1.The substance does not dissolve in water _____ (不管是否加熱).
2. Not only _____ (他向我收費(fèi)過高), but didn’t do a good repair job.
3. Your losses in trade this year are nothing _____ (與我相比).
4. On average, it is said, visitors spend only_____ (一半的錢) in a day in Leeds as in London.
5. By contrast, American mothers were more likely _____ (把孩子的成功歸因于) natural talent
參考答案及解析：
1. whether (it is) heated or not
2. did he charge me too much
3. compared with mine
4. half as much (money)
5. to attribute their children ’ s success to
1. [關(guān)鍵詞]加熱――heat；不管是否――(no matter) whether… or not
[連 接]heat與其邏輯主語substance之間需采用被動(dòng)連接，即heat加ed。
[優(yōu) 化]whether (it is) heated or not. ――注意，it is可省略。
[點(diǎn) 評]如果heated or not放在句首，whether也可以省略
以上是第五期的例題，觀察了大家的答案，大家都大部分都會選用heat，但是卻忘記了被動(dòng)語態(tài)！看來使用被動(dòng)語態(tài)方面還是比較薄弱。
2.考察only于句首的半倒裝用法，幾對并列連詞如not only…but also, hardly… when等連接兩個(gè)并列句, 連詞 在句首, 前句半倒裝, 后句不倒裝:
Not only was everything he had taker away from him, but also his German citizenship was taken away.
3.compare with 與…相比，很多滬友用了compare to，注意了這個(gè)短語多指比喻。
compare a with b 把a(bǔ)和b做比較
compare a to b 把a(bǔ)比作b
4.half as+形容詞原級+as表示“……的一半”。 顯然本句在拿 as…as… 結(jié)構(gòu)做文章。因?yàn)槭潜容^關(guān)系，把在 Leeds 和在 London 的費(fèi)用做比較，所以后半句有明確的 “as” 一詞?？杖辈糠质且?“as”, 還要有 “half” 和 “money” 。關(guān)鍵是次序如何調(diào)理。根據(jù)比較結(jié)構(gòu)中的倍數(shù)原則，倍數(shù)數(shù)字放在最開始，接下去有關(guān)于量的 as much+n.+as, 因此本句要填入 “half as much money”。
5.ascribe 和 attribute 差別不大,都可以解釋為"(中性)把...歸因于,(褒義)把...歸功于,(貶義)把...歸咎于",也可以解釋為"把...歸屬于,認(rèn)為...歸屬于...",基本可以互換。