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VOA慢速英语:Bringing Light to Homes in Poor Countries
without是基本用法,(表否定)没有,无,不需,表示一种状态。
例句:The letter was posted without a stamp.
那封信没贴邮票就寄出去了。
We got there without any trouble.
我们到了那儿,一路上没遇到任何麻烦。
without后还可以接复合宾语:
例句:We’d be better off without them as neighbors.
要是没有这些邻居,我们就过得更愉快了。
2.Finding better ways to bring light to the poor is the goal of researchers like David Irvine-Halliday.
动名词做主语
不定式和动名词都可在句子中作主语,一般说来, 有下面几点须给予注意:
(1) 不定式一般表示具体的、特定的行为;而-ing分词一般表示抽象的、一般的行为。如:
To complete the program needs much effort. 完成这项计划需要很大的努力。
Riding a bike can make a man smart. 骑单车能使一个人敏捷。
(2) 在疑问句中,只能用动名词的复合结构作主语。如:
Is his speaking reasonable? 她的说话有道理吗?
(3) 在某些句型中通常要用动名词短语作主语。如:It is no use doing…/ It is no good doing… / It is useless doing…/ It is worthwhile doing…如:
It is no use talking your trouble to a man like him. 跟他那样的人谈你的烦恼没有用。
(4) 一般说来,作主语和表语的非谓语动词形式应一致,即:或同时为不定式,或同时为-ing分词。如:
Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
但是,在现代英语中,当表语用来说明主语的特定意义或具体内容时,主语和表语的非谓语动词的形式可以不一致,即,主语用动名词,而表语用动词不定式。如:
Waving your hand is to say “Good-bye”. 挥手就是说“再见”。
Nodding your head is to say “Yes”. 点头就是说“对,是的”。
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3.Professor Irvine-Halliday says many people spend well over one hundred dollars a year on the fuel.
well over远远超过
例句:She was driving at well over the speed limit.
她开车的速度远远超过了速度限制。
4.His Light Up the World Foundation has now equipped the homes of twenty-five thousand people in fifty-one countries.
light up开灯,照亮,点燃
例句:The golden rays of the rising sun light up the windows.
旭日的灿灿金光照在窗子上。
引申的意思:喜形于色,露出愉快的表情
例句:Tom will really light up when he sees his new bike.
汤姆看到他的新自行车时一定会高兴起来。
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