老师：你好！以下问题烦请指导。
We believe we must increase our export sales if we want to continue to grow, and we hope to increase exports to 15 – 20 percent of production, with your help.
A: We hope to increase our export sales by 20% with your help.
B. We must increase our export, hoping to reach 15% to 20% of production.
老师：答案是B，我选择了A，为什么A不正确呀？
We were sorry we were late for the meeting yesterday. If we had not had a flat tyre, we would have arrived on time at 2:30 instead of at 3:30.
We came an hour later than we should.
老师，这句话中的than在这里如何翻译呀？这句话我没了解。
Eeverything i made belonged to me.
老师，请问这里为什么用 belonged，而不是 make to do 的结构呢？
以上问题请老师指导。谢谢！
We believe we must increase our export sales if we want to continue to grow, and we hope to increase exports to 15 – 20 percent of production, with your help.
A: We hope to increase our export sales by 20% with your help.
B. We must increase our export, hoping to reach 15% to 20% of production.
老师：答案是B， 我选择了A，为什么A不正确呀？
解答：A 和 B 有什么区别本质上是 increase to 与 increase by 有什么区别：前者到增长到多少，后者表示增长了多少。A的意思是：大家期望在你的帮忙下将出口销售增长20%；B的意思是：大家需要增加出口，并期望达到15—20%的产量。显然符合原意的是 A，而不是B。
We were sorry we were late for the meeting yesterday. If we had not had a flat tyre, we would have arrived on time at 2:30 instead of at 3:30. We came an hour later than we should.
老师，这句话中的than 在这里如何翻译呀？这句话我没了解。
解答：这是一个比较句型，其中的 than 就是表示“比”，这个句子的完整说法是：
We came an hour later than we should have arrived.
非常抱歉大家昨天开会迟到了。假如大家的车没爆胎，大家就不会3:30才到，而是会在2.30就到达了。大家晚到了一个小时。
类似的例子如：
Janet wired me to say she’d be here a day later than planned. 珍妮特发电报给我，说她要比计划晚一天到这里。
Eeverything i made belonged to me.
老师，请问这里为什么用belonged，而不是make to do的结构呢？
解答：这里的 I made 是定语从句，修饰 everything，意思是：我做出来的所有东西都是我的。
