1.gear up 促进;增加;使换快档;准备好
Before you gear up to blame any excess weight on your superior intellectual activity, remember that the basic equation of too many calories plus not enough movement still equals weight gain.
在您做好准备去责怪您卓越的思维活动后任何多余的重量时,请记住这个基本方程,过多热量加上不足够的活动仍然等于体重增加
。2.be made out of以…制作,由…制成
The vuvuzela, which is now made solely of plastic, used to be made out of tin.
嗡嗡祖拉现在是用塑料制成的,但是最开始它是用马口铁打造的
。3.rather than而不是;宁可…也不愿
I , rather than you , should do the work .
该做这个工作的是我,而不是你
。4.be able to会;能够
If the situation demands,he must be able to attend the meeting.
如果情况需要的话,他一定能参加会议
。