英語早間課堂:教您一招說婚姻(8)之二

各位親愛的朋友們，非常高興您如約守候早間課堂，我是Juliet。今天我們接著上次的課題，進入例句的詳細學習中來。

例句-1：A huge fortuneputs him in a position towin the hand of famousebeauty.

這句話是說：大量的財富可以使他娶那個聞名的美女為妻。

注解1：be in a position to do something

釋義：to be able to do something, usually because you have the necessary experience, authority or money )(因有能力，有資格，有權利，有金錢等)能夠去做某事

Eg.I'm not in a position to take care of this business.

這事我管不了。

Eg.I'd like to help you, but I'm afraid I'm not in a position to do so.

我是很愿意幫你忙的，但是我現(xiàn)在沒有能力這么做。

注解2：put sb in a position to do something：使某人能夠做某事

Eg.I'm sure they'd like to help her out financially but their diffcult situation put me in a position not to do so.

我相信他們是愿意在經(jīng)濟上幫她解決困難的，可以由于他們自己的處境，他們做不到。

Eg.My divorceputs me in a position to wind the hand of Mary who can speak the same language with me now.

現(xiàn)在我離婚了，我可以夠娶和我志趣相投的Mary為妻子了。

注解3：beauty在這句話中是“person that is beautiful”的意思，是指“美人”。

Eg.She was a famous beauty in her youth.

她年輕時是個有名的美人。

例句-2：Hewent afterher for many years and won her handat last.

這句話是說：他追求她很多年了，最后終于娶到了她。

注解：go after

釋義1：追捕，追趕

Eg.She pulled away from him to run down the stairs and go after her husband.

他把她給扔下了，跑下樓去追他的丈夫。

Eg. The dogs went after the wounded deer.

狗在追趕受傷的鹿。

釋義2：謀求;力爭;追求

Eg.She is going after the first prize.

她力爭頭獎。

Eg.He is hungry to go after wealth or fame.

他熱衷于名利。

好，各位親愛的朋友們，我們關于win the hand of somebody這個課題到現(xiàn)在就全部講解完了。那么關于“Marriage”(婚姻)這個話題到今天也就暢聊完了。最后我們一起來欣賞一首經(jīng)典的英文歌曲。It is nameed Moolight Shadow. Engjoy it...

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