重点讲解：
1. beaten up
破旧的，境况差的；
eg. Her sandals were old and somewhat beaten-up, but very comfortable.
她的凉鞋旧了，多少还有点破，但是穿起来很舒服。
eg. The most exciting summer of my life was spent in a beaten-up Chevrolet Impala.
我生命中最激动人心的夏天是在一辆破旧的雪佛兰黑斑羚汽车上度过的。
2. a measure of
（情形严重或发展到了一定程度的）体现，表现，标志；
eg. It is a measure of their plight that few of them have anywhere to go to.
他们几乎全都无处可归，看得出他们是陷入了困境。
eg. That is a measure of how bad things have become at the bank.
那简直就是银行里糟糕局面的写照。
3. on my mind
依我看；我的意见是；
eg. There are scenes in this play which to my mind are incredibly violent.
这出戏里有些场面在我看来过于暴力。
eg. To my mind, they will attend the meeting.
我认为他们会参加会议的。
4. be/feel sorry for
（为别人的不幸或不快）感到难过的，表示同情的；
eg. I felt sorry for him and his colleagues — it must have been so frustrating for them.
我为他和他的同事们感到难过——这件事一定让他们感到非常沮丧。
eg. I am very sorry for the family.
我十分同情这家人。
5. relate to
产生共鸣；认同；
eg. He is unable to relate to other people.
他无法理解他人的想法。
eg. I think it is important for children to have brothers and sisters they can relate to.
我认为对孩子们来讲有可以相互理解沟通的兄弟姐妹很重要。
6. through one's eyes/through the eyes of sb.
以…的视角；
eg. She tried to see things through his eyes.
她尽力从他的视角看问题。
eg. The story is told through the eyes of Inspector Simon Potter.
这个故事是从西蒙·波特巡官的视角讲述的。

家庭情况
梅丽尔和卡扎尔在一起生活了3年直到卡扎尔不幸离世。后来，在1978年9月30日，她和雕塑家唐·狄墨结婚。他们有4个孩子，Henry Wolfe Gummer (b. 1979), Mamie Gummer (b. 1983), Grace Gummer (b. 1986), and Louisa Jacobson Gummer (b. 1991). 其中 Mamie 和 Grace 是演员, Henry 是音乐家。