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VOA慢速英语:More and More Gamers Reach for Their Phone

2011-02-23来源:和谐英语
1.His work resulted in the development of the Magnavox Odyssey, a video-game console for home use.

result in导致,结果是

例句:The game resulted in another victory for our team.
      比赛结果, 我们队又获胜了。
 
2.The family-owned business later expanded into developing other kinds of toys.

other, the other, another与others的用法

这些不定代词不仅在含义上有单复数之分,而且在用法上有泛指(无the)和特指(有the)之别。其用法区别可归纳如下:

1)指单数时的区别

若泛指用another,若特指用 the other。如:

Give me another (one). 另外给我一个。

Shut the other eye, please. 请把另一只眼睛也闭上。

2)指复数时的区别

若泛指用 other(后接复数名词),若特指用the other(后接复数名词)。如:

There are other ways of doing it. 做这事还有其他的办法。

Where have the other students gone? 其他学生都到哪里去了?

3)others的用法

它永远表示复数意义(且其后不能再接名词)。其用法大致相当于“other+复数名词”,同样地 the others 大致相当于“the other+复数名词”。如:

Other people [Others] may not think that way. 别的人可能不这样想。

He is cleverer than the others [the other students] in her class. 他比班上其他学生聪明。

4)another的用法

一般只能表单数,且其后接名词也只能接单数名词。但是若其后有数词或 few 修饰时,则也可接复数名词。如:

We need another few chairs. 我们还需要几把椅子。

In another two weeks it’ll be finished. 再过两个星期就可做完了。

3.It’s no longer just the twelve- to twenty-one-year-old boys that want to shoot up people or just solve puzzles.

no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不

例句:He was long a famous musician, but he plays no longer.
      他成为有名的音乐家已很久了, 但他现在不演奏了。

4.He spends hours day playing the game he loves.

spend sometime doing sth 花费多少时间做某事

5.The game is easy enough for children yet difficult enough to keep adults interested.

keep的用法

keep是“保持某状态”的意思。keep是英语中使用频率很高的一个词,它最常见的几种用法是:
(1) keep + 名词(形容词、现在分词),例如:
     keep silence (+ 名词)/ keep silent (+ 形容词) 保持安静
     keep a lookout (+名词) 继续监视
     keep fit (+形容词) 保持健康
     The shops keep open late on Sunday evenings. 星期天晚上这些商店很晚关门。(keep + 形容词open“一直开着”)
     The water in the river keeps rising. 河水在不断上涨。(keep + 现在分词rising“不断上涨”)
(2) keep + sb.(sth.) + 形容词(现在分词、介词短语),例如:
     The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death.古埃及国王建造坚固的墓穴以便死后防止尸体被盗。(keep + sth. + 形容词)
     Sorry to keep you waiting. 对不起,让你久等了。(keep + sb. + 现在分词)
     I'll try to keep it in my mind. 我会设法记住这事的。(keep + sth. + 介词短语)