介詞短語和其他詞組

　　at once 立刻

　　at last 最后

　　at first 起先，首先

　　at the age of… 在……歲時

　　at the end of… 在……之末

　　at the beginning of… 在……之初

　　at the foot of… 在……腳下

　　at the same time 同時

　　at night/noon 在夜里/中午

　　with one's help 在某人的幫助下，由于某人的幫助

　　with the help of … 在……的幫助下

　　with a smile 面帶笑容

　　with one's own eyes 親眼看見

　　after a while 過了一會兒

　　from now on 從現(xiàn)在起

　　from then on 從那時起

　　far example 例如

　　far away from 遠(yuǎn)離

　　from morning till night 從早到晚

　　by and by 不久 by air mail 寄航空郵件

　　by ordinary mail 寄平信

　　by the way 順便說

　　by the window 在窗邊

　　by the end of… 到……底為止

　　little by little 逐漸地

　　Napoleon Was Ill

　　Jack had gone to the university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his examinations, and he was told that he would have to leave the university. However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year.

　　"He‘s a good boy," said Jack‘s father, "and if you let him pass this time, I‘m sure he‘ll improve a lot next year and pass the examinations at the end of it really well."

　　"No, no, that‘s quite impossible," replied the professor immediately. "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, he didn‘t know!"

　　"Please, sir, give him another chance," said Jack‘s father. "You see, I‘m afraid we don‘t take any newspaper in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill."

　　拿破侖病了

　　杰克到一所大學(xué)去學(xué)歷史。第一學(xué)期結(jié)束時，歷史課教授沒讓他及格。學(xué)校讓他退學(xué)。然而，杰克的父親決定去見教授，強烈要求讓杰克繼續(xù)來年的學(xué)業(yè)。

　　“他是個好孩子，”杰克的父親說：“您要是讓他這次及格，我相信他明年會有很大進(jìn)步，學(xué)期結(jié)束時，他一定會考好的。”

　　“不，不，那不可能，”教授馬上回答。“你知道嗎?上個月我問他拿破侖什么時候死的，他都不知道。”

　　“先生，請再給他一次機(jī)會吧。”杰克的父親說：“你不知道，恐怕是因為我們家沒有訂報紙。我們家的人連拿破侖病了都不知道。”