重点讲解:
1. now and then 时而;有时;
Now and then they heard the roar of a heavy truck.
他们不时地听到大卡车的轰鸣声 。
2. go down (价格、水平或数量)下降,下跌;
Crime has gone down 70 percent.
犯罪率下降了70% 。
3. a number of 若干;许多;
This equipment has saved the lives of a number of new born children.
这套设备已经挽救了许多新生儿的生命 。
4. learn from (从…中)吸取(教训);
I am convinced that he has learned from his mistakes.
我深信他已从错误中吸取了教训 。