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活得長 The old lady has survived all her children. 那位老婦人比所有的孩子 活得都長 。 After drinking a cup of tea, mother proceeded to cook the dinner. 喝了杯茶后 , 媽媽又繼續(xù)做飯 。 3. name after: give the same as 用 …… 的名字命名 The University of Washington was named after President Gee Washington . 華盛頓大學(xué)是以喬治 6. for one thing…… (for another): in the first place…… (in the second place) 首先 …… 其次 ( 用來說明理由 ) I can’t go for one thing, I have no time, and for another, I have no money. 我不能去 首先我沒有時 間 , 其次我沒有錢 。 ( 2) set about 著手 ( 開始 ) 做某事 set aside 留出 , 存儲 set off 出發(fā) set up 建立 10. zilch: A colloquial term in American English meaning “zero” or “nothing”. Here in our text “zilch” is used as if it were a moary unit such as yuan or dollar. A native speaker would immediately see the paradoxical humor of spending “billions” of “nothing