89. How did you come up with the names of your characters?
点睛
短语come up with在口语中经常出现,此处意为“想出,提出(主意、答案等)”;名词character此处意为“人物,角色”。
考点归纳
听力中有关come的短语非常多,其中come up一词就包含很多意思:
意为“升起”。如:
The sun is coming up. 太阳升起来了。
意为“发生;开始”。如:
It seems that something urgent has come up. 似乎有紧急的事情发生。
意为“即将发生”。如:
Your birthday is coming up. What kind of present do you want? 你的生日快到了,你想要什么样的礼物?
意为“被提及,被讨论”。如:
Several new questions came up at the meeting. 会上提到了几个新问题。
听音解惑
come

up[kʌm

ʌp]里的[m]与[ʌ]相邻,读作[kʌ mʌp];names

of[neimz

əv]里的[z]与[ə]相邻,读作[neim zəv]。