Unit 4 Learning efficiently
i can’t make sense of this email.我看不懂这封信的意思。
17. be similar to 与。。。。。。相似
our opinions are similar to theirs.我们的意见和他们的相似。
18. as long as 只要。。。。。。。 (注意:as long as的语气比if重)
you can go out, as long as you promise to be back before 11 o’clock.你可以出去,只要你答应十一点钟之前回来。
19. relate to 与。。。。。。有关(关系良好)
she doesn’t relate very well to her mother.她与她母亲的关系不好。
20. some … others … and some few ….一些。。。其他的。。。,还有一些。。。
这是很有用途的句型,常被用来叙述一个整体里不同的分类情况。比如:
some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
有些书只须浅尝,有些书可以吞咽(囫囵吞枣),只有少数须要咀嚼、慢慢地消化。
we have 40 students in our class. some are from the local city, others from the countryside and a few from other provinces.我们班有40人。一些是本市的,(另)一些是乡下的,还有少数来自外省。
21. prefer to … rather than…宁可。。。而不愿。。。
i prefer to be shown what to do rather than be told.我宁愿人家做给我看,而不愿要别人跟我说如何如何去做。
they prefer to listen to explanations or instructions rather than read them.他们宁愿听(别人)解释或指示,也不去读。
22. too …to do sth 太。。。以至不能。。。
it’s never too late to learn.活到老学到老(永远也不会太迟了以至不能学习)。
23. i wish i were doing as well in my english class.我希望在英语课堂上做的同样好。
wish后的宾语从句要用虚拟语气。(参见本单元“语法知识归纳”)
24. can you figure out … ?你能领会到/算出来……?
can you figure out the meaning of unknown words from the context?你能从上下文中断定生词的意思吗?
三、课文长句难点剖析
1. it is the same with reading.
剖析:句子中it is the same with是“。。。也如此”的意思,相当于so it is with…句型。用于前面描述的是“两中或两种以上”的不同情况,这些情况对于后者来说也如此。比如:
—tom is very weak and lazy.汤姆非常虚弱也很懒。
—so it is with his wife./it is the same with his wife.他的妻子也如此。
译文:阅读也如此。
2. one way to test whether a text is at the right level is to read the first page.
剖析:动词不定式短语作定语修饰way;该不定式短语里含有一个宾语从句。
译文:检测一篇课文是否适合(阅读)的方法就是先读第一页。
3. if the percentage of new words is higher than 3%, you will not be able to read the text easily and so will probably not enjoy it.
剖析:句子中and 是连词、so是副词,连词and可以表示“因果”关系,所以,该句中没有so也是正确的。这不是倒装句。
4. that way you would be practicing reading in english as well as studying biology.