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1️⃣ 如何表达「非常激动」？

BBC在采访戴安娜王妃时问道：

️ How did the rest of the Royal family react when they learnt that the child that you were to have was going to be a boy ?

戴安娜王妃回答说：

‍♀️Well, everybody was thrilled to bits.

她前面略带讽刺地说道：

Fortunately two boys. It would have been a little tricky if it had been two girls.

✍to bits 是个口语词，表示「非常，十分」，相当于very much。

be thrilled to bits 便表示「非常激动」。

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英语｜每日外刊长难句
经济学人

Economist

Manufacturing surveys register their weakest results since the early days of the pandemic, but that may be because consumers are still rebalancing their spending after the worst phase of the pandemic.

【词汇】

Manufacturing surveys 制造业调查

register [ˈredʒɪstər] v. 显示

rebalance [riːˈbæləns] v. 重新平衡，调整

phase [feɪz] n. 阶段，时期

pandemic [pænˈdemɪk] n. 疫情

【句子结构】

✔句子主干：

Manufacturing surveys register their weakest results, but that may be...

✔状语1：

since the early days of the pandemic

✔表语从句：

because consumers are still rebalancing their spending

✔状语2：

after the worst phase of the pandemic

【原文】

Manufacturing surveys register their weakest results since the early days of the pandemic, but that may be because consumers are still rebalancing their spending after the worst phase of the pandemic.

【译文】

自疫情初期以来，调查结果显示制造业是发展最弱的，但这可能是因为消费者即便在疫情最严重阶段过去后，仍在重新平衡支出。

英语｜每日外刊长难句
经济学人

Economist

Manufacturing surveys register their weakest results since the early days of the pandemic, but that may be because consumers are still rebalancing their spending after the worst phase of the pandemic.

【词汇】

Manufacturing surveys 制造业调查

register [ˈredʒɪstər] v. 显示

rebalance [riːˈbæləns] v. 重新平衡，调整

phase [feɪz] n. 阶段，时期

pandemic [pænˈdemɪk] n. 疫情

【句子结构】

✔句子主干：

Manufacturing surveys register their weakest results, but that may be...

✔状语1：

since the early days of the pandemic

✔表语从句：

because consumers are still rebalancing their spending

✔状语2：

after the worst phase of the pandemic

【原文】

Manufacturing surveys register their weakest results since the early days of the pandemic, but that may be because consumers are still rebalancing their spending after the worst phase of the pandemic.

【译文】

自疫情初期以来，调查结果显示制造业是发展最弱的，但这可能是因为消费者即便在疫情最严重阶段过去后，仍在重新平衡支出。