11.You don't mean to say you talked to him about her？你不会真的跟他谈起了劳拉吧？
用陈述句的语序加问号构成的一般疑问句用升调，表示问话的人想对方确认他的话
eg：You are a writer？你是个作家吧？
（问话人认为对方是作家，想得到确认。）
eg：You are not going to Dalian with the rest of you family？
你不和家里的人一起去大连吧？
mean to say：admit readily愿意承认（一般用于疑问句）
eg：You don't mean to say I am unfair？你是说我不公平吗？
eg：Do you mean to say you've given up your job？
你真的是放弃了你的那份工作？
eg：You don't mean to say you hit her？
你当真打了她？
12.That old beggar，as you call him is one of the richest men in Europe.
你称为老乞丐的那个人是欧洲的大富翁。
as you call him：插入主句中的定语从句，as是关系代词，代表old beggar，在从句中作宾语him的补足语。as作关系代词往往表示整个主句。
eg：The situation in the country，as the president has pointed out，is improving.
正如总统所指出的那样，这个国家的形势一天天好起来。
eg：The earth，as we all know，moves around the sun.正如我们知道的那样，地球绕着太阳转。
eg：The environmental problems，as our government has promised，have been improved a lot.
正如政府所许诺的那样，环境问题有了很大的改善。
13.What on earth do you mean？你到底是什么意思？
how/why/where/who，etc+ on earth/in the world表示强调/加强语气
eg：What on earth are you doing？
你到底在干什么？
eg：How on earth did she manage that？
她究竟是怎么把事情办成的？
eg：Where in the world have you been？
你到底跑到哪里去了？
14.He is a great friend of mine，buys all my pictures and that sort of thing
他是我的好朋友，买我所有的作品等等。
that sort/kind of thing：类似的其他事情
eg：In the summer camp，the children go swimming ，play games，that sort of thing.
孩子们在夏令营游泳、玩游戏等。
eg：Participants in the short-term course attend lectures，have discussions，that sort of thing.
短训班的学员听课、讨论以及进行其他类似的活动。
15……gave me a commission a month ago to paint him as a beggar.一个月之前他给了我一笔佣金，叫我把他画成个乞丐。
—— ……a month ago he told me to paint a picture of him as a beggar.
commission：a formal request to sb.to design or make a piece of work such as a building or a painting 佣金
16.It is the whimof a millionaire.You know these rich men.—— Millionaires often suddenly want to do such unusual things.这当然是百万富翁一时心血来潮的怪念头，你知道这帮阔老爷是会做这种事的。
whim：a sudden feeling that you would like to do or have esp.
eg ：When there is on particularly important and good reason.
心血来潮
eg：We decided，on a whim，to fly to Hainan.
我们一时心血来潮决定乘飞机去海南。
eg：Lately，the president has been firing and picking new ministers at whim.
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