Beaten first by the march of technology and lately by the terrible weather in junkyards, the phone boxes representative of an age are now making something of a comeback.
先是被科技的进步打败,最近又被垃圾场的糟糕天气打败,代表一个时代的电话亭现在又有了回归的迹象。
Have you seen Henry lately? For two months he's been on this special diet to lose weight. Well, he's taken off forty pounds and now he's all skin and bones.
这句话的意思是:“你最近看见亨利没有?他为了减肥,按照特殊的食谱吃了两个月。你看,他已经减掉了四十磅,现在真是非常瘦了。”
On the campaign trail lately, Obama has been confronted by disillusionment — the woman who was “exhausted” defending him, the mother whose son campaigned for him but was now looking for work.
在最近的竞选游说之行中,奥巴马闻到了幻灭的气息——筋疲力尽的女人反对他; 儿子曾经为他助选的母亲正在苦苦地找工作。
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