Modern English 洋话连篇（二十六）

　　1. Walking up and down the stairs would beat any exercise machine.

　　上下楼梯可比什么健身器都要好。

　　2. Had it not been for the alarm clock she wouldn't have been late.

　　如果不是因为闹钟不响的话，她就不会迟到了。

　　3. How ever you may work hard, the boss will not be fully¹ satisfied.

　　无论你有多努力，老板总不会完全满意。

　　4. If he had not broken his tooth, he would not be in hospital now.

　　如果他没有把牙齿弄坏，现在就不在医院了。

　　5. You might as well throw your money away as spend it in gambling².

　　你与其把钱花在赌博上，不如把它丢掉的好。

　　6. Can you put me in the picture about the World Cup Football Match?

　　你能给我讲讲关于世界杯足球赛的状况吗?

　　7. I'm usually just using the search engines to look up information.

　　我通常只是用搜索引擎找一些资料。

　　8. He goes home early everyday for fear that his wife would be angry.

　　他每天很早就回家，免得老婆生气。

　　9. I regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you employment.

　　很遗憾地告诉你，我们无法雇用你。

　　10. I will continue my learning, though I am tired of learning English.

　　尽管我很烦英语，我还是要学它。

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。