迷你对话:
A:Have you read the newspaper? The police have arrested three men living in the house down the street.
你看报了吗?警察逮捕了住在街那边那座房子里的三个人。
B:You mean those people involved in selling drugs?
你是指与贩毒案有关的那个人吗?
A:Yes. But the principal criminal has run away, and the police are searchingfar and widefor him.
是的,但是主犯在逃,警察正在到处搜寻他。
A:Let’s go to the police station to see what we can do.
咱们去警察局看看能帮点做什么吧。
B:Okay.
好的。
地道表达:
far and wide:到处,各处
支持范例:
Eg.The exciting news spread far and wide.
这个振奋人心的消息传遍四面八方。
Eg.The flowers spread their fragrance far and wide.
花儿的芳香散发到四面八方。
Eg.They searched far and wide for the missing child.
他们到处寻找失踪的小孩.
Eg.My old school friends are scattered far and wide now.
老同学如今天各一方。
词海拾贝:
1.be involved in:涉及
Eg.I didn't mean to get you so much involved in the matter.
我本不想让你这么深地卷入这件事中来。
Eg.He tried hard to avoid getting involved in it.
他努力避免跟这件事牵连在一起。
Eg.Several members of the family got involved in the crime.
这一家族中有好几个人参与作案。
Eg.Mary didn't want to get involved in any perplexed relationship with a married man.
玛丽不愿扯入与已婚男人纠缠不清的关系中。
2.run away:逃跑
Eg.He disguises oneself to run away into woman according to the guess.
据猜测他是乔装打扮成女人逃跑的。
Eg.He started to run away and barged into a passer-by.
他开始跑开,并撞着一位过路人。
Eg.I was afraid of the boy and I had an urge to run away from him.
我害怕那个男孩,我很想跑开。
Eg.The horse has been hobbled so that he can't run away.
那马的脚被绑住了,所以它无法逃走。
3.search for:搜寻,寻找
Eg.She left no stone unturned in her search for her lost child.
她千方百计寻找丢失的孩子。
Eg.The shepherd went to search for some sheep that had strayed.
牧羊人去找走散的羊去了。
Eg.They made a thorough search for the lost ring, but didn' t find it.
他们仔细地寻找过那枚丢失的戒指,可是没有找到。
Eg.Will you help me search for that book I lost?
你愿帮助我寻找我丢失的那本书吗?
4.read the newspaper:看报纸
5.down the street:沿着街道
6.sell drugs:贩毒
7.principal criminal:主犯
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