1. Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.(P29)
我把你看到的一切都归功于意大利面条。
★owe v. 应给予;归功于;欠(债等);感激
①I owe you for your help.
我感谢你的帮助。
(1)owe ... to ... 把......归功于......
owe sb. sth.=owe sth. to sb. 欠某人某物
owe it to sb.+that从句 归功于
owe it to oneself to do sth. 认为自己有责任做某事
(2)owing to 因为,由于
②Mo Yan owes_his_success_to his years of hard work.
莫言把他的成功归因于多年的努力工作。
③I owe the landlord one hundred dollars.
=I owe one hundred dollars to the landlord.
我欠房东一百美元。
④Owing_to your help, he finally finished the task on time.
由于你的帮助,他最终按时完成了任务。
2. In fact, I think that they are sometimes obsessed with it.(P30)
事实上,我觉得他们有时候对此到了痴迷的程度。
★obsess v. 使着迷;使困扰
①The fear of death obsessed her throughout her old age.
晚年她一直受死亡恐惧的困扰。
be obsessed with/by 迷恋......;被......迷住
obsess over/about sth./sb. 对某事/某人过度担心
obsession n. 着迷
②He was_obsessed_with/by computer games a year ago.
一年前他迷上了电脑游戏。
③There's no reason to obsess over/about your mistake.
没有理由对你犯下的错误过分担心。
3. No wonder my fellow guests had had only a few bites of each dish; they knew what was still to come. (P30)