高级英语笔记下册(5)

minimal, ?neither nourish nor inform. (11)—本句中however minimal为省略形式的状语从句，连接副词however可修饰形容词或副词，We shall never succeed, however much we try.不管多么努力，我们都不会成功。However cold it is, she always goes swimming.不管天多冷，她都坚持游泳。短语muscle of digestion直译为“消化肌”，这which引导的定语从句修饰它；从句中由neither?nor连接的两并列的谓语动词，意思是“既不??也不??”。

between the ads and picked at random. (11)—这里that is except?用来We disagreed on nothing, except method.除方法以外，我们没有任何地方意见不一致。而这一nothing又用来进一步说明前面一个胡乱地”。E.g. He took a book at random.他随便拿起了一本书。 been that in appealing to?minority audience and minority tastes. (12)—这句话主语中含有两并列的形容词最高级形式，后面由that引导的表语从句，从句中含一个介词短语in appealing to?，其中appeal

turn还有“轮流着，一个接一个”的意思。E.g. They answered the teacher’31. But not to learn. (15)—这是一个省略了主谓结构的句子。这个不定式实际上与上句中三个不定式短语是并列关系，意思是They will

Lesson Four 1.

Americans find it difficult to think about old age until they are

24. ?I fail to find in any local paper any attempt, however s question in turn.他们一个接一个地回答老师的问题。

引起状语从句，意思是“不管多么”，从句中某些成分可省略。E.g. buy your papers but not to learn.

里指“理解能力”或“领悟能力”。后面还有一带介词without的propelled into the midst of it by their own aging and that of relatives and

friends. (1)—find it + adj.+ to do sth.为常用的搭配形式，意为“发觉做某事很??”。E.g. He found it interesting to live alone.他发觉一个人独很多人会觉得吃老鼠是令人恶心的。The midst of意为“??的中在??中”。E.g. in the midst of the crowd在人群中。而此句中的that所指为前面所提到的aging。

?we have leaped over that long period of time proceeding death known as old age. (1)-- that long period of time proceeding death known 定语修饰that long period of time.另外leap与jump为近义词。向“前方”、“上方”任一方的跳跃皆可用jump，但是leap大多用于指向“前方”的跳跃。

in truth (1)—意思是“真正，实际上，的确”。E.g. The ugly frog was

25. ?nothing, that is except a collection of snippets used as fillers 处是一件很有趣的事情。Many people would find it disgusting to eat rats.说明nothing一词，是指“除??之外”之一条件下的nothing。E.g. 央，??中”，常用的搭配形式为in the midst of，意为“在??中央，

nothing，使其含义更严格更确切。短语at random意思为“随便地，2.

26. One of the greatest and most justified criticisms of television has as old age为该句的宾语，而proceeding death known as old age为后置

与to连用，意思是“投合（兴趣或心意）”。E.g. This book does not 3.

appeal to children.这本书不合孩子们的兴趣。此外，在下文?that in truth a handsome prince.那个丑陋的青蛙实际上是个英俊的王子。另appeals to emotion rather than reason中appeal还有“诉诸，求助于”外，常见的还有to tell you the truth,意思是“说老实话，说真的”。E.g. 的意思。E.g. If you don’t obey me, I shall appeal to force.如果你不服To tell you the truth, I hate to do it.说实话，我真不愿意干。 从我，我就要诉诸武力了。Justified的意思是“正当的，有道理的”，4. e.g. The editor was justified to refuse your的区别，justifiable的意思是take these steps.如果能证明是正确的，我们就将采取这些步骤。

People will speak of looking forward to their “retirement years”. (2)—speak of为固定搭配，意为“说??的事，提及”。E.g. He never spoke 5.

Medicare has lulled the population into reassuring itself that the once

“可以证明是正当的，有理由的”。E.g. If it is justifiable, then we’ll of his son.他从未谈到过他的儿子。

27. ?I pick up the local paper to find this enjoyment or interest—in terrible financial burdens of late-life illness are now eradicated. (2)—lull vain. (12)—句中不定式to find?作目的状语；短语in vain也是状语，sb. into?意为“哄骗某人??”。E.g. lull sb. into a false sense of security意思是“白费力气，毫无结果”。E.g. He tried in vain to open the locked 哄骗某人产生一种虚假的安全感。而that the once terrible financial door.他试图打开锁着的门，但白费力气。这个短语还可用作表语。burdens of late-life illness are now eradicated为reassuring的宾语从句。 E.g. All our efforts were in vain.我们的全部努力都没有结果。

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They are pictured as delighted residents of retirement communities

28. How many times have I heard them say “If you want to see what with names like Leisure World and Sun City, with lots of grass, clean air a really bad paper is like, read our sheet?” (12)—这个一个特殊疑问and fun. (2)-- of retirement communities with names like Leisure World 句，谓语动词hear后有宾语them和省略to的不定式短语作宾语补足语；不定式短语中有一段引语，有假设状语从句和主语构成，状语从句中还含有一what引起的宾语从句，主句为一祈使句。 the last twenty years as the daily press. (13)—句中谓语动词know ofbut I know of him.你认识杰克逊先生吗？不认识，但我听说过他。

and Sun City, with lots of grass, clean air and fun与delighted一起作residents的定语，而with names like Leisure World and Sun City, with lots of grass, clean air and fun用来修饰communities。

A second theme runs through the popular view of old age. (3)—run through在此意为“贯穿??，通达??”。E.g. A keen humor runs 思为“跑着穿过；划掉；挥霍，很快用完”。E.g. He has run through his

29. I don’t know, in fact, of any medium that has changed as little in 7.

的意思为“听说过，知道（有）”。E.g. Do you know Mr. Jackson? No, through his writing.在他的文章中贯穿了一种辛辣的幽默。其他常用意That引导一个定语从句修饰medium一词，从句中用as?as结构表writing.他把全部家产挥霍个精光。

8. One hears children saying they are afraid to get old, middle-aged 19. keep up with (7)—不落在??的后面。E.g. keep up with the

people declaring they want to die after they have passed their prime, changes in fashion跟上时尚的变化。

and numbers of old people wishing they were dead. (3)—hear sb. doing 20. pay off (7)—还清，偿清。E.g. I’ve now …… 此处隐藏：6481字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……