Unit 4 Learning efficiently
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.
剖析:句中as well as是固定短语,意思是:也、又。比如:this boy is lively as well as healthy.
译文:这样子,你们既训练了英语阅读又学习了生物。
5. … but i still get only about 20 out of 40 correct in the test.
剖析:句子中out of是“从。。。里面”的意思。该短语还有“在。。。外、离开、出于/由于、缺乏、越出。。。之外”等意思。(参见:第三单元“关键短语详解”第6条)
his coat was made out of his father’s.他的袄子是用他父亲的袄子改制成的。
译文:可是在测试中,四十个单词我仍然只能正确地写出20个左右。
6. i would rather rely on a written list than on my memory.
剖析:句子中rely on是“依仗、信赖、对。。。有信心”意思。比如:you may rely on it that she won’t be late.你们可以放心,她不会 迟到的。