EXAMPLE: Its beautiful hot springs are the tiny mountain village's claim to fame.
美麗的溫泉是讓這座小小山村出名的原因。  2014-01-08

EXAMPLE: On the airplane yesterday, I sat next to a nervous passenger who talked a blue streak during the whole ninety minutes of our flight.
昨天在飛機上，我坐在一位緊張的乘客旁邊，在整整90分鐘的飛行時間里，他一直口若懸河地講話。  2013-12-30

EXAMPLE: Seeking clues to the murder, the police investigators searched the victim's house with a fine-toothed comb.
為了尋找這起謀殺案的線索，警探仔細搜查了被害人的房子。  2013-12-27

EXAMPLE: I'm hankering after a new car, and I'll buy one if I get a raise at work.
我渴望擁有一部新車，只要工作上得到加薪，我就去買一輛。  2013-12-26

EXAMPLE: My new house looked fine until it started raining yesterday and a dozen leaks in its roof cropped up.
我的新房子看上去一直挺好，直到昨天開始下雨，屋頂突然出現了十幾道裂縫。  2013-12-25

EXAMPLE: My energetic aunt is a social butterfly who enjoys going to several parties a week and has dozens of close friends with whom she spends time.
我姑姑精力充沛，是個社交迷，喜歡一周參加數次聚會，擁有好幾十位和她一起打發時間的親密朋友。  2013-12-24

EXAMPLE: Within a week after it was first performed, the play was a smash hit that everyone in town wanted to see.
這出劇目首演后不到一周便大獲成功，鎮上的每個人都想去看。  2013-12-23

EXAMPLE: The date of my sister's wedding was on-again, off-again because of her future husband's frequently changing work and travel schedule.
我妹妹的結婚日總在不斷變更，因為她未來的丈夫不斷改變工作和差旅計劃。  2013-12-20

EXAMPLE: My son's favorite basketball team lost their championship game last night, so he has been feeling down in the mouth all day.
我兒子最愛的籃球隊昨晚輸掉了總決賽，他為此痛心了一整天。  2013-12-19

EXAMPLE: Before moving overseas for a year, I want to talk to a friend who has lived there, and get the lowdown on what it's really like to live there.
我要出國生活一年，走之前我想找已經在國外生活了一年的朋友聊聊，了解在那邊生活的真實情況。  2013-11-28

EXAMPLE: Farmers in the remote mountains are able to eke out a living by selling any spare food they grow in the market of a local village.
這一偏遠山區的農民依靠在當地村子里的市場上出售他們種植的剩余糧食勉強糊口。  2013-11-27

EXAMPLE: Ten years ago we weren't doing well financially, but then we started a new successful business, and now we're in the money!
10年前，我們的經濟狀況不是很好，不過我們在那時開辦了一家成功的新企業，現在我們發財了！  2013-11-26

EXAMPLE: Regardless of how big our problems were, our family members and friends have helped us through thick and thin over the fast fifty years.
盡管在這充滿坎坷的50年里我們遇到過十分嚴重的問題，但家人和朋友幫助我們度過了一切困難。  2013-11-25

EXAMPLE: Since he quit his job in our city and moved to a remote mountain village, my brother has been out of touch, and he may find it difficult to ever come back here.
在我們的城市辭職后，我兄弟搬到了一個偏僻的山村，一直與世隔絕。他可能很難回到這里了。  2013-11-22

EXAMPLE: My brother loves soccer and has strong opinions about teams and players, so next year's World Cup is really a hot-button issue for him.
我兄弟喜歡足球，對球隊和球員有非常專業的看法，所以明年的世界杯對他來說是非常重要的事情。  2013-11-21

EXAMPLE: My shy cousin decided to take the plunge tomorrow and ask his girlfriend to marry him.
我的靦腆的表弟明天決心冒險一試，向他的女朋友求婚。  2013-11-20

EXAMPLE: I was reluctant to discuss my friend's recent divorce because I didn't want to open a can of worms.
我不愿意討論我朋友不久前的離婚事件，因為不想面對太多麻煩事。  2013-11-19

EXAMPLE: My enthusiastic friend loves watching basketball on television and always provides me with a running commentary whenever we watch his favorite team play.
我的充滿激情的朋友喜歡看籃球電視轉播，每當我們觀看他喜歡的球隊比賽時，他就滔滔不絕地給我解說。  2013-11-18

EXAMPLE: There are not enough concert tickets for everyone in the long line, and since it's first come, first served, it's possible that the people who are last in line may not get any tickets.
音樂會的門票已經不夠長隊里每人一張了。先到者先得，所以排在隊尾的人可能拿不到任何票了。  2013-11-15

EXAMPLE: I found an old locked chest in my grandfather抯 house and a bag of keys, so by trial and error I tried each key until I found the one key which opened the chest.
我在祖父的房間里發現了一個鎖住的箱子和一包鑰匙，我采取試錯的方法，用每把鑰匙試開，直到其中一把打開了箱子。  2013-11-14