language point大学英语精读2Unit8The Man in Asbestos

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★ to begin with(para.1)as the first of reason ; first of all

1. You are wrong about the facts to begin with. 首先你把事实都没弄对。 2. It was fine to begin with and then It started to rain. 起初天气很好，后来才开始下雨。 3. I found it tiring to begin with but I soon got used to it. 刚开始时我觉得很累，不过很快就适应了。

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Compare all these prepositions or prepositional phrases that may be used to express a reason.

Because of Owing to Due to

意为“由于，因为”,强调因果关系，在 句中仅作状语，修饰句中的一部分，与其他成分不用逗号隔 开。 与because of 一样，也强调因果关系，除作 状语外，也可作表语，做状语时修饰整个句子，可在句首或 句末，用逗号隔开。 引出造成后果的原因，在句中作表语、状语和定 语。作表语和状语时与owing to同义，作状语时，一般不与 其他成分隔开。

On account of

与because of,owing to同义，但语 气较为正式。可作状语、表语，不作定语。

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It seemed unfair that other writers should be able at will to drop into a sleep of four or five hundred years, and to plunge head first into a distant future and be a witness of its marvels.(para.2)★ at will 随意 You are free to leave the house at wi ll. 你可随意离开屋子。

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★ drop into(para.2)a. go somewhere in passing b. throw into c. fall into 1. In this weather the cliff face was a foggy drop into infinity. 在这种天气条件下，雾蒙蒙的悬崖隐入广漠无限之中。 2. Drop your cigarette ashes into the ashtray. 请把香烟灰弹在烟灰缸里。 3. The old men tend to drop into a doze. 老人往往爱打瞌睡。

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drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop

asleep 入睡 away 离开， 散去， 减少 back 退后 back into 恢复 behind 落后， 落伍 by 顺便访问 by drop 一滴一滴地 down 卧倒，顺着向下移动 in 顺便走访，不预先通知的拜访 off 离开，散去，逐渐减少，死去 on 训斥， 惩罚 out 不参与， 离去， 放弃

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★ plunge into(para.2) a. to jump into sth, especially with force. b. to start doing sth in an enthusiastic. way,especially without thinking carefully about what you are doing. 1. The boy takes off his clothes and plunge into the swimming pool. 男孩脱下衣服，跳入游泳池 2. The students plunged into their examinations. 学生们投入到他们的考试中。

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It seemed unfair that other writers should be able at will to drop into a sleep of four or five hundred years, and to plunge headfirst into a distant future and be a witness of its marvels.(para.2)With the head foremost. 头向前的

To go to right into the distant future without hesitation and see the wonderful changes that would have taken place during this long time.

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It was, in a way ,clear,straight suicide ,but I did it.(para.5)

★ in a way

在某

种程度上； 一点

a. in some respects; b. from some points of view

In a way, I'm glad you made that mistake, for it will serve as a warning to you. 在某种程度上说，你犯那个错误我倒感到高兴，因为它可 以对你敲警钟。

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I could feel my senses leaving me. I fell into a sleep, the deep immeasurable sleep in which the very existenc e of the outer world was hushed. Dimly I could feel the days go past, then the years, and then the long passage of the centuries.(para.6) The world around us ★ sense had become silent and still sense of 的感觉 in a sense 在某种意义上 make sense 有意义；讲得通；言之有理 sense of responsibility 责任感，责任心 common sense 常识 1.I try to make each song make sense for itself. 我努力创作每首歌都有它自己的意义。 2.In this sense,personality is the very soul of art. 由这种意义上说来，人格就是艺术的灵魂。

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★ passage n.a.the act of going from one place to another b.a way by which one passes;a hall or corridor c.Legal enacment(制定，颁布) d.a single clause or portion of a book 1.The passage of time 时间旅程 2.The two buildings are linked by a long passage 这两幢建筑由一条长长的通道连接着 3.The opposition party tried to prevent the passage of the new tax law. 反对党师徒阻止新税法的制定 4.This a beautiful passage from “A Tale of Two Cities”by Chales Dickens. 这是Chales Dickens的《双城记》中优美的一段

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Then quite suddenly, I woke up and looked abo ut me.(para.7) ★ look about四下观望； (作出选择前)进行调查 1. Look about you before crossing the street. 穿马路前要看清来往车辆。 2. He cast a look about him which telegraphed bad news. 他向四周环顾了一下，显示有坏消息。 3. He look about the room with boyish ease. 他以孩子般自在的神态打量房间.

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I found myself sitting on a broad couch in some kind of museum. (para.9) ★ some kind of某种 1.Most computer games provide some kind of wish fulfillment. 大部份电子游戏满足人们的某种愿望。 2.They felt some kind of disaster was hanging over them. 他们感到某种灾难就要临头。 3. S …… 此处隐藏：4489字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……