基礎(chǔ)英語(yǔ)講座【76】

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★ We are going to plant trees in the park.
    We are going to plant trees in the park.我們要到公園里去植樹(shù)。
    Plant 表示“種植”,“植物”。例如:
    We should plant a lot of trees.
    我們應(yīng)該種植大量的樹(shù)。
    These plants need some more water.
    這些樹(shù)需要更多的水。
    ★ The ground must be just right ——neither toowet nor too try.
    The ground must be just right ——neither too wet nor too try.地方要選好——即不太潮濕也不太干燥。
    Neither …nor …表示“即不…也不…”,這個(gè)詞組連接兩個(gè)并列的成份,并列成份可以是兩個(gè)主語(yǔ),謂語(yǔ),賓語(yǔ)等其它成份。它的反義詞組是both …and …例如:
    Neither you nor I can carry this heavy box.
    你我都有搬不動(dòng)這只重箱子。
    He is neither reading nor writing.
    他現(xiàn)在是既沒(méi)有讀也沒(méi)有寫(xiě)。
    Both these books and those clothes are mine.
    這些書(shū)和那些衣服都是我的。
    ★ It shows what has happened to the forests of the USA in the last 350years.
    It shows what has happened to the forests of the USA in the last 350years.這副圖展示出過(guò)去三百五十年來(lái)美國(guó)的森林所發(fā)生的情況。
    To 后面接人或者物,表示發(fā)生在某人或者某物的身上。注意要用發(fā)生的事情作主語(yǔ),不能用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。例如:
    What's happening here?
    這兒怎么了?
    What's happened to you?
    你怎么啦?
    Don't worry,nothing'll happen.
    不要擔(dān)心,不會(huì)發(fā)生什么事的。
    ★ In 1850,about a third was covered by forests.
    In 1850,about a third was covered by forests.1850年,大約有三分子一(的美國(guó)土地)被森林所覆蓋。
    A third 是一個(gè)分?jǐn)?shù)形式,表示“三分子一”,分?jǐn)?shù)的表達(dá)方法是分子用基數(shù)詞,分母用序數(shù)詞,先寫(xiě)分子,后寫(xiě)分母,分子是復(fù)數(shù)形式,分母也用復(fù)數(shù)形式。例如:
    I have finished one fourth of my work now.
    我現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)完成了我的四分子一的工作。
    Three fourths of the teachers in this school are women teachers.
    這個(gè)學(xué)校的四分子三的教師是女老師。
    ★ The Great Green Wall will stop the wind fromblowing the earth away.
    The Great Green Wall will stop the wind from blowing the earth away.綠色長(zhǎng)城將阻擋大風(fēng)刮走土地。
    Stop …from doing…表示“阻止…不做某事”,from 可以省略。例如:
    We must stop him from going to swim in the river.
    我們必須阻止他不要在河里游泳。
    I can't stop him from smoking.
    我擋不住他抽煙。
    ★ The more,the better.
    The more,the better.越多越好。
    本句型的形式是“The +形容詞或副詞的比較級(jí)+其它成份,the +形容詞或副詞的比較級(jí)+其它成份”。表示“越…就越…?!?,(有關(guān)本句型的講解請(qǐng)參考本軟件的句型結(jié)構(gòu))。例如:
    The faster,the better.
    越快越好。
    The harder you study,the better you study.
    你越學(xué)習(xí)努力,你就越學(xué)習(xí)好。