Reading Language points1)
dream n
of/about sth
)a…dream (vt
)that… (vt
) dreamdreamed/dreamtdreamed/dreamt1
Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip
他梦想着有一天为自己工作 , 没有老板
He dreams of / about working for himself and not having a boss one day
= He dreams that one day he will work for himself and not have a boss
Then she persuade me to buy one
然后她动员我也买了一辆
persuade vt
说服 ; 劝服 ; vi
被说服persuadesb
of sth
使某人相信某事sb
that 从句sb
(not) to do sth
into / out of doing sth
Bear them in your mind
persuade sb
to do sth
= persuade sb into doing sth
persuade sb
not to do sth
= persuade sb out of doing sth
我已说服他做这件事
I persuaded him to do it
= persuade him into doing it
Compare
如果“劝说”不服 , 不能直接用 persuade, 而应用 try