A: The country is strong only in appearance. Don’t you think so?

这个国家知识外表强大，你不这么认为吗？

B: Yes. In fact there are quite a large number of people who have no food to eat and no place to live in.

是的，实际上，有很多人没有饭吃，没房子住。

A: You can say that again. The government must open it’s eyes to the fact.

是啊，政府必须意识到这个事实。

地道表达：

open someone’s eyes to

解词释义：

此语的字面意思是“睁开某人的眼睛看某事”，引申比喻为“使某人意识到......”。该短语也可以用作open someone’s eye to。

支持范例：

He did not open his eyes to the danger.

他没有意识到有危险。

I don’t open my eyes to having offended him.

我没有意识到得罪了他。

I has opened my eyes to my making a mistake.

我意识到自己犯了一个错误。

All the while I have been opening my eyes to her nearness acutely.

我一直强烈地意识到她离我很近。

词海拾贝：

1. in appearance：看起来，从外表上看

In appearance, he was a little like his father.

他看起来有点像他的父亲。

The reactionaries are fierce in appearance but feeble in reality.

反动派看起来很强大，实际上十分虚弱。

She resembles her sister in appearance but not in character.

她外貌上像她的姐姐，性格上却不同。

The landscape has remained predominantly rural in appearance.

这里的风景看上去还是以田园风光为主。

2. in fact：实际上，其实

He pretended not to know her but in fact they were in league together.

他假装不认识她，而实际上他们是串通一气的。

In fact, the rules were as unrealistic as they were archaic.

实际上这些规章既陈旧又不现实。

In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings.

事实上，他的经商生涯从初期就明显前景暗淡。

They hope, in fact, to kill two birds with one stone.

他们实际上是想一举两得。

3. a large number of：大量的

注释：此短语后面接的是可数名词。

They choose us from a large number of students.

他们从大量学生中挑选了我们。

There were a large number of people at the football match.

有很多人看足球比赛。

He transacts business with a large number of stores.

他与很多商店进行交易。

实用口语：

You can say that again.

注释：这句话表示听话者同意对方说的话，相当于I agree with you. 因此，可以翻译为“你说得对。”或者是“我同意。”

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