第三十五节 多个词一起构成的短语

1. catch-up strategy. 赶超战略。

2. quality follow-up. 质量追踪。

3. a first-come- first –serve first possession rule. 谁先来，谁占有，谁所有制度。

4. The second take-away lesson is….学到的第二点是…。

5. The observer is typically not the teacher, but a trained observer with a note pad,

tape recorder, video equipment, or some other means of capturing the moment-to-

moment behaviors of teachers and learners in the classroom.

正常情况下，观察者不是老师，而是一名受过训练的观察者，他可以用笔记、

录音机、视频设备或其他方式记录老师和学生在课堂里即时即地的行为。

6. Background is need-to-know. 需要掌握背景信息。

7. The local people are farmers or fishermen, though more and more are now

building extra rooms on their property, which they let as bed-and breakfast rooms

to visitors in the summer.

当地人以耕田和打鱼为生，但现在越来越多的人在自己的土地上建了许多额外的

房间，夏天到来时，他们把这些房间租给游客用作卧室和早餐的地方。

8. have a meet-and-greet breakfast. 有一个欢迎早餐会。

9. ready-to-eat meals. 现成食品。

10. never-to-be forgotten whisper. 永远不会忘记的私语/谣传。

11. In Savage Kingdom，British author Benjamin Woolley argues that the story of

Jamestown is a more accurate reflection of America-to-be than that of the pious

Pilgrims.

英国作家本杰明.伍利在《野蛮的国度》一书中指出，与虔诚的清教徒的故事相比，

詹娒斯敦的故事更准确地反映了早期美国建国前的情况。

12. How the name that we choose for our child will affect his or her life is a question

parents-to-be ponder endlessly.

我们为孩子起的名字将会怎样影响孩子的生活，是即将做父母的人不停思考的一个问题。

13. would-be purchasers. 可能的买家。

14. Would-be students also have to factor in living costs and the cost of stepping off

the career ladder.

有意攻读的人还需考虑生活费用和为读书而中断职业生涯所带来的经济损失。

15. The bride-to-be answered one reporter's question on why it had taken so long.

这位准新娘回答了记者一个问题，为什么过了这么长时间才订婚。

16. Epstein, co-author of the soon-to-be released The Harvard Medical School Guide

to a Good Night's Sleep and medical director for Sleep Health Centres in Boston.

即将出版的《哈佛医学院睡眠指导》一书的合著者、波士顿的睡眠健康中心医务

主管劳伦斯.爱普斯坦说，

17. the soon-to-blossom pink flowers. 含苞待放的粉红色花朵。

18. Investigators say they're now implementing some of the report's safety

recommendations with NASA's soon-to-be retired space shuttle program .

调查者说他们正在实施报告中的一些涉及美国航天局即将退役的航天飞机计划安全建议。

19. Chinese junks-turned-tourists. 有中国式帆船改成的游艇。

20. long-term business loans. 长期商业贷款。