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新概念第二册自学导读 Lessons51

2011-09-29来源:和谐英语

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1.…but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.……但是近来情况变得越发糟糕,以致他决定节食。

(1)things(要用复数形式)可以表示“情况”、“情形”、“状况”、“形势”等含义:

You've surely made things worse.

你确实使情况变得更糟了。

How are things going on with you?

你那里情况如何?

(2)get作不及物动词时可以表示“变得”:

I got interested in French.

我(变得)对法语感兴趣了。

I got angry with him.

我(变得)对他很生气。

(3)diet用于表示治疗某种疾病或调节体重的“特种饮食”、“规定饮食”时通常与on连用:

The doctor put him on a strict diet.

医生让他严格控制饮食。

She is on a diet.

她正在节食。

I once went on a diet for a week and then I gave up.

我曾经节食过一周,然后就放弃了。

2.First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.首先,他开列了一张长长的单子,上面列了所有禁吃的食物

(1)first of all为固定短语,表示“首先”、“第一”:

First of all I must see your passport.

首先我必须看一下你的护照。

(2)write out这个短语表示“(正式)写”、“写出”或“全部写出”:

You should write out a report.

你应该写一份报告。

3.The list included most of the things Hugh loves…这张单子上的大多数食物都是休喜欢吃的……

It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

里面装了5大块巧克力和3袋糖果!

include和contain都有“包含”的意思,但contain可以用于表示所包含的全部事物,include则只表示其中的一部分:

It included three bags of sweets.

其中有3袋糖果。(另外还有其他东西)

contain的主语通常为某个容器,include则含义更广:

Does the bill include a tip?

账单包括小费吗?

We're including you in our team.

我们把你列为我们队中的一员了。

4.Yesterday I paid him a visit.昨天我去看望了他。

pay a visit to sb. 表示“拜访某人”:

I paid a visit to Jane the other day.

前几天我去看望了简。

5.…Hugh was still as fat as ever.……休仍和往常一样胖。

as ever是as he ever was的省略形式。as…as ever这个结构表示“照旧”、“依然”:

He is as strong as ever.

他依然那么强壮。

6.It was obvious that he was very embarrassed.显然他感到很尴尬。

it为先行主语,真正的句子主语是that引导的从句,它在句子中起名词的作用。从句作主语时通常前面用先行主语it,以免句子看上去头重脚轻:

It is certain now that he'll come on Monday.

现在可以肯定他星期一将会来。