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。
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。