1.I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.
他们提出要给我一笔可现的补偿让我搬走,但我决定留下来。
知识点:(1) offer作动词意为“提供;给予;贡献;愿意;出价”:
offer a few ideas 提出几点意见;offer to help sb. 表示愿意帮助某人
(2)offer作名词指在求职、留学申请等情况的录取通知
He is expecting tiie ofifer of Harvard University day and night.
他日夜都在期待着哈佛大学的录取通知书。
2.Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.
飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。
知识点1:drive sb. mad 使某人发疯
Earning money almost drives him mad.
赚钱差点把他逼疯了。
知识点2:关于“发疯”的经典口语表达:go mad 发疯;nuts 发狂的;insane 患精神病的;bananas 疯的;狂怒的
3.The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then.
这个机场是许多年前建的,但由于某种原因当时没能启用。
知识点1:was与过去时间状语years ago时态一致,实际在years ago前省去了many。
知识点2:for some reason 因为某种原因(代表某种不确定或不想说明的原因)
For some reason,the television doesn’t work.
因为某种原因,电视机坏了。(我们不是修理电视机的专家,只知道坏了,不知道具体原因。)
知识点3:补充学习:by reason of = because of 因为;with reason 有理由
He thinks,with reason, that I do not want to leave.
他有理由认为我不想离开。