短语讲解:
1. On March 5, Jazmine Hughes wrote in a New York Times blog,“Recently, at an IRL party — that is, a party that takes place ‘in real life,’ as opposed to where I generally live, which is on the Internet — a guest asked a friend and I how we met.”
take place 发生,举行
例句:His graduation will never take place if he doesn't get to work.
如果他不下功夫,就永远不会毕业。
2. “Well, President Bush graciously invited Michelle and I to -- to meet with him and First Lady Laura Bush.”
meet with 碰到; 偶然遇到
例句:I will meet with Peter this evening.
今天晚上我要与彼得会面。
3. We can easily see the need for an object pronoun because of the preposition “to.”
because of 因为,由于
例句:John's jacket got out of shape because of the heavy rain.
约翰的夹克因为大雨而变形。