北师大高中英语必修二Unit5词汇短语与课文助记教学(23)

Eg：The old electric fan has broken down. We need buy a new one.
旧电扇坏了，我们得买个新的。
Some demonstrators threw bottles and tried to break through barricades.
一些游行人员还向警察投掷瓶子，并且试图穿越路障。
The marriage on the basis on money is bound to break up.
建立在金钱基础上的婚姻势必是会破裂的。
Hostilities have broken out between the two countries.
两国之间爆发了战争。
2. Then he prepared for the return journey.
prepare for sth. 为某事做准备
Eg：It’s time to prepare for our final exam.
该准备期末考试了。
3. The team were soon very tired and were running out of food.
run out of === use up 用完，耗尽
Eg：They almostran out of food and felt helpless.
食物快吃光了，他们感到很无助。
run out of steam vi. 失去势头，精疲力尽
Eg：But here he soonruns out of steam.
但是他很快就失去了活力。
4. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past, the continent of Antarctic was covered by plants.
后来，通过这石块可以证实，在遥远的过去，南极洲曾经被植被覆盖。
at one time 曾经有一个时期，一度
Eg：At one time he lived with his uncle. 他曾一度与叔叔住在一起。
5. Scott and two of his team members carried on and got within eleven miles of one of their food bases.