實用英語:新概念英語第二冊學習日志Lesson54

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LESSON 54 Sticky fingers
    1.The children were at school, my husband was at work…孩子們在上學,我丈夫在上班……
    school和work前都沒加冠詞,因為不是指具體那個學?;蚓唧w干什么工作,只是泛指他們在干什么。
    2.at exactly that moment, 恰恰在此時。
    exactly用于加強語氣,表示“正”、“恰恰”:
    That's exactly what I wanted to tell you.
    那正是我想要告訴你的。
    3.Nothing could have been more annoying.沒有什么能比這更煩人了。
    用這個句型可以表達許多感情,換一下后的形容詞即可:
    Nothing could have been more exciting/ interesting/ embarrassing.
    沒有什么能比這更激動人心/有趣/令人尷尬的了。
    4.表示說服某人做某事時,可以用persuade+sb.+to do sth.這個結(jié)構(gòu):
    I persuaded him to give up that plan.
    我勸他放棄那項計劃。也可以用persuade+sb. +into doing sth. 這個結(jié)構(gòu):
    I persuaded him into giving up that plan.
    (譯文同上)
    5.a,the, some與any(cf.第6課與第30課語法)
    (1)在第6課與第30課的語法中,我們學習了冠詞a, the以及some和any的一些基本用法。some和any可用于不可數(shù)名詞及復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞之前。some通常用于肯定句,any通常用于否定句和疑問句中:
    We still have some sugar. We don't need any sugar now.
    我們還有一些糖。目前我們不需要糖。
    但在期待得到肯定答復(fù)的疑問句中也可以用some,而在肯定句中表示“隨便哪個”、“任何一個”的含義時也可以用any:
    (2)有些形容詞可以用于the之后(決不能用于 a/an之后),表示作為整體的群體,如the blind(盲人),the deaf(聾子),the living(生者),the dead(死者),the rich(富人),the poor(窮人),the young(年輕人),the old(老人)。這些形容詞后要跟復(fù)數(shù)動詞,不可用這些形容詞本身來指個體:
    The Government always makes sure that the old are cared for.
    政府總是確保老人能得到照顧。
    This is a special school for the deaf.
    這是一所特為聾人辦的學校。
    如果想指單數(shù)個體,則可以說:
    Sam is a young man with a lot of money.
    薩姆是一個非常有錢的年輕人。
    Sam is old now.
    薩姆現(xiàn)在老了。
    (3)當下列名詞指其“主要目的”,即與其相關(guān)的動作時,要用零冠詞(即名詞前沒有冠詞),如He's in bed(他睡了)中bed是為了睡覺用的)。這類名詞有bed, church, class, college(學院),hospital, market, prison(監(jiān)獄),school, sea, university(大學),work(工作地點)。
    I sent the children to school.
    我送孩子們上學。
    The children were at school and my husband was at work.
    孩子們在上學,我丈夫在上班。
    但在特指的東西面前要用the:
    Your bag is under the bed.
    你的提包在床底下。
    There's a meeting at the school at 8 o'clock.
    8點鐘學校有一個會。
    泛指同類事物中的任何一個時則用a:
    cinema與theatre的用法與上面提到的名詞的用法有區(qū)別。
    在表示去看電影/戲時要用go to the cinema/theatre:
    I went to the theatre last night.
    我昨晚看戲去了。
    (4)在形容詞/副詞的高級前面要用the,但當most表示“大多數(shù)”時它前面則不加the:
    Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town.
    喬·桑德斯擁有我們鎮(zhèn)上漂亮的花園。
    Most young men have to work hard.
    大多數(shù)年輕人得努力工作。
    Most buildings in this district belong to the government.
    這個地區(qū)的大部分建筑屬于政府所有。