基础英语讲座【79】
★ My shoes are worn out.
My shoes are worn out.我的鞋穿破了。
Be worn out 表示穿破了,这个词组看起来是被动形式,但并不强调被动,强调的是状态或者情况,可以理解为形容词短语。例如:
My clothes are worn out and I have to mend them.
我的衣服穿破了,我得补一下。
You see,this glass is broken.
你瞧,这个杯子破了。
★ Youd better buy a new pair.
Youd better buy a new pair.你最好买一双新的。
A pair of表示一对,一双,指一起使用的两个相同的东西。例如:
Have you bought a pair of shoes?
你买了一双鞋吗?
This pair of glasses is very good for me.
这副眼镜我戴很好。
★ Thats a bit expensive.
Thats a bit expensive.价钱有点贵。
A bit 表示一点儿,有些,在句中作定语或者状语,相当形容词或者副词。与a little 是同义词。例如:
Its a bit cold today;youd better put on more clothes.
今天有点冷,你最好多些穿衣服。
If you study a bit hard,you can pass the exam.
如果你多一点努力学习,你就能考试及格。
Please give me a little water.
请给我一点儿水。
★ The shop was quite new,for it had opened only the week before.
The shop was quite new,for it had opened only the week before.因上周才开张的,所以商店很新。
For 表示因为,相当于because 和as.表明原因,三个词中,because语气最强,for 语气最弱。For 表明的原因要写在后面。例如:
I want to go to bed,for I feel tired.
我想去睡觉,因为我感到累了。
Why didnt you come to school?Because I was ill.
为什么你昨天没来学校?因为我病了。
As it is raining,I am not going shopping.
天下雨了,我就不买东西了。
★ They were either too big or too small.
They were either too big or too small.它们不是太大就是太小。
Eitheror表示不是就是,或者或者,可连接两个并列成分或句子。例如:
She is either Lucy or Lili.
她不是露西就是莉莉。
Either you or I am wrong.
不是你就是我错了。
★ They were so pleased to see each other that they forgot everything else.
They were so pleased to see each other that they forgot everything else.他们见面后太高兴了,以致于把一切事情都忘了。
Sothat表示如此以致于。so 后面接形容词或副词,that 后面跟一结果从句。例如:
Its so cold that I have to put on more clothes.
天太冷了,我不得不多穿衣服。
★ My shoes are worn out.
My shoes are worn out.我的鞋穿破了。
Be worn out 表示穿破了,这个词组看起来是被动形式,但并不强调被动,强调的是状态或者情况,可以理解为形容词短语。例如:
My clothes are worn out and I have to mend them.
我的衣服穿破了,我得补一下。
You see,this glass is broken.
你瞧,这个杯子破了。
★ Youd better buy a new pair.
Youd better buy a new pair.你最好买一双新的。
A pair of表示一对,一双,指一起使用的两个相同的东西。例如:
Have you bought a pair of shoes?
你买了一双鞋吗?
This pair of glasses is very good for me.
这副眼镜我戴很好。
★ Thats a bit expensive.
Thats a bit expensive.价钱有点贵。
A bit 表示一点儿,有些,在句中作定语或者状语,相当形容词或者副词。与a little 是同义词。例如:
Its a bit cold today;youd better put on more clothes.
今天有点冷,你最好多些穿衣服。
If you study a bit hard,you can pass the exam.
如果你多一点努力学习,你就能考试及格。
Please give me a little water.
请给我一点儿水。
★ The shop was quite new,for it had opened only the week before.
The shop was quite new,for it had opened only the week before.因上周才开张的,所以商店很新。
For 表示因为,相当于because 和as.表明原因,三个词中,because语气最强,for 语气最弱。For 表明的原因要写在后面。例如:
I want to go to bed,for I feel tired.
我想去睡觉,因为我感到累了。
Why didnt you come to school?Because I was ill.
为什么你昨天没来学校?因为我病了。
As it is raining,I am not going shopping.
天下雨了,我就不买东西了。
★ They were either too big or too small.
They were either too big or too small.它们不是太大就是太小。
Eitheror表示不是就是,或者或者,可连接两个并列成分或句子。例如:
She is either Lucy or Lili.
她不是露西就是莉莉。
Either you or I am wrong.
不是你就是我错了。
★ They were so pleased to see each other that they forgot everything else.
They were so pleased to see each other that they forgot everything else.他们见面后太高兴了,以致于把一切事情都忘了。
Sothat表示如此以致于。so 后面接形容词或副词,that 后面跟一结果从句。例如:
Its so cold that I have to put on more clothes.
天太冷了,我不得不多穿衣服。