长难句：
Hillary Clinton headed home from China Sunday at the end of her maiden trip as secretary of State, saying she was leaving "encouraged by the possibilities of what a stronger relationship can mean for the Chinese and American people."
Tips:希拉里结束亚洲访问
选自Clinton ’reintroduces’ US to Asia
The Chiristain Science Moniter Feb.23, 2009
解析： Hillary Clinton headed home from China Sunday at the end of her maiden trip as secretary of State, saying she was leaving "encouraged by the possibilities of what a stronger relationship can mean for the Chinese and American people."
希拉里•克林顿周日从中国启程回国，结束了她作为国务卿的首次出访。她表示，她在回国时“被中美两国人民能够形成更牢固关系的发展前景所鼓舞”。
Tips: 1.possibilities 潜力，引申为“发展前景”
2.前半句我在Newspaper节目里用过，笔记如下：
head home 回家
maiden 相当于virgin or“初次的”
几个带end的主要区别：
1.in the end = at last, finally 最后，终于
2.at the end of 在…末端，在…结束时
e.g. The school is situated at the end of the street．该校位于这条街的尽头。
at the end of January 一月底
They were at the end of their patience． 他们忍无可忍。
3.to the end 到最后
e.g. insist to the end that… 对…坚持到底
Go to the end of the road and turn right. 走到路的尽头，然后向右拐弯。
4.by the end of 到…末，在…之前
e.g.The population of this town will be 1,500,000 by the end of 2010.
到2010年年底这个城镇的人口将有一百五十万。
注： 1.at the end of表示末端的一个点，
而to the end表示前往末端，有一个到底的方向
2.at the end of既可指时间，也可以指空间，
而by the end of 只能指时间，不能指空间。
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