自考“綜合英語(二)”下冊詳解(9)

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    1. Mr. Fotheringay suddenly decided to consult Mr. Maydig,…
    佛澤林蓋突然決定找梅迪格先生咨詢一下 ……
    consult:向 …… 請教,咨詢,查閱(字典);與 …… 商量
    You should consult with Mary about it. 你該和瑪麗商量那件事。
    2.What I want to know is whether what I am going to do with it is a miracle or not.
    我想知道的是,我把它(煙草缸)變來變?nèi)ミ@到底算不算奇跡。
    do with:處置,對付
    I don't know what to do with these used books. 我不知道如何處置這些用過的舊書。
    do with 與 can 連用:忍受,滿意
    I can't do with children's cry. 我無法忍受孩子的哭。
    3.…and presently he ventured to lean over the table and smell the violets.
    接著它裝著膽子伏過身去,聞了聞桌子上紫羅蘭。
    venture to do:大膽去做,冒昧去做,(正式)鼓起勇氣去做
    Very few people venture to go out at night in a snow storm.
    很少有人敢在暴風(fēng)雪晚上出去。
    He decided to venture all his money on the scheme.
    他決定冒險(xiǎn)把他所有的錢都投到那個項(xiàng)目里去。
    He ventured his life to rescue the drowning woman.
    他冒著生命危險(xiǎn)去救那個快淹死的婦女
    4.Just told it—and there you are.
    只要給個命令就行了。
    I just said what I wanted to happen and this is't he result
    There you are:在解釋或演示某件事時,用來表示事情很簡單。
    You just put the food in it,switch on and press the button and there you are.
    你只要把食物放進(jìn)去,接上電源,按一下開關(guān),這就行了。
    5.…I knew no more that I could do things like that than you did. 我跟你一樣,也不知道我還能作這樣的事。
    I knew that I could do such things as little as you did./ I was as ignorant of my miraculous powers as you were.
    no more…than/not…any more than 與 …… 一樣(不) ……
    I know no more about the British history than a ten-year old schoolboy.
    關(guān)于英國歷史,我的知識和一個 10 歲的孩子一樣不多。
    He is no more fit to be a minister than a pupil of grade two in a primary school.
    他就如一個小學(xué)二年級的學(xué)生那樣不適合當(dāng)部長。
    6.Mr. Maydig had followed all these changes with small cries.
    梅迪格先生一直仔細(xì)地注視每一個變化,不時小聲地驚呼起來。
    Each time Fotheringay worked a miracle,Mr. Maydig cried out in wonder.
    7.What I am in need of advice for most is about Winch… 我最需要得到的咨詢是有關(guān)溫契的事 ……
    I am most in need of your advice about what I shall do about Winch
    in need of 需要
    We are badly in need of water. 我們極需要水。
    The house is in need of decoration. 這房子需要裝修。
    8.But we'll leave Winch for a little ……We'll deal with Witch a bit later. Let's discuss more important questions.
    不過我們還是暫時把溫契的事放下
    leave ******************/sth. for a little/while… 把 …… 先擱下(不談,不處置)
    Let's leave our dispute about the matter for a while.
    把我們對那件事的分歧暫時放一放。
    9.And so,urged by Mr. Maydig,Mr. Fotheringay began to work miracles.
    這樣,在梅迪格的催促下,佛澤林蓋先生就開始創(chuàng)造奇跡了。
    urge **** on:encourage ******. to do sth. 力 勸,催促,慫恿 ………( 開始或繼續(xù)做 …。)
    Urged on by his parents,he decided to participate in the Math Olympic competition.
    在他父母的鼓勵下,他決定參加數(shù)學(xué)奧林匹克比賽。
    The man's ambition urged him on to success.
    那個人的雄心鼓勵他取得成功。
    10………their sense of power grew,their imagination increased,and their ambition enlarged. 倆人的權(quán)力感擴(kuò)張,想象力加強(qiáng),野心膨脹。
    They became more ambitious and more keenly aware of what Mr. Fotheringay's magic power could achieve;they thought of working greater miracles.