7. Chunking consists of grouping separate bits of information.
在第一單元的Text B中我們已經(jīng)對consist of有所了解。這一詞組的意思是“由…組成”,它與be made up of;be composed of 的意思相近,但consist of 不用被動語態(tài)。請看例句:
1) The United States consists of 50 states.(美國由50個州組成。)
2) The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
(英國由大不立顛和北愛爾蘭組成。)
3) Their team is made up of 6 team members.(他們隊(duì)由6名隊(duì)員組成。)
4) Our class is made up of 45 students.(我們班由45名同學(xué)組成。)
a bit在句中的意思是“一點(diǎn),一些”,它可以用在形容詞的前面, 但是不能用在名詞的前面。在名詞前面必須用a bit of.請看下面的例句:
1) I am a bit tired today.(我今天有點(diǎn)累。)
2) He said he was bit hungry.(他說他有點(diǎn)餓。)
3) Your article is a bit long for our paper. (你的文章對我們的報(bào)紙來說有點(diǎn)長了。)
4) He gave the bird a bit of water. (他給了鳥兒一點(diǎn)水。)
5) I would appreciate it if you could give me a bit of good advice.
(如果你能給我一點(diǎn)寶貴建議我會很感激的。)
6) I only know a bit of Spanish. (我只懂一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)西班牙語。)
8. Categorizing is another means of organization.
句中的means是一個名詞,意思是“方式;手段”,它不是動詞mean的第三人稱單數(shù)。請看下面的例句:
1) The quickest means of travel is by plane. (快的旅行方式是乘飛機(jī)。)
2) Bicycle is the most convenient means of transport. (自行車是方便的交通工具。)
3) Email is a modern means of communication. (電子郵件是一種現(xiàn)代通訊方式。)
4) He means what he says. (他說話算數(shù)。)
5) Forgetting the past means betrayal. (忘記過去就意味著背叛。)
9. Many people will group them into similar categories and remember them as follows:
group into在句中的意思是“把…分組;把…歸類”。請看例句:
1) We can group the animals into several types. (我們可以把這些動物歸成幾類。)
2) Group the words into similar categories and they will be more easily to remember.
(把類型相似的單詞歸類,記起來就更容易了。)
as follows 的意思是“如下”,請看例句:
1) The full text reads as follows: (全文如下:)
2) The results are as follows: (結(jié)果如下:)
10. Association refers to taking the material we want to remember and relating it tosomething we remember accurately.
refer to這一詞組的意思很多,我們在單詞部分已做過講解。該詞組在本句中的意思是“涉及;指”。請看下面的句子:
1) In the second chapter I will refer to this point again.(在第二章中,我還會提到這一點(diǎn)的。)
2) The numbers in my article refer to the footnotes.(我文章中的數(shù)目字指的是注腳。)
3) The author referred to his grandfather several times in his story.
(作者在他的故事中幾次提到他的祖父。)
we want to remember 和we remember accurately都是省略了that的定語從句,前者修飾material,后者修飾something.請看例句:
1) The book you gave me is very interesting.(你給我的那本書很有趣。)
2) The news he told me disturbed all of us greatly.(他告訴我的那個消息使我們大家深感不安。)
3) The information you gathered is of great help to me.(你收集的那些信息對我很有幫助。)
句子中的it指的是the material.relate…to 在句子中的意思是“與…有關(guān)系”,請看例句:
1) His talk mainly related to environmental protection.(他的講話主要是關(guān)于環(huán)境保護(hù)的。)
2) This regulation relates only to children under 12.(這一規(guī)則僅適用于12歲以下兒童。)
11. Research has shown striking improvements in many types of memory tasks when people are asked to visualize the items to be remembered.
striking在句子中做形容詞用,意思是“顯著的,引人注目的”,請看例句:
1) They made a striking commercial success within 5 years.
(在5年的時間里,他們在商業(yè)上取得了驚人的成功。)
2) Helen's facial features bore a striking resemblance to her mother's.
(海倫的面部特征與她的母親十分相像。)
3) I am not sure whether he can make it this time. I just feel he has a striking lack of confidence.
(我不能確定他這次能否成功,其只是覺得他明顯信心不足。)
to be remembered不定式的被動形式做定語,修飾the items.請看例句:
1) There are a lot of things to be done.(有很多事要做。)
2) Are you going to the press conference to be held this weekend?
(你準(zhǔn)備參加本周末舉行的記者招待會嗎?)
3) This was the first project to be designed John's brother. (這是約翰的哥哥設(shè)計(jì)的第一個工程。)
12. In one study, subjects in one group were asked to learn some words using imagery, while the second group used repetition to learn the words.
subject在本句中做名詞用,意思是“受試者,實(shí)驗(yàn)對象”。Subject這個詞的詞義很多,請看例句,注意subject的詞義:
1) The subject of today's discussion is “Population and Education”。(今天討論的題目是“人口與教育”。)
2) The teacher explained in details the subject of the story to the whole class.
(老師把故事的主題詳細(xì)講給全班同學(xué)聽。)
3) How many subjects are you taking this semester?(這學(xué)期你選幾門課?)
4) He became the subject for ridicule.(他成了人們?nèi)⌒Φ膶ο?。?BR> 5) Rabbits and mice are often subjects for medical experiments.(兔和鼠常被用作醫(yī)學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)的對象。)
6) He is a Chinese subject.(他是中國國民。)
7) This sentence doesn't have a subject.(這個句子沒有主語。)
在第一單元的Text B中我們已經(jīng)對consist of有所了解。這一詞組的意思是“由…組成”,它與be made up of;be composed of 的意思相近,但consist of 不用被動語態(tài)。請看例句:
1) The United States consists of 50 states.(美國由50個州組成。)
2) The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
(英國由大不立顛和北愛爾蘭組成。)
3) Their team is made up of 6 team members.(他們隊(duì)由6名隊(duì)員組成。)
4) Our class is made up of 45 students.(我們班由45名同學(xué)組成。)
a bit在句中的意思是“一點(diǎn),一些”,它可以用在形容詞的前面, 但是不能用在名詞的前面。在名詞前面必須用a bit of.請看下面的例句:
1) I am a bit tired today.(我今天有點(diǎn)累。)
2) He said he was bit hungry.(他說他有點(diǎn)餓。)
3) Your article is a bit long for our paper. (你的文章對我們的報(bào)紙來說有點(diǎn)長了。)
4) He gave the bird a bit of water. (他給了鳥兒一點(diǎn)水。)
5) I would appreciate it if you could give me a bit of good advice.
(如果你能給我一點(diǎn)寶貴建議我會很感激的。)
6) I only know a bit of Spanish. (我只懂一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)西班牙語。)
8. Categorizing is another means of organization.
句中的means是一個名詞,意思是“方式;手段”,它不是動詞mean的第三人稱單數(shù)。請看下面的例句:
1) The quickest means of travel is by plane. (快的旅行方式是乘飛機(jī)。)
2) Bicycle is the most convenient means of transport. (自行車是方便的交通工具。)
3) Email is a modern means of communication. (電子郵件是一種現(xiàn)代通訊方式。)
4) He means what he says. (他說話算數(shù)。)
5) Forgetting the past means betrayal. (忘記過去就意味著背叛。)
9. Many people will group them into similar categories and remember them as follows:
group into在句中的意思是“把…分組;把…歸類”。請看例句:
1) We can group the animals into several types. (我們可以把這些動物歸成幾類。)
2) Group the words into similar categories and they will be more easily to remember.
(把類型相似的單詞歸類,記起來就更容易了。)
as follows 的意思是“如下”,請看例句:
1) The full text reads as follows: (全文如下:)
2) The results are as follows: (結(jié)果如下:)
10. Association refers to taking the material we want to remember and relating it tosomething we remember accurately.
refer to這一詞組的意思很多,我們在單詞部分已做過講解。該詞組在本句中的意思是“涉及;指”。請看下面的句子:
1) In the second chapter I will refer to this point again.(在第二章中,我還會提到這一點(diǎn)的。)
2) The numbers in my article refer to the footnotes.(我文章中的數(shù)目字指的是注腳。)
3) The author referred to his grandfather several times in his story.
(作者在他的故事中幾次提到他的祖父。)
we want to remember 和we remember accurately都是省略了that的定語從句,前者修飾material,后者修飾something.請看例句:
1) The book you gave me is very interesting.(你給我的那本書很有趣。)
2) The news he told me disturbed all of us greatly.(他告訴我的那個消息使我們大家深感不安。)
3) The information you gathered is of great help to me.(你收集的那些信息對我很有幫助。)
句子中的it指的是the material.relate…to 在句子中的意思是“與…有關(guān)系”,請看例句:
1) His talk mainly related to environmental protection.(他的講話主要是關(guān)于環(huán)境保護(hù)的。)
2) This regulation relates only to children under 12.(這一規(guī)則僅適用于12歲以下兒童。)
11. Research has shown striking improvements in many types of memory tasks when people are asked to visualize the items to be remembered.
striking在句子中做形容詞用,意思是“顯著的,引人注目的”,請看例句:
1) They made a striking commercial success within 5 years.
(在5年的時間里,他們在商業(yè)上取得了驚人的成功。)
2) Helen's facial features bore a striking resemblance to her mother's.
(海倫的面部特征與她的母親十分相像。)
3) I am not sure whether he can make it this time. I just feel he has a striking lack of confidence.
(我不能確定他這次能否成功,其只是覺得他明顯信心不足。)
to be remembered不定式的被動形式做定語,修飾the items.請看例句:
1) There are a lot of things to be done.(有很多事要做。)
2) Are you going to the press conference to be held this weekend?
(你準(zhǔn)備參加本周末舉行的記者招待會嗎?)
3) This was the first project to be designed John's brother. (這是約翰的哥哥設(shè)計(jì)的第一個工程。)
12. In one study, subjects in one group were asked to learn some words using imagery, while the second group used repetition to learn the words.
subject在本句中做名詞用,意思是“受試者,實(shí)驗(yàn)對象”。Subject這個詞的詞義很多,請看例句,注意subject的詞義:
1) The subject of today's discussion is “Population and Education”。(今天討論的題目是“人口與教育”。)
2) The teacher explained in details the subject of the story to the whole class.
(老師把故事的主題詳細(xì)講給全班同學(xué)聽。)
3) How many subjects are you taking this semester?(這學(xué)期你選幾門課?)
4) He became the subject for ridicule.(他成了人們?nèi)⌒Φ膶ο?。?BR> 5) Rabbits and mice are often subjects for medical experiments.(兔和鼠常被用作醫(yī)學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)的對象。)
6) He is a Chinese subject.(他是中國國民。)
7) This sentence doesn't have a subject.(這個句子沒有主語。)