VOA慢速英语:Adventures with Adverbials: Part 2

短语讲解：

1. Often, he is looking for revenge.

look for 寻找（某人或某物）
例句：We all need to look for ways to reduce our carbon footprint.
我们都需要寻求降低碳排放量的方法。

2. Martha Kolln and Robert Funk, two English grammar experts, say an easy way to recognize adverbial infinitive verb phrases is to add the phrase in order to to the sentence.

in order to 为了…
例句：In order to transform their environment, he drew up the project with painstaking accuracy.
为了改造环境，他苦心孤诣地制订了这个计划。

3. Now that you have learned about adverbials, try looking for them when you are reading or listening to something in English.

learn about 获得，学得;得知有关…的消息
例句：Today we are going to learn about famous plays and authors.
今天，我们学习一些著名的戏剧和作者。