重点讲解:
1. date back to 追溯(到);开始(于);始造(或建)(于);
The college dates back to medieval times.
这所学院创办于中世纪 。
2. at first 最初;起初;开始时;
At first I couldn't believe it. I thought it was a wind-up by one of my mates.
一开始我不相信,以为是哪个同伴在故意逗我 。
3. scoff at 嘲笑;讥讽;嘲弄;
At first I scoffed at the notion.
刚开始我对那种想法嗤之以鼻 。
4. at large 在逃的;未被捕获的;
The man who tried to have her killed is still at large.
那个企图雇凶杀她的男子仍然在逃 。
n. 控告;起诉书