Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.
play truant from school = play truant 逃学
- As a boy, Tom used to play truant (from school).
- She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school.她由于逃学而遇到了麻烦。
A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get.
拆解分析句子
| A quiet day's fishing, | or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, | is usually as far as they get. |
| 主语 非谓语动词做主语,一律作单数看 | 并列主语 | 系 + 表 |
| A quiet day's fishing is usually as far as they get or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again is usually as far as they get. |
动词 ing 前面如果出现定语,若是名词,则采用名词所有格(eight hours' seeing the film)或名词短语本身。
- Three hours in the room,It is tiring.
- Three hours(') listening to the teacher is tiring.
- Three hours in the room listening to the teacher is tiring.
- Events such as the March 5th shooting at a high school in San Diego bring the problem into focus.比如三月五日圣地亚哥一所高中学校发生的枪击事件问题成为焦点。
over and over again = again and again 一次又一次,一再地,反复许多次地
- As my grandmother can’t hear very well, I had to say it over and over again.
| as far as + 从句 最大程度…,到…程度,就…而言 | |
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| as quickly as 尽快地,尽可能快地 | |
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| as adj. / adv. as 比较级结构 | - as soon as 一…就… He called me as soon as he arrived home.(他一到家就给我打电话。)
- as long as 只要… You can stay here as long as you like.(只要你愿意,你可以在这里待多久都行。)
- as much as 尽可能地… I try to help as much as I can.(我尽可能地帮助。)
- as well as 除了…以外,还… She speaks Spanish as well as French.(她除了法语外,也会说西班牙语。)
- as good as 几乎,差不多 This car is as good as new.(这辆车几乎像新的一样。)
- as fast as 跟…一样快 The cheetah can run as fast as a car.(猎豹可以跑得像汽车一样快。)
- as often/usual as 尽可能经常… They visit their grandparents as often as they can.(他们尽可能经常去看望他们的祖父母。)
- as big/small as 像…一样大/小 The elephant is as big as the house.(大象像房子一样大。)
- as clear as 清晰地… The instructions were as clear as crystal.(说明清晰明了。)
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| They have all been put to shame by a boy | who | , while playing truant, 分裂结构 | travelled 1,600 miles. |
| 主句 | 关系词 | while 放中间要加上逗号(Playing ...省略§) | 定语从句 |
put…to shame 使…蒙羞,使…相形见绌
- What he has done put his parents to shame.
- He saved the child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame.他冒着生命危险救了那个孩子,使所有旁观者都相形见绌。
He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep.
anything to do/drink 可以做的事/可以喝的东西(这里 to do 做定语)
When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais.
No one noticed the boy as he crept off.
| creep | vi. 爬行,匍匐,(像爬行似地)慢慢前进 | - The old car crept along the country road.
- A snake crept into the garden while she was writing a letter.
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| vi. 悄悄地/蹑手蹑脚地走;渐渐产生/出现 | - We crept upstairs so as not to wake Grandpa.
- He noticed that age had crept on him.
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The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.
分析主谓:主主谓谓、主谓主谓 §
| The next car | the boy stopped | did not take him into the centre of Paris | as he hoped it would, | but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. |
| 主语 | 定语从句(主谓) | 谓 + 宾 | 方式状语从句(正如他所期望的) | not…but… 不是…而是… |
| The car did not take him to Paris but to France. 这辆车没有把他带到巴黎,而是带他去了法国。 |
| as sb. hope 正如某人所希望的 | than sb. expected 比某人所期待的还…(超预期) |
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| I became a good teacher as my mother hopes. | Don't ask what the country do for you, but ask what you do for the country. |
There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities.
联合复习
- Lesson 1 A Private Conversation 私人谈话
- Lesson 25 Do the English speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗?
- Lesson 49 The end of a dream 美梦告终