奉献了她的一生
devoted her whole life
She devoted her whole life to homeless children.
她把一生都献给了无家可归的孩子。
She is a real scientist who devoted her whole life in melon breeding research.
她是一位真正的科学家,毕生致力于甜瓜育种研究。
02.使某人想起某事,使人回忆起
ring a bell
That name doesn't ring a bell. It was so long ago.
那个名字听起来不熟。那是很久以前的事了。
Does that ring a bell?
有没有帮你想起一些什么呢?
03.主要研究
main researchmelon varieties 瓜品种watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew 西瓜,香瓜,甜瓜
This is also the main research finding of this paper.
这也是本文的主要研究成果。
Her main research is watermelon.
她的主要研究是西瓜。
Without her, more than half of the varieties of watermelons, cantaloupes and honeydews on the market now will disappear.
如果没有她,现在市场上一大半品种的西瓜、哈密瓜、甜瓜等都要消失。
There are more than half of the melon varieties you can see in the market.
这里有在市场上能看到的超过一半的甜瓜品种。
04.物以类聚,人以群分
Birds of a feather flock together
The moral of that is—birds of a feather flock together.
这个故事的寓意是——物以类聚,人以群分。
Well, birds of a feather flock together. Maybe that is the reason they are friends. They all act the same way.
人以群分,也许这就是他们成为朋友的原因,他们做事方法如出一辙。
05.“吃瓜群众”的三个表达
onlookers 旁观者,看客spectators 观众,旁观者rubberneckers 看热闹的人