1.technically

技术上；专门地；学术上；工艺上

I’m not an electric engineer, so I may be suggesting something that is technically impossible.

我并不是电气工程师，所以上面的建议可能在技术上有些不太现实。

2.silhouette

n. 轮廓，剪影

vt. 使…照出影子来；使…仅仅显出轮廓

Through the windshield I could see the man’s silhouette; like us, he was facing forward, toward the line of the highway beginning to wind its way through the hills.

透过挡风玻璃我能够看到那人的轮廓；他像我们一样面对着前方，面对着那条开始蜿蜒深入到群山去的高速公路线。

3.bottom

n. 底部；末端；臀部；尽头

adj. 底部的

vt. 装底；测量深浅；查明真相

vi. 到达底部；建立基础

The children carefully printed their names in capitals at the bottom of their pictures.

孩子们在他们的画底下用印刷体大写字母仔细地写上自己的名字。

4.because of

因为；由于

His business went under because of competition from the large corporations.

由于大公司的竞争，他的生意陷入了困境。

考考你 (请翻译)

1.你剪烂妈的婚纱？　　

2.你又好好交过几个男朋友？　

上期参考答案

1.Are you checking me off your list?

2.You might have to unbutton that back.