1. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.
哈里森把每件事情都考虑到了,唯独没考虑到天气。
知识点:比较学习:
except, except for except for指从整体中除去一个细节或一个方面,所除去的与整体并非一类;
except后接的词一般属于整体,指在整体中除去同类的一个部分,比如该句中的weather就是应该考虑到的everything中的一部分。
2. In the end, it was more than he could bear.
最后,他实在是无法再忍受下去了。
知识点:more than he could bear比他可以忍受的还要多→忍无可忍
3. My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England.
我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国之前曾多年居住在地中海地区。
知识点1:Harrison为my old friend的同位语。
知识点2:had lived in...意为“过去在……居住”;对于live的总结学习:
两个重要谚语:
Live and learn.活到老,学到老。
The rich live while the poor die.适者生存。
2) 一个重要短语:
live by...意为“靠……维生”
He lives by stealing.他靠偷窃生存。
知识点3:return = come back / give back 返回;归还