一个朋友About a Friend（2/2）

那段日子里，我感到虚弱和内疚。但从那以后，我开始关心身边的人，我感觉自己开始了新生。

1.big words

big words是“大话”的意思。

例：His big words were never backed by deeds.他的豪言从未见之于行动。

表示“吹牛”的说法有：boast off；brag about

2.besides，except

besides：除……以外，还有……

except：从整体中除去……

这两个词语，汉语可以用“除了”一种形式来表达，但汉语的“除外”既可以指包括，又可以指排除，在这两种不同的情况下，英语就得分别用两个介词来表示：例：1.Two girls went shoppg besides Mary.

除了玛丽还有两个女孩去购物。

2.Two girls went shoppg except Mary.

有两个女孩去购物(没有玛丽)。

1.Ireber how I__________ohat any other lour t be a sybol for sothg, a feelg or__________.Only grey seed to stand for__________nothg.This was the world I lived , and so did he.

2.He gaveso ud I knew__________about hi.He had been y friend and now I had lost hi without havg had the__________to give anythg back.He had been s that he was able to give__________had happened.