重点讲解:
1. turn out
原来是;结果发现;
eg. It's hard to predict how things will turn out.
事情还不定怎样呢。
eg. It turned out that my surmise was correct.
结果表明我的推测没有错。
2. fend off
挡住,抵挡(攻击);
eg. He raised his hand to fend off the blow.
他抬起手来抵挡那一拳。
eg. This medicine is enough to fend off a chill and fever.
这种药能祛寒退热。
3. something of a+名词
有点儿;有几分;
eg. His veto was something of a surprise.
他的否决一定程度上是令人惊讶的。
eg. Yet dismissing them has proved to be something of a mistake.
而现在已经证实,忽略了它们就犯下了错误。