妙语佳句:

And Maya insisted on joining us.玛雅坚持要加入我们。

insist on:坚持, 强调, 坚决要求

I must insist on more regular hours.

我必须强调起居定时。

I always insist on wholemeal bread.

我一贯主张要吃全麦面包。

Wanted to prove she could hang with the boys,为了证明自己不比男孩子弱

prove:证明

There wasn't enough evidence to prove his guilt.

没有充分的证据能证明他有罪。

He weighed in to prove the point.

他插手来证实那个论点。

prove, certify, demonstrate这些动词均含有“证明、证实”之意。

prove普通用词，指通过某种手段或方式提供证据以验证某事物真实与否，某结论正确与否等情况。

certify较正式用词，多指有签字盖章的、合符法律程序的书面证明。

demonstrate指通过推理、辩论、实验或以实例来确定事物的正确与否。常用于理论、学说、定律等的证明上。

But after a few minutes, she started fading fast.但过了几分钟，她开始退缩了

fade:逐渐消失

disappear, fade这些动词均有“消失”之意。

disappear普通用词，强调从视线或脑海中消失。这消失可能是暂时的、突然的或永久的，视上下文而定。

fade侧重逐渐消失。

Fade out the storm effect here, and turn up the music.

至此宜使雷雨声的音响效果减弱而使音乐声渐强。

The colour in this silk material will not fade.

这种绸布料子不会褪色。

考考你:

游泳绝对不是玛雅的长项。

玛雅坚持要加入我们。

上期答案:

I was just hoping they'd have some kind of service here.

That's sort of why I called.