LeteratureThe Dream Keeper

    work hard, and you will be admitted to a key university.
    =if you work hard，you will be admitted to a key university.
努力吧，你會進入重點大學。
    a bit more efforts，and the problems could be settled.
    =if you make a bit more efforts，the problems could be settled.
再加把勁，問題就解決了。
    come on time, or you won't see her.
    =if you don't come on time，you won't see her.
準時來，要不你見不到她。
don’t have the machine running all the time, otherwise it will be out of order.
=if you have the machine running all the time ,it will be out of order.   
別讓機器轉個不停，要不它會壞掉的。
  2. as with any good detective arriving on the crime scene, the first thing to do when meeting a new and difficult word is to assess the situation, to look at everything that is known and see if it helps us to understand its meaning. (p. 57)
如同任何一個來到犯罪現場的出色偵探，在遇到一個生僻詞時首先要做的就是依據語境來判斷哪些是已知，并且琢磨是否可以借助已知來推測生僻詞的意思。
    as with表示“正如……一樣”，是as it is the same with 的省略形式。如：
as with drawing a picture, you should be patient and careful in doing that job.
正如同畫畫一樣，在做工作時應該既要有耐心，又要認真。
as with other mental disorders, the most important part of treatment is to first identify the problem.
正如其他心理失調一樣，治療的最重要方面就是首先確定問題所在。
3. you usually find old and wise people sitting in the senate.(p. 58)
你通常發現上了年紀的智者是參議院的議員。
    find…doing…表示“發現……在做……”，doing…作賓語補足語。能用于這一句型中的謂語動詞除了find外還有feel，see，hear，notice，watch，keep，get，have等。如：
jefferson also found his memory failing.
杰斐遜也發現他的記憶力不行了。
don’t you feel the wind coming from the southeast?
難道你沒感覺出這是東南風嗎?
the lack of money keeps him working day and night.
缺錢使他夜以繼日地工作。
how can i get the car starting? 我如何才能讓這輛車啟動呢?

流行英語
1. he is a walking encyclopedia. 他是一本活百科全書。
    walking修飾物，表示具有一定能力和素質的人。譯為：活的，能行走的。如：
    he lives like a walking skeleton. 他活得就像行尸走肉。
our english teacher is a walking dictionary.我們的英語老師是一本活字典。
2. he is all wrapped up in “me”. 他被完全包裹在自我之中。
    be wrapped in… 表示完全處于某種境況之中，常含有因此而不顧及其他之意。如：
    she is wrapped up in her studies. 她埋頭苦讀。