谷水潺潺、鳥鳴嚶嚶，療癒你心 The Healing Sounds of Nature

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。

Aspirin will relieve your headache.
阿斯匹靈會減輕你的頭痛。

The government will take steps to relieve unemployment.
政府將採取措施來緩和失業的現象。

Police have conducted an investigation into the case.
警方已就該案件進行調查。

The local orchestra was conducted by my piano teacher, Mr. Evans.
本地的管絃樂團是由我的鋼琴老師艾文斯先生擔任指揮。

The two friends share a house, and they are jointly responsible for the rent.
那兩名朋友住一間房，他們一起分擔租金。

The two companies decided to work jointly on the big project.
這兩間公司決定共同合作進行這項重大的計畫。

Allen attended a highly prestigious university. 
艾倫在一所很有聲望的大學念書。

The rapid reduction in rainforest has caused global warming to get worse. 
雨林迅速減少使全球暖化更嚴重。

The supermarket advertised many price reductions. 
該超市做了許多減價活動的廣告。

Just give me the overall picture instead of detailed information.
只要告訴我大概的情況就好了，而不是細節資訊。

The principal thought that the overall result of the exams was quite satisfactory.
校長認為考試整體結果是很令人滿意的。

Overall, imports account for half of our economy.
大體而言，進口貿易占了我們一半的經濟。

I thought John was wearing overalls to protect his clothes, but it turns out they were a fashion statement.
我以為約翰穿連身工作褲來保護他的衣服，但結果那只是一種時尚。

Many scientists believe the theory that the universe is getting larger.
很多科學家相信宇宙正在變大的這個說法。

Developing a theory and proving it are very different things.
研發一套理論和加以證實是兩碼事。

Well, that sounds good in theory, but I don’t know if it will work in practice.
嗯，那在理論上聽起來不錯，但我不知道它實際上是否可行。

After Louise received a threatening letter in the mail last night, she called the police.
露易絲昨晚收到恐嚇信後就報警了。

My roommate asked me to turn down the music and I acted accordingly. 
我室友要我把音樂關小聲一點，我就照著做。

The cost of raw materials rose 10%. Accordingly, we have to increase our price. 
原物料上漲了百分之 10。因此，我們必須調漲價格。

As soon as Molly left the room, her baby cried.

茉莉一離開房間，她的小寶寶就哭了。 

I left my cellphone in the office.

我把手機留在辦公室裡了。

Ian left the door open, so that I could come in.

伊恩讓門開著，這樣我才能進來。

John left for Hong Kong yesterday.

約翰昨天動身前往香港。

I'll take leave to attend my sister's wedding.

我會請假去參加妹妹的婚禮。

Mary sprayed herself with perfume before going out on a date.
瑪莉在出門約會前噴了香水。

I'd like to try this new styling spray.
我想試用這款新的髮型噴霧劑。

A sudden spray hit Jeff's face when the pipe burst.
管線破裂時，突然噴出的液體噴到傑夫的臉。