241. Something must be done to...…必须采取措施……。

　　Something must be done to change our current examination system.

　　必须采取措施来改革我们现行的考试制度。

　　242. Sorry to bother you, but... …很抱歉打扰你，可是……。

　　Sorry to bother you, but I have a question to ask you.

　　很抱歉打扰你，可是我有个问题要问你。

　　243. Thanks to... 由于…／多亏…。

　　Thanks to his parents' encouragement and support, he finally realized his dream.

　　多亏了他父母的鼓励与支持，他终于实现了他的梦想。

　　244. The point is... 重点/关键是……。

　　The point is that you have to keep your promise to help her with her English.

　　关键是你得遵守诺言，帮她学习英语。

　　245. The problem / question is that / whether...问题是……。

　　1) The problem now is that we're locked out of the house.现在的问题是我们被锁在门外了。

　　2) The question is whether they will be able to help us. 问题是他们能否帮助我们。

　　246. The reason why... is...…的原因就是……。

　　The reason why he made such a great achievement is his perseverance.

　　他之所以取得如此伟大的成就，原因是他坚持不懈。

　　[ perseverance n．坚持；坚定不移] [坚持创造辉煌!]

　　247.The secret of...is to... ...的秘诀是......。

　　The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

　　成功的秘诀是将平凡的事做得不平凡。[五星级名言!李阳老师热烈推荐!]

　　248. The way I see it, ..…我的看法是……。

　　The way I see it, you should avoid making the same mistake again.

　　我的看法是你应该避免再犯同样的错误。

　　249. This was the moment when...…就是那个时候……。

　　This was the moment when I realized that I wanted to be a professional singer.

　　就是那时我意识到自己想成为一名专业歌手。

　　250. That reminds me, ...那提醒了我……。／那让我想起了……。

　　That reminds me, I must get some cash.这倒提醒了我，我得取一些现金。

　　251. There are signs that...有……的迹象／征兆。有迹象表明／显示……。

　　There are signs that you have made a significant improvement.

　　有迹象表明你有了显著的进步。

　　252. There is no doubt that... 毫无疑问，……。

　　There is no doubt that health is better than wealth.毫无疑问，健康胜于财富。

　　253. There seems to be... …看起来好像……。

　　There seems to be a little misunderstanding between them.看起来他们之间好像有点小误会。

　　254. There used to be... …过去曾有……。／曾经有过……。

　　There used to be many forests in our country.以前我们国家有很多森林。

　　255. There's no point in... ……是无意义的。

　　There's no point in getting angry when things have happened.对已发生的事生气是没有意义的。

　　256. There's no way... ……绝不可能。

　　There's no way one could succeed without hard work.一个人不努力绝不可能成功。

　　257. To a great/some extent, ...在很大／某种程度上，……。

　　1) To a great extent, you will be on your own.在很大程度上，你要靠自己。

　　2) To some extent, from self-confidence comes success and from success comes more self-confidence.

　　在某种程度上，成功源于自信，而成功又能带来更多的自信。

　　258. To be frank / honest, ...老实说，……。说实话，……。

　　To be honest, I don't think we have a chance of winning.说实话，我认为我们没有获胜的可能。

　　259. To one's delight / joy / surprise,...让某人高兴／惊奇的是，……。

　　1) To my delight, there's a sale on clothes on Beijing Road,

　　让我高兴的是，北京路的衣服正在大减价。

　　2) To my surprise, I got a new computer for my birthday.

　　令我惊奇的是，我得到一台电脑作为生日礼物。

　　260. To start with, ...…首先，……。

　　To start with, let's talk about how much money we need.首先，让我们讨论一下我们需要多少资金。

　　261. To sum up... 总之，……。总而言之，……。

　　To sum up, life in the future will certainly be very different from that of today.

　　总之，未来的生活肯定会和当前的很不一样。

　　262. To tell (you) the truth,... …说实话，……。

　　To tell you the truth, I used to make a lot of trouble when I was young.不瞒你说，我小时候老是闯祸。

　　263. We hold the opinion that...我们认为……。

　　We hold the opinion that miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them.

　　我们认为奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼搏。

　　264. We must do something to...我们必须采取行动以……。

　　We must do something to reduce the pollution.我们必须采取措施减少污染。

　　265. We must take action / measures to...我们必须采取行动／措施以……。

　　1) We must take action to keep up with new developments.我们必须采取行动跟上新的发展形势。

　　2) We must take measures to better the traffic.我们必须采取措施改善交通状况。

　　266. We should make every effort to...我们应该竭尽全力……。

　　We should make every effort to protect our valuable drinking water.

　　我们应该竭尽全力保护我们宝贵的淡水。

　　267. What do you find the hardest in...?你觉得……最大的困难是什么?

　　What do you find the hardest in learning English?你觉得学英语最大的困难是什么?

　　268. What do you mean by...? 你……是什么意思?

　　What do you mean by telling me a lie? 你跟我撒谎是什么意思?

　　269. What do you say...? 你认为……怎么样?

　　What do you say we go for a drive one of these days when it clears up?

　　找一天天晴的时候我们开车出去兜兜风，你认为怎么样?

　　270. What do you think of...? 你认为……怎么样?

　　What do you think of the relationship between China and America? 你认为中美关系如何?