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VOA慢速英语:Verizon and Google Propose Rules of the Road for the Internet

2010-08-20来源:和谐英语
1.Verizon has the nation's biggest wireless network while Google is the biggest Internet search engine.

while,however,but,yet区别

but是连词,表示(较强的)转折,连接两个句子时只用加逗号。例如:I love her, but she doesn't love me.

however是副词,也表示(较强的)转折,但连接两个句子时要用分号,而且在这个词后还要加逗号。例如:I love her; however, she doesn't love me.或者将两句子分开写。例如:I love her. However, she doesn't love me.

while作连词使用时,表示(较弱的)转折,连接两个句子时用逗号,但两个句子的主语不一样。例如:I like singing, while my sister likes dancing.

yet作连词使用时,也表示(较弱的)转折,连接两个句子时也用逗号,但两个句子的主语是一样的。例如:He has a good job, yet he never seems o have any money.

2.The new proposal calls for rules barring service providers from preventing users from sending and receiving legal information of any kind.

prevent from阻止, 防止

例句:My only idea was to prevent the woman from speaking.
      我唯一的想法就是不让那女人讲话。

      Cotton mittens will prevent the baby from scratching his own face.
      棉的连指手套使婴儿不会抓伤自己的脸。

bar from禁止(接近〔做〕…)

例句:The members voted to bar women from the club.
      会员表决不让妇女加入该俱乐部。

      After the member was caught cheating, he was barred from the club.
      那会员行骗被抓后, 被开除会籍。

3.Others oppose the creation of a "two-tiered" system on the Internet in which some content gets a fast lane and other content goes slowly.

in which介词+关系副词引导定语从句。

4.And not all networks reach the last mile to a customer's door.

not all部分否定

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。

I don’t like both of the novels.(即I like only one of the two novels.)
这两本小说我不是都喜欢。