Tom’s English is at the highest level in his class.
湯姆的英文程度是班上最好的。

After you hang the picture, make sure it’s level.
把畫掛上去後，要確定畫有放平。

Betty asked the workers to level her garden.
貝蒂請工人們剷平她的花園。

This building has been here for more than 40 years.
這棟大樓屋齡已有 40 多年了。

My car wouldn’t move because there was something wrong with the engine.
我的車動不了，因為引擎有毛病了。

Go straight ahead three blocks, and you’ll see the store on your right.
往前直走 3 個街區，你就會看到商店在你的右手邊。

Henry was so tired yesterday that he went straight up to bed.
亨利昨天累到一回家就立刻上床睡覺。

Draw a straight line on the paper.
在紙上畫一條直線。

John’s such a straight arrow. He always follows the rules.
約翰真是個一板一眼的人。他始終按規則走。

I knew my boyfriend was not completely straight with me.
我知道我男友沒有對我完全坦誠。

It has rained for two straight months.
已經連續下雨 2 個月了。

Before the interview, the candidate spent several minutes adjusting his tie.
面試前，這位應徵者花了幾分鐘調整他的領帶。

I’ll adjust the window blinds because the sunlight is too bright.
我來調整卷簾，因為陽光太亮了。

I’m having a hard time adjusting to the climate of this place.
我很難適應此地的氣候。

Billy finds it very hard to adjust to the hustle and bustle of city life.

比利發現他很難使自己適應都市生活的繁忙。

Billy finds it very hard to adapt to the hustle and bustle of city life.

比利發現他很難使自己適應都市生活的繁忙。

Billy finds it very hard to accustom himself to the hustle and bustle of city life.
比利發現他很難使自己適應都市生活的繁忙。

Robert’s sore legs prevented him from joining the marathon.
羅伯特腿痠使他無法參加馬拉松比賽。

Taking necessary precautions will prevent many accidents from happening.
採取必要的預防措施能防止許多意外的發生。

Gwen has a pearl necklace around her neck.
小關脖子上有一串珍珠項鍊。

So far, the two main parties are still neck and neck.
到目前為止，這兩大黨還是不分上下。

Stop being a pain in the neck!
別做個討厭鬼！

It took three weeks for Sam to recover from his sports injury.
山姆的運動傷害花了三個星期才康復。

The sex scandal caused terrible injury to Jill’s reputation.
這樁性醜聞讓吉兒的名譽嚴重受損。

Failure is the mother of success.
失敗為成功之母。— 諺語

The party turned out to be a complete failure.
這次派對辦得完全失敗。

There was a power failure throughout the whole city.
整個城市都停電了。

If you can learn not to be knocked down by frustration, you'll get somewhere.
你若能學會不被挫折擊倒，就能成大器。

To our frustration, the heavy rain ruined our picnic plans.
令我們沮喪的是，這場大雨毀掉了我們的野餐計畫。

Nick likes to act like a teenager, but actually he’s more than 30 years old.
尼克喜歡裝作青少年的樣子，但他事實上已經 30 多歲了。

Please don’t lay anything on the table.
桌上請不要放任何東西。

The hen just laid an egg.
那隻母雞剛剛下蛋了。

First the workers laid the foundation. Then they built the walls.
首先工人們打好地基，然後把牆砌起來。

George’s good command of English laid a solid foundation for his success as a businessman.
喬治流利的英文為做為一名成功的商人奠下紮實的基礎。

The foundation of the university took place fifty years ago.
這所大學創立於 50 年前。

My aunt works for the Save the Children Foundation.
我阿姨在《救助兒童基金會》工作。

Thank you for your kind understanding.
感謝您的寬容體諒。

Do you have any difficulty understanding spoken Chinese?
你聽口語中文有困難嗎？

You can’t resort to violence just because you can’t reason with someone.
你不能只是因為無法跟別人理論就訴諸暴力。

The violence of the storm was frightening.
暴風雨的猛烈令人害怕。

Gloria thought the singer was the worst one she had ever heard.
葛蘿莉亞認為這歌手是她聽過唱得最糟的歌手。

Jim was late for school; worst of all, he forgot his books.
吉姆上學遲到了；最糟的是，他忘了帶書。

Eliot knew that, at worst, he would be only 15 minutes late for the meeting.
艾略特知道最壞的情況是他只會開會遲到 15 分鐘。

There is no correct answer to this question.
這個問題並沒有正確的答案。

Please correct me when I make mistakes.
我犯錯時請糾正我。

Most of the answers he wrote were wrong.
他寫的答案大部分是錯的。

It’s wrong to take something that isn’t yours.
拿別人的東西是不對的。

There’s something wrong with Becky’s phone.
貝琪的電話出了點問題。

I just don’t know where we went wrong.
我就是不知道我們到底哪裡出問題了。

The boy is too young to tell right from wrong.
小男孩太小了，還不能明辨是非。

Two wrongs do not make a right.
兩惡不成一善 / 勿以惡報惡。— 諺語

Jack decided to forgive those who have wronged him.
傑克決定原諒那些待他不公的人。

Despite Andy’s pay cut, he won’t reduce his standard of living.
儘管安迪被減薪，他仍不願降低他的生活水準。

Bankruptcy reduced Bruce to begging.
布魯斯破產後淪為乞丐。

Bruce was reduced to begging after he went bankrupt.
布魯斯破產後淪為乞丐。

Many teenagers fall victim to drugs.
許多青少年都成了毒品的受害者。

I hope there are no victims of racial discrimination in our company.
我希望我們公司沒有任何種族歧視的受害者。

South Korea has been quick to establish air and 
naval superiority. 
南韓迅速建立海空優勢。

 Speaking French fluently gave Adam a sense of 
superiority over most of his classmates. 
說得一口流利的法語讓亞當覺得自己比大部分的同學來得
優越。

The nation celebrated its glorious victory with parades and speeches. 
該國以遊行和演說的方式慶祝他們光榮的勝利。

That young man took revenge on the bad guy for his father’s death.
那年輕人為父親的死亡向該壞蛋報仇。 

That young man revenged himself on the bad guy for his father’s death. 
那年輕人為父親的死亡向該壞蛋報仇。

That young man avenged himself on the bad guy for his father’s death. 
那年輕人為父親的死亡向該壞蛋報仇。

Raise your hand if you know the answer.
如果知道答案，請舉手。

The landlord raised the rent by 5%.
房東將租金調漲了 5%。

Irene was raised by her grandfather.
艾琳是由她爺爺撫養長大的。

They raised money for the homeless.
他們為遊民募款。

Ted would like to ask for a pay raise.
泰德想要求加薪。

How can you live on such a small salary? 
這麼微薄的薪水你如何賴以為生？

The clerk at the drugstore gave me the wrong change.
藥妝店的店員找錯零錢給我。

Our company has a staff of 500, working in both Canada and Taiwan.
我們公司有 500 名員工，分別在加拿大與臺灣工作。

Our company is staffed with individuals from three different countries.
我們公司有分別來自三個不同的國家的職員。