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VOA慢速英语:Earl Cooley: Remembering an Early Smokejumper
an agency of the Agriculture Department是United States Forest Service的同位语。
同位语和定语从句的区别:
1)同位语从句与前面的名词是同位关系,即说明它前面名词的内容;而定语从句与前面的名词是修饰与被修饰关系,即限定它前面的名词范围,或补充一些情况。如:
The news that l have passed the exam is true.我通过了考试这一消息是真的。
(同位语从句,即从句所表达的意思就是前面名词的内容。)
The news that he told me just now is true.他刚才告诉我的消息是真的。
(定语从句,从句对前面名词起修饰限制作用,即“他告诉我的”那个消息,而不是别的消息。)
2)关系词在句中是否做成分 。如:
The idea that computers can recognize human voices surprises many people.
计算机能够识别人的声音的想法使许多人感到惊奇。(that在从句中不充当任何成份。)
The idea that he gave surprises many people.他提出的观点令许多人感到吃惊。
(that在从句中作gave的宾语。)
2.So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping.
what was then a new practice,what引导宾语从句,做介词for的宾语。
3.As he later described it, the plane was not much more than half a kilometer above the trees.
not more than和no more than区别
1).不用于比较,后接数词时,no more than意为“仅仅,只不过,只有”(=only),而not more than意为“至多,不超过”(=at the most).
eg:There are no more than fifteen eggs in the basket.
篮子里只有15个鸡蛋。(暗指15个鸡蛋太少)
eg:There are not more than fifteen eggs in the basket.
篮子里至多有15个鸡蛋。(暗指可能少于15个)
2).用语两者的比较时:“no+形容词或副词比较级+than”是对两者的否定,相当于neither...nor...
eg:This story is no more interesting than that one.(=Neither this story nor that one is interesting.)
这个故事和那个故事一样没趣。
“not+形容词或副词比较级+than"是普通的比较级结构,表示前者不如后者,相当于not so...as...
eg:This story is not more interesting than that one.(=This story is not so interesting as that one.)
4.But not all had happy endings.
部分否定
Not all sounds…这里否定的是其中一部分,叫部分否定句。all,every,both,always等用于否定结构时不是全部被否定,而是表示其中的一部分被否定。而且英语多半将not置于谓语中。
例如:
All is not a gold that glitters.(即Not all that glitters is gold.)
闪闪发光物,未必尽黄金。
Every one cannot write novels.(即Not every one can write novels.)
不是所有的人都能写小说。
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