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VOA慢速英语:When a Cut Finger Is More Serious Than It Might Seem

2011-01-26来源:和谐英语
1.Hospital emergency rooms treat injured fingers all the time.

all the time向来, 一向

例句:He's a business man all the time.
      他一向是做生意的。

2.Without treatment, a bad cut can lead to permanent damage.

Without表示条件

非真实条件句中的条件从句有时不表示出来,只暗含在短语或上下文中,这种句子叫做储蓄条件句。常见的有but,for ,without等引导的短语,以及or, or else, otherwise, but 等后面的分句。
例:But for your help we couldn’t have succeeded in the experiment.
如果没有你的帮助,我们的实验室是不会成功的。
例:We could have done better under more favourable conditions.
在更有利的条件下,我们能够做得更好些。

3.But how should a person know when a bleeding cut is serious enough to require medical attention?

enough的用法

A 在形容词之后使用:

He failed the exam because it wasn't easy enough.

他考虑不及格,因为题不够容易。(不说 enough easy)

B 在名词之前使用:

He didn' t buy the car because he didn't have enough money.

他没买那部车,因为他没有足够的钱。

C 可以用在 enough… for sb./sth.和 enough… to do sth.结构之中:

She hasn't got enough money for a holiday.

她没有足够的钱去度假。

This dress isn't big enough for her.

这件衣服对她来说不够大。

She's not old enough to live alone.

她未到独自生活的年纪。

4.That requires a specialist to either file down the bone or reattach the fingertip.

file down将某物锉光滑, 锉小

例句:The door won't fit; you'll have to file it down.
      这门关不上, 你得把它锉一锉。