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新概念第二册自学导读 Lesson81
Elizabeth has many/much/a lot of clothes.
伊丽莎白有许多衣服。
(3)clothing 是服装的总称,为不可数名词,不仅包括衣服,还包括鞋、帽等:
These wooden boxes contained clothing.
这些木箱里装有服装。
He still needs some winter clothing.
他还需要一些冬天的衣服。
2.salute与greet
salute一般指“行军礼”、“(向……)敬礼”,greet则指平常的“打招呼”、“欢迎”、“迎接”等:
The guard saluted as the officers passed.
当那些军官们从他面前经过时,卫兵敬了礼。
The guard saluted the officers.
卫兵向军官们敬了礼。
When we arrived, the whole family stood up to greet us.
当我们到达时,他们全家都站起来欢迎我们。
He greeted Dan with a nod.
他向丹点了点头,算是欢迎。
3.clear与clean
clear与clean均可作形容词,词形也较相似,但含义却不同。
(1)clear可以表示“清澈的”、“明亮的”、“晴朗的”等含义:
He was rather elderly with clear blue eyes.
他上了年纪,有双明亮的蓝眼睛。
The water in the river was so clear that you could see fishes swimming in it.
河里的水是如此清澈,你都可以看得见各种各样的鱼在游。
Seeing that it was a clear day, he drove to the countryside.
那天天气晴朗,他便驱车去了乡下。
clear还可以表示“清楚的”、“明确的”、“明了的”等:
I want to make it clear that I'm not paying the bill.
我想说清楚我不会付这账单。
clear的另一个含义是“畅通的”、“无障碍的”或“无危险的”:
You can drive fast only when you are on a clear road.
只有在畅通的路上你才能把车开快。
(2)clean的主要含义是“干净的”:
These cups are not very clean.
这些杯子不太干净。
clean还可以表示“无污点的”、“无犯罪历史的”:
He has a clean record.
他一贯表现很好(没有前科)。
练习答案 Key to written exercises
1.难点练习答案
1 saluted 2 clear 3 cloth 4 clothes 5 greeted
2.多项选择题答案
1d 2a 3a 4d 5b 6b
7d 8c 9b 10d 11b 12d