Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.
就像許多人最近在悉尼郊區帕拉馬塔發現的那樣，有時亂子會鬧得很大。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 33 A day t remember
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 規模;比例（尺）;魚鱗;級別;
vt. 測量;攀登;刮去…的鱗片;
vi. 衡量;攀登;（鱗屑）脫落;生水垢;
?? scale(climb)→登；爬越；音階；比例尺；規模；尺；尺上的刻度
"The storm measured 10 on the Beaufort scale ."
這次風暴按蒲福風級測量為10級。
近義：mount, surmount, climb, descale, weigh, desquamate
n. 數字;數量;號碼;編號;
v. 標號;總計;把…算作;
?? numer, number 表示”數字”;”計算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
過去十年，農業從業人數已經下降。
近義：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反義：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adv. 最近，近來;不久以前;近日;新近;
?? recent最近+ly表副詞 →最近
"Relations between Japan and China have recently been on the mend."
最近,中日關系在向好的方面發展.
近義：just, lately, latterly, newly, nowadays, overnight
反義：heretofore, once, previously, rather, thereinbefore, whilom
n. 郊區，城郊;邊緣;附近，周圍;
?? sub在下面，次一等+urb城市→郊區，郊外
"a suburb of London"
倫敦郊區
近義：outskirts, precincts, suburbia, suburbs, surroundings, vicinity