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“Both of my parents had been to university. And my older brother Tim, who was full of brains, was about to go to Cambridge to study engineering.”
译文:我的父母都上过大学。我那很有脑子的大哥Tim,就要去剑桥读工程专业。
Full of brains = clever, intelligent 很聪明的意思,相当于中文“很有脑子”。
have been to = 去过某个地方,不同于 have gone to 去了某个地方
be about to = 将要去
study engineering = 学习工程学
口语练习:
I have been to …[任何一个我去过的地方]
[比如我的同学,朋友,亲戚等] … is full of brains, and …[说说你的看法,感受]
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