;
We used to go sailing on the lake in summer.
从前的夏天,我们经常泛舟湖上 。
2. nothing short of 可以说是;简直;无异于;
The transformation has been no thing short of a miracle.
这种变化堪称奇迹 。
3. all along 一直;
This confirms what I suspected all along.
这证实了我一直以来的怀疑 。
4. turn into (使)变成;(使)成为;
Ten years of prison had turned him into an old man.
十年大狱使他变成了一个老头 。
adj. 陆地包围的,内陆水域的