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英语四级写作考前突击 Harmonica for homework

2008-12-15来源:和谐英语

  4. 第四段第一句"It’s no denying that elective courses can broaden our horizons"应改为"There’s no denying that elective courses can broaden our horizon" 。 "It"这个代词作先行词应指代后面的名词从句,可是本句中的"that"从句是"deny"的宾语, "It"就没有什么可指代了。显然是作者把用法记错了。
  5. 第四段第三句"We shouldn’t ignore the major we are studying while immerse ourselves into the pleasure of elective courses"应改为"We shouldn’t neglect the major courses we are studying while immersing ourselves in the pleasures we find in elective courses" 。这句话的主要问题是"while"后面应该用分词,而不应该是动词原形。其余的问题是语言问题, "ignore"的意思是"不理,无视(pretend not to notice)", 例如:"He completely ignored her and kept on walking"。 "neglect"的意思是"忽视"(fail to give enough attention to)", 例如:"What do you think of parents who neglect their children?"第三个问题是"immerse…into"应为 "immerse…in" 。
  3 英语表达和搭配方面的问题
  第一段第二句中的"I took a harmonica to play in this semester"应改为"I took a course on the harmonica this semester"。原句不能表达选课的意思。
  第二段第二句中的"when I felt dull in learning English"应改为"when I’m bored with learning English" 。 "Dull"的意思是"boring, not interesting"用在这里不合适。
  第四段第二句中的"You can’t have the cake and take it"建议改为"You can’t have your cake and eat it, too" 。这是一个谚语,表示"鱼与熊掌不可兼得" 。估计是读者记错了。
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