1.Exercise isin fashion.
运动正在成为一种时尚。
in fashion的意思为“流行,风行”。例如:
It is said that sports clothes will bein fashionthis summer.
据说今夏将流行运动装。
也可以用“be popular”和“be fashionable”来表达相同的意思。例如:
Short hairisverypopularamong middle students.
短发在中学生中很流行。
Short skirts are veryfashinablenow.
短裙现在很流行。
2. Some remarkable people take part in the marathons: seventy-five-year-old grandfathers and nine-year-old grandchildren, and eveninvalidsin wheelchairs.
一些参加马拉松的人颇引人注目:有七十五岁的爷爷和九岁的孙子,甚至还有坐着轮椅的残疾人。
invalid在本文中的意思为“残疾人”。例如:
More attention needs to be paied to helplessinvalidsin the society.
我们需要更多地关注社会上的残疾人。
invalid还可以表示“失效的,无效的”,例如:
He was told that his driver's license wasinvalid.
他被告知自己的驾照是无效的。