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124 例:There was still plenty of rain in late autumn in that region. 晚秋时节那个地区仍有充沛的雨水. 3. Why not let me be your manager? [Para. 1] 在英语日常会话中用 why not/don'

t you...? 来表示建议. 例:Why don'

t you talk to her yourself? 你为什么不自己跟她谈 ? Why not let her know the reality? 为什么不让她了解事实的真相 ? 4. You sound like a soap commercial, I said. [Para. 1] commercial: n. an advertisement on TV or radio 电视、广播所插播的商业广告 例:People are not interested in the commercials at the intervals of the TV programs. 人们对电视节目 中间插播的广告不感兴趣. 5. It is funny you should say that. [Para. 1] 此句为一复合句, it 为形式主语,真正的主语为 you should say that.情态动词 should,在此表达 一定的感情色彩,相当于汉语中的 竟然 . 例:It is astonishing that we should find violence here. 这儿竟然有暴力行为,真令人震惊. 6. It is pretty close to my aim in life. [Para. 1] pretty: adv. fairly or more than a little 相当,颇;

很(作副词,常用于口语 ) 例:I feel pretty tired. 我感觉相当疲倦. close to: from only a short distance 近的;

接近的 例:The village is close to the big river. 那个村子离那条大河很近. aim: n. sth. intended;

purpose 目标;

目的 例:His aim in life is to help the poor. 他生活的目标是帮助穷人. 7. I am going to be a promotion man. [Para. 1] promotion: n. the activity of helping sth. to develop or increase 促进;

增进;

推销;

宣传 例:He is interested in the plan of a big promotion for their new products. 他对他们大规模的新产品促 销计划很感兴趣. 例:He is good at promoting his point of views. 他很擅长宣传他的观点. 8. I may be short, but I can promote big things. Like me. [Para. 1] 在这一简短的对话中我们看出,卡洛斯所说的 big things 是指一些重要的产品或其他的业务,而 卡伦当然也知道卡洛斯所指,但是由于卡伦对自己的身高太过于敏感,她故意把 big things 当成 是指向她高大的身材.这里有自嘲的含义. 9. Which is how little Carlos Cerrera took me and turned me into, well― [Para. 1] 此句为一复合句,how little Carlos Cerrera took me and turned me into 为表语从句. turn into: change from one thing into another 变成;

使成为 例:The witch had turned them all into stone. 女巫把他们都变成了石头. 10. The first time I saw Carlos I would never have believed he was going to change my life. [Para. 2] 此句为复合句,定语从句 I saw Carlos 修饰先行词 time.主句中的谓语动词 would never have believed 使用了虚拟语气,he was going to change my life 为宾语从句. 11. I had my arms full of books and I was tearing into the classroom when I ran into something solid. [Para. 2] 此句为并列复合句,在第二个分句中 when 引导时间状语从句,表示主句的动作与从句的动作同 时发生,主句的动词常用进行时. Lesson08.indd

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125 例:We were sitting in our garden when the rain began to fall. 我们正坐在花园里,突然下起雨来. tear into: move into somewhere very quickly, especially in an excited or careless way 急匆匆地进入某个 地方 例:The students tore into the classroom after the bell rang. 铃声响过之后,学生们急匆匆地进了教室. run into: hit sth. by accident 碰上;