每季一句
Out of question, he ought to have the position.
毫无疑问,他理应得到这个职位。
解释:out of question是“毫无疑问”的意思,而这个词组中的question前加个定冠词the、成为out of the question时,意义几乎相反了。out of the question的意义是“不可能的”、“绝无可能的”。
如: His request is out of the question.
他的要求是不可能(满足)的。 英语中有一些词组,有无定冠词the,意义大相径庭,学习时要特别注意。下面是常见的几组:
(1) by day:白天;by the day:按日计算。
Most of us work by day.
我们大多数人白天工作。
He works so hard that his working time can hardly be counted by the day.
他干得真积极,他的工作时间无法以日计算。
(2) in place of:替代;in the place of:在……的原址。
We use aluminum in place of copper. 我们以铝代铜。
A new hospital is set up in the place of the old one.
一座新医院在旧址上建了起来。
(3) take air:传播,走漏;take the air:呼吸新鲜空气。
When the news took air, the masses got excited.
消息一经传开,群众颇为兴奋。
哈哈镜 
英译汉: 4-4=?
One day, the teacher inquired Peter:" How much is four minus four?" Peter was tongue-tired. The teacher got angry and said: "What a fool! You see, if I put four coins in your pocket, but there is a hole in your pocket and all of them leak out, now what is left in your pocket?" "The hole," replied Peter.
每季一测
请选择中文句子正确的英文翻译:
我上次到图书馆是在上星期。
A. The last time (that) I went to the library was last week.
B. The last time which I went to the library was last week.
随意记单词
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