新概念英语第三册47-04

L46-07 begin 14’15”

get / come round to sth. 抽出时间做某事

make time to do sth. / spare time to do sth.

Eg: I got round to writing the letter after two days delay.

as far as I could see == as far as I knew / as far as I could find / discover 在我看来

minor≠major

it would be as good as new

as good as 几乎，差不多==almost, actually, virtually, nearly

Eg: He as good as turned me down. 他实际上就是拒绝了我。

inevitably 不可避免地

背诵：The garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn-mower.

be littered with 放满了

make up 表示一种状态

assemble:强调动作

背诵：I had traced the cause of the trouble.

trace: 跟踪==find, discover

背诵：After buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle together again.

be faced with 面对，面临

confusing == puzzling, perplexing

for the simple reason that: 出于这个简单的原因

背诵：Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn-mower which I have promised to repair one day.

buried somewhere in deep grass... 连接上下文，加强语气，修饰lawn mower

L46-07 end 14’15”