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VOA慢速英语:All Eyes Were on Tablets at CES in Las Vegas

2011-01-10来源:和谐英语
1.Companies launched more than eighty handheld computers similar to the popular Apple iPad.

similar to类似于...的,与...相似

例句:of or relating to similar to bears.
      属于、关于或类似于熊的。

2.More than one hundred twenty thousand people attended the show.

more than超过,多于

例句:It's no more than one mile to the shops.
      到商业区不过一英里。

      His insolence is more than I can stand.
      我受不了他的无礼。

区别:

more....than与其,不如

This house is more like a school than a church. 这所房子与其说它像教堂,不如说它像学校.

  more...than是表达"与其……不如……"的一种较普通的方式,往往是比较同一种事物的两种不同性质.more后分句含肯定之意,而than后分句含否定之意.这种句式肯定前者,否定后者.He is not more a teacher than a doctor. 与其说他是教师,不如说他是医生.

3.Twenty eleven is going to be the year of the tablet and there's just going to be a great array of options out there for consumers who would like a tablet.

would like想要

例句:What would you like?
      你想要什么呢?

表达意愿,想法:

would rather宁愿, 宁可

例句:I would rather have the small one than the big one.
      我宁愿要小的, 不要大的。

      I would rather go out tonight, if you don't mind.
      如果你不介意的话, 我宁愿今晚出去。