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1、a chance in a million one chance in a thousand 可能性小
eg. It is a chance in a million to meet you here.在这儿见到你可真是不容易呀
He let out a s cream that must can be heard in Peru.
典型的夸张,目的是加强语气
2、We are less credulous than we used to be.
这是明显现在与过去的对比
eg. We are less credulous than we used to be. 我们不再像以前那样轻信于人了。
are 表示现在的情况 / used to be 过去的情况
eg. We are not so honest as we used to be.我们不像过去那么诚实了.
谓语动词是 be 动词的时候用 used to be, 而不用 used to
谓语动词是使役动词的时候用 used to
eg. He works less hard than he used to.
3、In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion be presenting his
readers with a series of coincidences – most of them wildly improbable.
19世纪的小说家通过给读者们提供一系的巧合事件结束…..
破折号后面的语句是对前作者的一个观点。
Them 指一系列的巧合 而其中大部分的巧合事件发生的机率是极小的
bring sth. to a conclusion 结束
eg. They decided to bring the meeting to a conclusion.
bring sth. to a close (比较正式的)
eg. It was ...who brought meeting to a close.
present sb. with sth. 给某人提供…
present sth. to sb.
4、Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maid-servant was really the hero’s mother.
Along-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly
plotting to bring about the hero’s downfall.
wickedly plotting to… 居心叵测的密谋把这个英雄搞下台来……
bring about: 产生, 引起
eg. Modern science has brought about great changes in life.
And so on. Modern readers would find such na?ve solutions totally unacceptable.
现在的读者已经不愿意接受这样的结尾
find such naive solutions totally unacceptable 觉得这种解决办法很天真不能够被接受
find sth. interesting 觉得什么有意思
find sb. beautiful 觉得某人漂亮