短语学习:
1. shut off: 关上
eg. If you smell gas or see a broken line, shut off the main valve from the outside.
如果闻到煤气味儿,或看到管道破裂,要关掉从外面进屋煤气管道的主阀门。
eg. His girlfriend left the week before, less than a day after they shut off the electricity.
他的女朋友一个星期前离开了,在他们切断电源后不到一天。
2. sit for: 为……而坐下来
eg. I am not so sick but I can come to sit for the exam.
尽管我生病了,但还是能来参加考试,或,我还没有病到不能来参加考试。
3. turn out: 生产;结果是;关掉;出动;驱逐
eg. It may turn out, however, that some differences both between and within groups are quite marked.
然而,它也可能证明:两个种群之间和种群内部的一些差异是相当明显的。
简单口语:
She's on the other line, she's gonna call me back.
她正在讲电话,等一下会回我电话。
on the other line 表示在接另一个电话
eg. Mr Jones is talking on the other line; would you like to hold on for a minute and I'll put you through as soon as he's available.
琼斯先生正在接另一个电话,请稍候一会儿,他一有空我就给你接过去。
call back 回电;收回
eg. Forget the lag time of email or waiting for a call back.
不再需要无止境地等待电子邮件或者是电话回复。